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Analysis of the drivers of change in women’s anemia in Tanzania 2005-2015 by Heckert, Jessica, Headey, Derek D., Ndiaye, Biram, Brero, Mauro, Assey, Vincent

“…Using a regression decomposition approach, which previously has been applied to identifying potential drivers of changes in stunting, we examine which improvements in the underlying determinants of anemia contributed to improvements in the overall prevalence of anemia among women of reproductive age in Tanzania. This study is the first known application of this methodology to understanding changes in the prevelance of anemia. …”
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Women and Youth Empowerment in the Agricultural Sector in Côte d’Ivoire by Yeo, P., Arouna, A., Mujawamariya, G., Yergo, W., Aboudou, R., Gbede, T.R.

“…This report presents the results of the quantitative survey on women and youth empowerment in the agricultural sector in Côte d'Ivoire. …”
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Launch of the women’s political participation training curriculum: Sharing a curriculum co-developed with ActionAid Nigeria and its impacts on rural women in southwest Nigeria by Adida, Claire, Kosec, Katrina, Kyle, Jordan, Mo, Cecilia Hyungjung, Arriola, Leonardo, Matanock, Aila, Adeyanju, Dolapo, Fisher, Rachel

“…Study motivation • Government policies affect everyone, yet women are underrepresented in policymaking globally (Duflo 2012; Lawless 2015) and in Nigeria specifically (Ragasa et al. 2023) • Women’s participation in politics and civic life remains low, but helps support women’s livelihoods (Iversen and Rosenbluth 2006)…”
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Women’s empowerment and gender equality in South Asian agriculture: Measuring progress using the project-level Women’s Empowerment in Agriculture Index (pro-WEAI) in Bangladesh and... by Quisumbing, Agnes R., Meinzen-Dick, Ruth S., Malapit, Hazel J.

“…The third investigates changes in women’s roles within the jute value chain in the Southern Delta region of Bangladesh as household members migrate out of the study area and the availability of male labor declines. …”
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State of the Knowledge for Gender in Breeding: Case Studies for Practitioners by Tufan, Hale Ann, Grando, Stefania, Meola, Catherine

“…Without convincing evidence—exemplified by case studies across commodities and countries—our arguments for gender-responsive research fall on deaf ears. …”
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Gender mainstreaming for food security and poverty reduction programs in Asia and Africa by Hanjra, Munir A., Zafar, M. I., Batool, Z., Nawaz, N., Maann, A.A., Ayalew, Z., Alemu, B.A.

Subjects: “…women…”
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Challenging the conventional development approach: challenging conventional gender ideas?: gender and participation in natural resource management - a case in Sri Lanka by Winther, S., Ahlers, R.

Subjects: “…women in development…”
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Project politics, priorities and participation in rural water schemes by van Koppen, Barbara, Rojas, V.C., Skielboe, T.

Subjects: “…women…”
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Sector overview and study design by Rashid, Shahidur, Ahmad, Kaikaus, Rosenbach, Gracie

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Case studies of success stories in Kenya’s agribusiness sector by Gatonye, Margaret, Adam, Rahma

“…These agribusiness case studies success stories provide insights into the constraints and opportunities of the sector. …”
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What can we learn about women’s empowerment in water, sanitation, and hygiene (WASH) in Malawi? Findings from the new Women’s Empowerment metric for WASH (WE-WASH) by Ramani, Gayathri V., Faas, Simone, Chiwasa, Febbie, Chilalika, Joan, Kamwamba-Mtethiwa, Jean, Heckert, Jessica, Raghunathan, Kalyani

“…A systematic review concluded that studies within the WASH sector have rarely focused specifically on empowering women, despite efforts to reach and benefit them (Caruso et al. 2022). …”
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A framework for measuring and tracking the climate resilience of women in agrifood systems by Marimo, Pricilla, Anbacha, Abiyot, Puskur, Ranjitha, Bindu, C. R., Malhotra, Aayushi, Kori, Pooja

“…Only three studies were found that explicitly focus on women-centered resilience indicators. …”
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Women feeding cities: Mainstreaming gender in urban agriculture and food security by Hovorka, A., Zeeuw, Henk de, Njenga, M.

“…This book seeks to draw our attention to the role of women – especially low-income women – in food production and to provide development workers with the tools to ensure that gender is prioritised in food security initiatives. …”
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The empowerment puzzle: Unmasking the role of women’s empowerment in addressing undernutrition in India by Sharma, Anjali, Nihal, Saif

“…A significant number of studies have identified that women’s empowerment plays a vital role in determining their own health and nutritional status as well as that of their children. …”
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Beyond ownership: Women’s and men’s land rights in Sub-Saharan Africa by Slavchevska, Vanya, Doss, Cheryl R., de la O Campos, Ana Paola, Brunelli, Chiara

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The status of gender and development programming in Jordan: still “adding women and stirring?” by Ragetlie, Rosalind, Najjar, Dina, Baruah, Bipasha

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Maquiladoras and market mamas: women's work and childcare in Guatemala City and Accra by Quisumbing, Agnes R., Hallman, Kelly, Ruel, Marie T.

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The effect of membership in producer organizations on women's empowerment: Evidence from Kenya by Mwambi, M., Bijman, J., Galiè, Alessandra

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Empowering women in agriculture: critical role of gender-intentional investments in Pakistan by Begum, Khadija

“…This study aims to provide evidence on the status of women in the marginalized areas of Dera Ismail Khan and Tank to guide more gender-responsive investment decisions that align with gender equality and the Sustainable Development Goals. …”
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Women's empowerment and the intrinsic demand for agency: Experimental evidence from Nigeria by Bakhtiar, M. Mehrab, Fafchamps, Marcel, Goldstein, Markus, Leonard, Kenneth L., Papineni, Sreelakshmi

“…Our study follows a randomized controlled trial that ended a year earlier and gave large cash transfers over fifteen months to half of the women in the study. …”
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