Resultados de búsqueda - Women's studies.

Women's land rights as a pathway to poverty reduction: Framework and review of available evidence por Meinzen-Dick, Ruth S., Quisumbing, Agnes R., Doss, Cheryl, Theis, Sophie

“…This paper reviews the literature on women’s land rights (WLR) and poverty reduction. It uses the Gender, Agriculture and Assets Project (GAAP) conceptual framework to identify pathways by which WLR could reduce poverty and increase wellbeing of women and their households in rural areas. …”
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Socio-Technical Innovation Bundles (STIBs) for Enhancing Women’s Empowerment and Resilience: A Synthesis por Banerjee, Monika, Mukhopadhy, Prama, Chadha, Deepali, Goel, Kritika, Gartaula, Hom N., Puskur, Ranjitha

“…The focus of the work package is to bundle social and technical innovations for women’s empowerment and resilience. The four case studies highlight projects/programs that combined social, technical, and technological innovations and contributed to increasing women’s empowerment and resilience. …”
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MoreMilkIT - Uncertainty in milk production study por Omore, Amos, Twine, Edgar, Rao, E.J.O., Baltenweck, Isabelle

“…The project is primarily targeted at pre-commercial marginalized smallholder cattle-keeping men and women who do not currently participate fully in dairy value chains, The data for the study was collected in August 2016 at one of the MoreMilkIT project sites, Lushoto district, located in the north of the Tanga region in the eastern milk shed. …”
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Women’s land rights realities in the ‘Rubi-Tele’ Hunting Domain, in the Democratic Republic of the Congo por Ibanda, G., Bulonza, E., Sabongo, P., Amundala, N., Mampeta, S., Sonwa, D.J.

“…However, they do not benefit from secure land rights. This study thus aimed to determine the factors that prevent women from Rubi-Tele from enjoying their rights. …”
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Situational analysis study for the agriculture sector in Ghana por Essegbey, George Owusu, MacCarthy, Dilys Sefakor

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Evaluating the effects of interventions with women’s groups on health outcomes: Resources for programme planners and evaluators por Desai, Sapna, Gram, Lu, Kumar, Neha, Prost, Audrey

“…There is growing interest in the potential of women’s groups to improve health. Large-scale government programs, such as India’s National Health Mission and National Rural Livelihoods Mission, promote groupbased interventions to improve maternal and child health. …”
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Understanding collective action and women's empowerment in potato farmer groups in Ntcheu and Dedza in Malawi por Mudege, Netsayi N., Nyekanyeka, T., Kapalasa, E., Chevo, T., Demo, P.

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How gender norms constrain women’s economic resilience to climate change challenges in Nigeria por Mudege, Netsayi N., Adeyeye, Olajumoke, Achandi, Esther L., Galiè, Alessandra, Bullock, Renee, Muzungaire, Lizzy, Kakwasha, Keagan, Cole, Steven M.

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Bundling socio-technical innovations to empower women as partners and drivers of climate change solutions por Nchanji, Eileen, Puskur, Ranjitha, Lutomia, Cosmas Kweyu, Ketema, Dessalegn Molla, Gartaula, Hom Nath, Mukhopadhyay, Prama, Mapedza, Everisto D., Johnstone, Kevin, Barrett, Sam

“…Together with partners, the initiative supports women to increase their agency and to acquire and gain control over resources. …”
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Contested ‘respectability’: gender and labour in the life stories of Tanzanian women and men in the hospitality industry por Fischer, Gundula

“…Using a life-story methodology with a sample of 20 male and female employees, this study shows how men and women are unevenly hit by the assignment of ‘shame’ and how they resist. …”
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Strengthening women in wheat farming in India: Old challenges, new realities, new opportunities por Farnworth, Cathy Rozel, Bharati, P., Jafry, Tahseen, Badstue, Lone B.

“…It builds on 12 case studies conducted across India’s wheat belt under CRP WHEAT. …”
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Leaving no one behind: How women seize control of wheat-maize technologies in Bangladesh por Farnworth, Cathy Rozel, Jafry, Tahseen, Rahman, S., Badstue, Lone B.

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Institutional environment and access to microfinance by self-employed women in the rural areas of Edo state por Okojie, Christiana, Monye-Emina, A., Eghafona, K., Osaghae, G., Ehiakhamen, J. O.

“…This brief provides an overview of the institutional environment of microfinance in Nigeria, as well as insights and recommendations for better reaching this audience, based on focus group discussions and case studies of self-employed women in rural areas of Edo State, Nigeria.…”
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Land Rights and Women's Empowerment in Rural Peru: Insights from Item Response Theory por Montenegro, M.J.

“…However, empirical evidence of this relationship is limited. In this study we use data from peasant communities in rural Peru to explore the effect of the intra-household allocation of inherited land on women’s empowerment. …”
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Agriculture transition and women's decision-making power in coffee-farming households in Lao PDR por Douangphachanh, Maliphone, Idrus, Rusaslina Binti, Phommavong, Saithong, Jaquet, Stéphanie

“…The Lao government introduced a new period of economic liberalisation with the New Economic Mechanism (NEM) in 1986. The present study examineswhether market liberalisation and women’s participation translated into changes in women’s decision-making power in the coffee growing region of the Bolaven Plateau in southern Lao PDR. …”
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MGNREGA Program Asset Selection: A leaflet providing women information on how to participate por Kosec, Katrina, Kyle, Jordan, Narayanan, Sudha, Raghunathan, Kalyani

“…This document is a leaflet designed by IFPRI in collaboration with our partner, Academy of Management Studies (AMS), for women in Odisha, India who hold job cards under the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA) program and thus have a right to influence the selection of the assets to be built by community members under the program. …”
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Exploring relationship pathways to prevent intimate partner violence among young women in Malawi por Pereira, Audrey, Chunga, Joseph, Kafumba, Juba, Tsoka, Maxton, Barrington, Clare

“…International estimates of intimate partner violence (IPV) among adolescents and young women are high, indicating the need to address IPV prevention early in life. …”
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Unravelling gendered practices in the public water sector in Nepal por Shrestha, Gitta, Clement, Floriane

Materias: “…women's participation…”
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World Food Programme uses mobile-based monitoring tools to guide programming in three countries, affecting up to 2.6 m persons por CGIAR Research Program on Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security

Materias: “…women…”
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Application of Monitoring and Evaluation for Land in Africa (MELA) Framework in 12 African Countries por CGIAR Research Program on Policies, Institutions, and Markets

Materias: “…women…”
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