Resultados de búsqueda - Women's studies.

  1. Solar power means female power? : how the introduction of electricity supports gender needs in rural Bangladesh por Haag, Jella

    Publicado 2017
    “…For a better understanding of how electricity can impact women’s gender needs, the study at hand looks at a small-scale energy project in rural Bangladesh with regard to its gender sensitivity. …”
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  2. Country virtual learning exchange workshop series: Insights from Kyrgyzstan por Ibraeva, Gulnara, Ablezova, Mehrigiul, Danshina, Anastasiia, Elias, Marlene

    Publicado 2024
    “…Moreover, the webinar provided insights into the pilot design and implementation, including legal counselling, trainings on financial literacy, social media marketing, and family harmony, as well as study tours. Throughout the session, speakers offered recommendations for addressing gender inequalities and promoting women’s empowerment in land ownership, with an emphasis on replicating and scaling up GTAs in other contexts.…”
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  3. The time-use agency scale: Development and validation of a measure for Ghana and beyond por Sinharoy, Sheela, Cheong, Yuk Fai, Heckert, Jessica, Seymour, Greg, Johnson, Erin R., Yount, Kathryn M.

    Publicado 2023
    “…Global health and development interventions often are predicated on the reallocation of women's time for the achievement of program objectives; yet research and programs have paid limited attention to women's preferences for and agency over their time use. …”
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    Journal Article
  4. Intrahousehold preference heterogeneity and demand for labor-saving agricultural technology por Gulati, Kajal, Ward, Patrick S., Lybbert, Travis J., Spielman, David J.

    Publicado 2024
    “…We examine intrahousehold decision-making dynamics that shape smallholder households' decision to use mechanical rice transplanting (MRT), a technology that disproportionately influences demand for women's labor. To study the adoption decision, we experimentally estimate the willingness to pay for MRT services both at the individual and household level. …”
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    Journal Article
  5. Task or time? Comparing methods for measuring the gender distribution of work por Banerjee, Archis, Kumar, Neha, Quisumbing, Agnes R.

    Publicado 2024
    “…There is growing evidence that gender disparities in the distribution of paid and unpaid work impose constraints on women’s well-being and livelihoods, reducing access to paid employment, and time for education, leisure, and social activities. …”
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  6. Predictors of essential health and nutrition service delivery in Bihar, India: Results from household and frontline worker surveys por Kosec, Katrina, Avula, Rasmi, Holtemeyer, Brian, Tyagi, Parul, Hausladen, Stephanie, Menon, Purnima

    Publicado 2015
    “…ASHAs receiving incentives for institutional delivery (OR = 1.52, CI = 0.99-2.33) was marginally associated with higher odds of receiving pregnancy care information, and ASHAs who maintained records of pregnant women was significantly associated with households receiving such information (OR = 2.25, CI = 1.07-4.74). …”
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  7. Estimation of nutritional postharvest losses along food value chains: A case study of three key food security commodities in sub-Saharan Africa por Bechoff, A., Shee, A., Mvumi, B.M., Ngwenyama, P., Debelo, H., Ferruzzi, M.G., Nyanga, L.K., Mayanja, S., Tomlins, Keith I.

    Publicado 2022
    “…A user-friendly predictive tool was developed for case studies involving maize and cowpea in Zimbabwe, and for sweet potato in Uganda. …”
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    Journal Article
  8. Targeting market segment needs with public-good crop breeding investments: A case study with potato and sweetpotato focused on poverty alleviation, nutrition and gender por Ojwang, S.O., Okello, J.J., Otieno, David Jakinda, Mutiso, J.M., Lindqvist-Kreuze, H., Coaldrake, Peter, Mendes, T., Andrade, M.I., Sharma, N., Grüneberg, W.J., Makunde, G.S., Ssali, R.T., Yada, B., Mayanja, S., Polar, Vivian, Oloka, B., Chelangat, D.M., Ashby, J., Hareau, G., Campos, Hugo

    Publicado 2023
    “…Our analysis reveals that future investments in breeding programs will achieve greater impacts by developing varieties for market segments and pipelines that have more poor rural people, high stunting rates among children, anemia prevalence among women of reproductive age, and where there is high vitamin A deficiency. …”
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    Journal Article
  9. NEXUS Gains Talk 15: Gender and Energy: Measures to accelerate equity and social inclusion in South Asia’s rural energy transition por Shakya, Shristi, Durga, Neha, Alvi, Muzna, Singh, Tushar, Ringler, Claudia

    Publicado 2023
    “…Access by women and marginalized groups to clean energy services and green technologies remains constrained by women’s social position and gender norms as well as gender-blind energy policies and institutions. …”
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