Search Results - Women's studies.

Can call detail records provide insights into women's empowerment? A case study from Uganda by Slavchevska, Vanya, Tyszler, Marcelo, Burra, Dharani Dhar, Seymour, Greg, Sementsov, Denys, Lierde, Astrid van, King, Brian

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TH2.4: The Role of Women in Irrigation: A Case Study of Ahero Irrigation Scheme in Kenya by Okumu, Mary Nyonah, Narsiah, Sagie

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TH1.2: Women's hidden roles in urban food systems in Dhaka - A pilot study by Ibrahim, Farhana Hussain, Kawarazuka, Nozomi

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Cultural and economic barriers and opportunities for the participation of women in agricultural production systems: A case study in Guatemala by Hernandez, Manuel A., Alarcón, Constanza, Berrospi, Maria Lucia, Lopera, Diana Carolina, Quintero, Diana, Reyes, Byron A., Olivet, Francisco

“…As in other Latin American countries, agricultural activities in Guatemala contribute with 32% of the total employment (65% in rural areas), but only one in every ten individuals employed in these activities are women. This study examines the cultural and economic barriers and opportunities for the participation of women in agricultural (crop and livestock) production systems. …”
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Cultural and economic barriers and opportunities for the participation of women in agricultural production systems: A case study in Guatemala by Berrospi, Maria Lucia, Hernandez, Manuel A., Alarcón, Constanza, Lopera, Diana Carolina, Quintero, Diana, Reyes, Byron A., Olivet, Francisco

“…Agricultural activities in Guatemala constitute 32% of the total employment, but only one in every 10 individuals employed in these activities are women. This study examines cultural and economic barriers and opportunities for women’s participation in crop and livestock production systems. …”
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Empowering women and youth in rice value chains by implementing innovation platforms: A case study in Senegal by Ndour, Maimouna, Diagne, Mandiaye, Akpa, Aristide, Sarr, Georgette M.

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Situation of the inclusion of women and young people in agricultural and rural areas in Côte d'Ivoire: Study Report by Yeo, P., Arouna, A., Mobio, A., Kra, G., Mujawamariya, G.

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Brazil’s social movement, women and forests: A case study from the National Council of Rubber Tappers by Shanley, P., Silva, F.C. da, MacDonald, T.

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Social mobilization and women's participation in water resource management: a case study of Southern Punjab, Pakistan by Hamid, Abdul

“…The village 54/4R in the command area of Hakra 4R distributary in the southern Punjab Pakistan was taken as a case study to analyze whether a well-structured social mobilization approach can help the village community to set up a women organization. …”
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An exploratory study of dairying intensification, women’s decision making, and time use and implications for child nutrition in Kenya by Njuki, Jemimah, Wyatt, Amanda, Baltenweck, Isabelle, Yount, K., Null, C., Ramakrishnan, U., Girard, Amy W., Sreenath, S.

“…Women from medium-intensity households reported spending more time on dairy activities than women from high-intensity households. …”
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When water security programmes seek to empower women-a case study from western Nepal by Clement, Floriane, Karki, Emma

Subjects: “…women's participation…”
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Sources of bias when measuring women’s empowerment in fragile and conflict-affected settings: A story of four case studies by Ambler, Kate, Bloem, Jeffrey R.

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Agricultural intensification and livelihood strategies of female farmers in Babati District, Tanzania: A minor field study by Bengtsson, M., Klerfelt, M.

“…But with the prevailing structures of disadvantages in the livelihood opportunities for women we find it important to study how agricultural intensification affects the livelihoods of female farmers. …”
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SELEVER study: Baseline survey by International Food Policy Research Institute

“…The Soutenir l’Exploitation Familiale pour Lancer l’Élevage des Volailles et Valoriser l’Économie Rurale (SELEVER) study was a cluster randomized controlled trial conducted in rural Burkina Faso to evaluate the impact of an integrated agriculture-nutrition intervention on the diets, health, and nutritional status of women and children. …”
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Women and cassava production and processing in Latin America by Poats, SV

Subjects: “…women…”
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Examining the gender digital divide: A case study from rural Bangladesh by Sufian, Farha D., Nico, Gianluigi, Azzarri, Carlo

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Gender and seed entrepreneurism: Case studies in Ethiopia, Ghana, Kenya and Tanzania by Gumucio, Tatiana, Kramer, Berber, Ragasa, Catherine, Pyburn, Rhiannon, Galie, Alessandra, Aredo, Samson Dejene, Jumba, Humphrey, Nimorme, Eva, Omondi, Immaculate A., Sufian, Farha Deba

“…Our paper seeks to identify factors that inhibit and promote women’s success in seed businesses, through three case studies of women’s and men’s entrepreneurship across varying seed-related value chains and country contexts in Africa south of the Sahara. …”
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EMIC definitions of empowerment for just development: Learnings from a Kenya case study by Zaremba, Haley, Nchanji, Eileen Bogweh, Djurfeldt, Nadia Guettou, North, Hanna, Slavchevska, Vanya, Giaquinto, Annarita Macchioni

“…The study found that different genders and cultures define empowerment of women and men differently. …”
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SELEVER study: Endline survey by International Food Policy Research Institute

“…The Soutenir l’Exploitation Familiale pour Lancer l’Élevage des Volailles et Valoriser l’Économie Rurale (SELEVER) study was a cluster randomized controlled trial conducted in rural Burkina Faso to evaluate the impact of an integrated agriculture-nutrition intervention on the diets, health, and nutritional status of women and children. …”
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A Mobile Health Wallet for pregnancy-related healthcare in Madagascar: A mixed-methods study on opportunities and challenges by Muller, N., Emmrich, Peter M.F., Rajemison, E.N., Neve, J.W. de, Bärnighausen, T., Knauss, S., Emmrich, J.V.

“…However, the possible implications of these technologies on financing and payment for maternal health care services-which commonly require large 1-time out-of-pocket payments-have not yet been systematically assessed in low-resource settings.The aim of this study was to determine the structural, contextual, and experiential characteristics of a mobile phone-based savings and payment platform, the Mobile Health Wallet (MHW), for skilled health care during pregnancy among women in Madagascar.We used a 2-stage cluster random sampling scheme to select a representative sample of women utilizing either routine antenatal (ANC) or routine postnatal care (PNC) in public sector health facilities in 2 of 8 urban and peri-urban districts of Antananarivo, Madagascar (Atsimondrano and Renivohitra districts). …”
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