Resultados de búsqueda - Women and literature

Food systems, obesity, and gender in Latin America por Biermayr-Jenzano, Patricia

“…This literature review explores different dimensions of specific roles and conditions that influence women’s health and nutrition in Latin America, including (a) women as farmers and other affected groups such as indigenous peoples; (b) women’s role and participation in feeding schemes; (c) women as informal street food vendors; (d) women as traders of agricultural products; (e) women as workers in the agrifood industry; and (f) considerations regarding the time invested in food preparation at the household level and women’s participation in this task. …”
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Women’s empowerment and gender equity in agriculture: A different perspective from Southeast Asia por Akter, Sonia, Rutsaert, Pieter, Luis, Joyce, Htwe, Nyo Me, San, Su Su, Raharjo, Budi, Pustika, Arlyna

“…Although the status of women in agriculture has received extensive attention in the literature in recent decades, a research gap persists regarding the state of gender inequity in Southeast Asian agriculture. …”
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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. …”
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Coping with crisis - smoke, drought, flood and currency: Iban women and their households in West Kalimantan por Wadley, R.L.

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Women’s empowerment and the adoption of improved maize varieties: Evidence from Ethiopia, Kenya, and Tanzania por Seymour, Gregory, Doss, Cheryl, Marenya, Paswel Phiri, Meinzen-Dick, Ruth S., Passarelli, Simone

“…Despite recent evidence that decisions about technology adoption often involve input from both men and women, the literature on technology adoption rarely considers gender and intrahousehold issues. …”
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Digital financial services for empowering women in agri-food value chains in the Indonesian region por Putri, Rumanintya Lisaria

“…Based on an extensive literature review, available evidence and macro analysis of national-level statistical data, the study describes gender relations, DFS and AFVC in Indonesia, as well as identifies challenges in promoting women’s empowerment and opportunities to be exploited by DFS initiatives. …”
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UNFSS Science Days Side Event: Gender equality, women’s empowerment, and food systems por International Food Policy Research Institute, Self Employed Women’s Association (SEWA)

“…While there is a broad consensus in the literature about how to improve gender equality and women’s empowerment in food systems, there is little evidence on causal pathways or processes. …”
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ICT-based agricultural extension services and women’s empowerment: Evidence from Nigeria and Ethiopia por Lambrecht, Isabel B.

“…Yet, technical solutions and advisory systems will fail to produce the intended outcomes if they do not manage to deliver their messages to farmers, or if farmers are unable to benefit from this advice. Women, in particular, often have less access to digital tools and also have less decision-making power in agriculture. …”
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Enhancing gender equality and women's resilience through climate mitigation in agri-food systems por Tavenner, Katie

“…Climate mitigation technologies and practices have the potential to enhance gender equality and women’s resilience to climate change, if underlying gender norms, intersectional social differences, and sociocultural dynamics are addressed in agrifood systems. …”
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Context matters: Oil palm production and women's dietary diversity in the tropical forest of Cameroon por Tabe-Ojong, Martin Paul Jr.

“…We use a rich farm household survey from a native oil palm production hotspot, Cameroon, to examine the associations between oil palm production and women's dietary diversity. Using different estimation and identification strategies with some sensitivity checks, we show that oil palm is associated with lower dietary diversity for women, measured as the minimum dietary diversity for women and the minimum adequacy diversity diet. …”
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Associations between women’s bargaining power and the adoption of rust-resistant wheat varieties in Ethiopia por Euler, Michael, Jaleta, Moti, Gartaula, Hom

“…The dynamics in intra-household decision-making are often neglected in literature on the adoption of agricultural innovations. …”
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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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A synthesis of changes in women's empowerment in two portfolios of agricultural and livestock development projects por Galiè, Alessandra, Malapit, Hazel J., Njiru, Nelly, Ferguson, Nathaniel, Omondi, Immaculate A., Muchiri, Caroline, Lecoutere, Els

“…The quantitative results show mostly null findings, consistent with the emerging empowerment literature that suggests moving the needle on women’s empowerment requires intentional programming and appropriate levels of investment. …”
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Fostering social inclusion in development-oriented digital food system interventions por Steinke, Jonathan, Schumann, Charlotte, Langan, Simon J., Müller, Anna, Opola, Felix Ouko, Ortíz Crespo, Berta, Etten, Jacob van

“…CONTEXT Digital innovations can enhance the participation of often-marginalized social groups – including women and resource-poor farmers in low- and middle-income countries – in sustainable, profitable food systems. …”
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Gender empowerment gaps in agriculture and children’s well-being in Bangladesh por Malapit, Hazel J., Sraboni, Esha, Quisumbing, Agnes R., Ahmed, Akhter

“…Development programs that reduce gender gaps are expected to not only improve women’s well-being, but also their children’s. This draws on a growing body of literature that shows a strong positive association between women’s status and control over resources and improvements in children’s outcomes, particularly nutrition and education. …”
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The individual empowerment Index (IEI): A new approach for empowerment measures por Kinkingninhoun Medagbe, F.M., Floquet, A., Mujawamariya, G., Mongbo, R.L.

“…However, an individual empowerment tool is still needed, to be applied for any disadvantaged group, women, youths (male or female), poor, etc., or any economic sector, and which can be more suitable for rigorous impact assessment studies. …”
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Women’s land rights as a pathway to poverty reduction: A framework and review of available evidence por Meinzen-Dick, Ruth S., Quisumbing, Agnes R., Theis, Sophie, Doss, Cheryl R.

“…This paper reviews the literature on WLR and poverty reduction. It adapts 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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Strengthening women’s resilience and participation in climate governance in the agri-food sector through public policies por Mohammed, Kamaldeen, Najjar, Dina, Bryan, Elizabeth

“…New research based on a strategic review of literature conducted as part of CGIAR research initiative HER+: Harnessing gender and social equality for resilience in agrifood systems indicate that public policies are vital instruments towards improving women’s participation in climate change governance and enhancing their resilience.…”
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Leveraging social protection to support women’s and girls’ climate resilience in low- and middle-income countries por Hidrobo, Melissa, Bryan, Elizabeth, Läderach, Peter R.D., Mueller, Valerie, Navia, Bianca, Nesbitt-Ahmed, Zahrah, Roy, Shalini

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Conceptual framework of women’s food environments and determinants of food acquisition and dietary intakes in low- and middle-income countries: a scoping review por O’Meara, L., Bruyn, J. de, Hope, T., Fajó-Pascual, M., Hodge, R., Turner, C., Stoynova, M., Wellard, K., Ferguson, E., Dominguez-Salas, P.

“…We conducted a systematic scoping review of peer-reviewed literature published in English, Spanish, Portuguese, and French to identify determinants of food acquisition and dietary intake of women in LMICs. …”
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