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Understanding female and male empowerment in Burkina Faso using the project-level Women’s Empowerment in Agriculture Index (pro-WEAI): A longitudinal study by Crookston, Benjamin T., West, Josh H., Davis, Siena F., Hall, P. Cougar, Seymour, Greg, Gray, Bobbi L.

“…Background: Achieving gender equality and women’s empowerment is a major global priority. The purpose of this study was to determine whether the Building the Resilience of Vulnerable Communities in Burkina Faso (BRB) project, an agricultural development program, improved women’s empowerment, as measured by the project-level Women’s Empowerment in Agriculture Index (pro-WEAI). …”
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Adaptation and integration of Women's Empowerment in Agriculture Index (WEA) and Nutrition Assessment Approaches and Tools into the Context of Northern Ghana (AIWNA). Qualitative Study on Women’s Empowerment in Agriculture in Northern and Savannah Regions of Ghana by Acheampong, P., Snyder, K.

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Climate–urban nexus: a study of vulnerable women in urban areas of KwaZulu-Natal Province, South Africa by Hlahla, S., Simatele, M. D., Hill, T., Mabhaudhi, Tafadzwanashe

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Scoping study to identify capacity and needs of emerging leaders (men, women, and youth) for strengthening WEFE nexus approach Uzbekistan by Namozov, Orifjan, Babajanova, Zukhra, Sin, Liliana, Djumanazarova, Aygul

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Assessing the impact of participatory research in rice breeding on women farmers: a case study in eastern Uttar Pradesh, India by Paris, Thelma R., SINGH, ABHA, CUENO, AMELIA D., SINGH, V.N.

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Interactions of a social protection program with women’s and men’s capacities to build climate resilience in Mali: a qualitative study by Adeyeye, O., Fischer, G., Traore Thera, A., Cole, S.

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Gender norms and women’s economic resilience to climate change challenges: a case study of Ogun and Oyo states in Nigeria by Mudege, Netsayi, Mdege, Norita, Olajumoke, Adeyeye, Muzungaire, Lizzy, Kakwasha, Keagan

“…This paper uses case studies of three agri-food systems in Nigeria – cassava, catfish and chicken – to demonstrate the impact of gender norms on women's economic resilience to climate change impacts. …”
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Gender norms and women’s economic resilience to climate change challenges: a case study of Ogun and Oyo states in Nigeria by Mudege, N.N., Mdege, N., Adeyeye, O., Muzungaire, L., Kakwasha, K.

“…This paper uses case studies of three agri-food systems in Nigeria – cassava, catfish and chicken – to demonstrate the impact of gender norms on women's economic resilience to climate change impacts. …”
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Overcoming inequalities without challenging women’s loyalty to the indigenous community : case study in the Indigenous Community Nasa Kiwe, Colombia by Sandoval Ferro, Blanca Iris

“…Feminist and postcolonial theories guide this thesis to uncover the forms that inequalities take and the mechanisms that allow their reproduction. The study also explores the effects of dominant discourses on women´s agency in the struggle for gender equality. …”

Building resilience through human centered interventions: A case study of female smallholder farmers in Matuu, Kenya by Mutiso, Ashley, Vait, Samuel, Magati, Okari

“…As part of an ongoing project, the study recommends social capital and community resilience interventions, capacity building, improved financial structures, women’s empowerment programs, and climate change adaptation and mitigation measures to increase resilience. …”
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SELEVER study: First follow-up 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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SELEVER study: Second follow-up 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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Evidence from Rwanda showed that consumption of iron biofortified beans had a positive effect on cognitive performance of young women by CGIAR Research Program on Agriculture for Nutrition and Health

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Empowering communities through food-based programmes: Ethiopia case study by Cohen, Marc J., Rocchigiani, Mariagrazia, Garrett, James L.

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Role of capital in enhancing participation of women in commercial forestry: A case study of the Sawlog Production Grant Scheme (SPGS) project in Uganda by Kakungulu, Z.

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Gender at the centre of our research by Bioversity International

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A case study of cassava trait preferences of men and women farmers in Nigeria: implications for gender-responsive cassava variety development by Olaosebikan, O., Kulakow, Peter A., Tufan, Hale Ann, Madu, Tessy, Egesi, Chiedozie N., Teeken, Béla

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Women for Water and Wood?: Analysis of Gender Differentiation in Forest and Water Management - A Case Study of the Mau Forest Complex in Kenya by Gomm, L.

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Using wellbeing concept to measure economic and social impacts: A case study of the seaweed processing women's groups in Indonesian villages by Larson, Silva

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The burdens of participation: A mixed-methods study of the effects of a nutrition-sensitive agriculture program on women’s time use in Malawi by Margolies, Amy, Colantuoni, Elizabeth, Morgan, Rosemary, Gelli, Aulo, Caulfield, Laura E.

“…Development programs often rely on women’s participation. However, there is little evidence of whether development programs that engage women’s unpaid labor – particularly in care work – add to their time burdens. …”
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