Search Results - Women and literature

Scaling up Kudumbashree -- collective action for poverty alleviation and women's empowerment by Kadiyala, Suneetha

“…As the CDS structures are affiliated to the LGBs, their financial sustainability is ensured through various modalities, e.g., convergence, women's component plan, and earmarked assistance to women's self-help groups (SHG). …”
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Women in farmer–herder conflicts: case studies from Sudan and Nigeria by Nassef, Magda, Sulieman, Hussein, Momale, Saleh, Higazi, Adam, Domingo, Pilar

“…When they do feature, they are predominantly portrayed as victims of conflict rather than actors exercising agency. Although recent literature on women and conflict has begun to consider voice and agency, this is less evident within farmer–herder conflict or the broader land and conflict nexus. …”
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Conceptualizing women’s empowerment in agrifood systems governance: A new framework by Ragasa, Catherine, Kyle, Jordan, Kristjanson, Patricia M., Eissler, Sarah

“…Are women included? And are women influencing? This paper describes the process of conceptualizing and developing the WEAGov assessment framework by drawing together evidence, experience, and lessons from the literature and from over 30 stakeholder consultations across several countries and sectors to develop a practical and theoretically grounded framework.…”
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Helpers, employees or owners: Opportunities for women’s empowerment in agricultural value chains by Moreno Bustamante, Manuel Francisco, Twyman, Jennifer, Claros Trujillo, Luisa María, Suazo, Carlos, Wiegel, Jennifer Rebecca

“…The results suggest that levels of empowerment differ (as measured by the A-WEAI) between value chains and at different levels of value chain nodes. Women in processing nodes have lower levels of empowerment than those in production nodes, which contrasts with literature results. …”
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Exploring women’s empowerment in livestock: A qualitative study in Caquetá, Colombia by Rodriguez, Luz A., Vanegas Cubillos, Martha, Buitrago, Juliana, Mesa, Aana María, Santamaria Ruiz, Juliana, Correal, Antonia

“…Poor road conditions and limited mobility further restrict their access to training and decision-making spaces. While women recognize the impacts of climate change, they do not see them as gendered, though existing literature highlights their greater vulnerability due to limited access to resources and decision-making power. …”
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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

“…Despite numerous studies that develop, highlight or adapt frameworks on resilience in general, there is a lack of frameworks and tools that measure and track the (climate) resilience of women in agrifood systems. A scoping review of scholarly and grey literature was conducted to assess available resilience frameworks and indicators, adapt relevant components and develop a new framework that is specific to measuring and tracking the resilience of women in agrifood systems. …”
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The effects of political reservations for women on local governance and rural service provision by Raabe, Katharina, Sekher, Madhushree, Birner, Regina

“…In 1993, India introduced quota-based political reservations for women in rural areas with the objective to promote gender equality in human development by making rural service provision and local governance inclusive and responsive to the needs of women. …”
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Structural vulnerability to climate change in Bangladesh: a literature review. [Project report prepared by IWMI for the CGIAR Research Program on Climate Change, Agriculture and Fo... by de Silva, Sanjiv

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Effective food systems innovations: An inventory of evidence from Bangladesh, Ethiopia, Nigeria, Viet Nam, and other low-and middle-income countries by Lecoutere, Els, Van den Berg, Marrit, de Brauw, Alan

“…This paper reviews the literature on food system innovations in the food environment and addressing consumer behavior on diet and nutrition-related outcomes in Bangladesh, Ethiopia, Nigeria, Viet Nam, and other LMICs, then highlights promising innovations and demonstrates gaps in the literature. …”
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Implementing gender transformative approaches in agriculture: A discussion paper for the European Commission by Wong, Franz, Vos, Andrea, Pyburn, Rhiannon, Newton, Julie

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Joint decision-making and women’s agency on small-scale farms in Colombia and Nicaragua by García, Maria Alejandra, Godek, Wendy, Twyman, Jennifer

“…This research contributes to the gender and development literature that seeks to understand and measure women’s agency (or empowerment) through the study of intra-household decision-making. …”
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Power as agency: a critical reflection on the measurement of women’s empowerment in the development sector by O'Hara, C., Clement, Floriane

“…Despite extensive literature on the complex nature of empowerment, current efforts to measure women’s empowerment in the agricultural development sector are largely limited to assessing visible forms of agency. …”
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Women’s control over income and household spending decisions: A rapid review by Eissler, Sarah, Bryan, Elizabeth

“…We present a rapid review of this literature since 2013 on women’s relative bargaining power over household resource allocation and its relationship with key well-being outcomes. …”
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Women's labor force participation in rural India: Current status, patterns and drivers by Joshi, Kuhu, Joshi, Chaitanya K., Kishore, Avinash

“…This is despite rapid economic growth, better educational attainment, and a decline in fertility. The literature predicts a U-shaped relationship between economic growth and women’s LFP. …”
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Not just a drop in the bucket: Measuring women’s empowerment in water, sanitation, and hygiene by Myers, Emily, Baek, Yuna, Ramani, Gayathri V., Heckert, Jessica

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Women's vulnerabilities to climate insecurity and violence: Household-level evidence from Bangladesh by Suza, Ma, Warner, Jeroen, Pacillo, Grazia, Läderach, Peter, van Dijk, Han

“…While climate security literature typically examines group-level conflicts, such as between farmers and pastoralists or between ethnic groups, this study shifts the focus to intra- and inter-household dynamics, exploring conflicts experienced by women with spouses, family members, and neighbors. …”
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Use of soy isoflavones as alternative to hormone replacement therapy (HRT) for women in menopause by Edefuhr, Jenny

“…The main objective of this master thesis was to investigate the effects of isoflavones in women during menopause on the menopausal symptoms, bone mass, breast, endometrium, and cardiovascular disease risk by reviewing current literature in the area.…”
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Developing a women’s empowerment in energy index: Conceptual framework and empirical evidence by Alvi, Muzna, Vemireddy, Vidya, Ringler, Claudia, Tank, Nikita

“…Research examining genderdifferentiated patterns of energy use or access, and the role that women’s empowerment plays in this, is scant. We contribute to the knowledge gap by reviewing the extant literature to understand the gender-differentiated patterns of access or use of energy and the role of women’s empowerment. …”
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Women entrepreneurship in Serbia : a qualitative study of the perceived enabling factors for the female entrepreneurship by Zlatkov Cvetković, Marina

“…The main conclusion based on the literature review and empirical illustrations is that comprehensive measures are needed in order to increase women entrepreneurship. …”

Does a joint United Nations microfinance ‘plus’ program empower female farmers in rural Ethiopia? Evidence using the pro-WEAI by Hillesland, Marya, Kaaria, Susan, Mane, Erdgin, Alemu, Mihret, Slavchevska, Vanya

“…This is in part because there are large variations in the interventions that are evaluated, but also that there is not a standardized metric of empowerment that is implemented consistently throughout the literature. This study investigates the effectiveness of a joint United Nations program aimed at empowering rural women through women-run rural savings and credit cooperatives in Oromia, Ethiopia, using the project-Women’s Empowerment in Agricultural Index. …”
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