Search Results - Women and literature

Reducing vulnerability to forced labour and trafficking of women migrant workers from South- to West-Asia by ElDidi, Hagar, van Biljon, Chloe, Alvi, Muzna, Ringler, Claudia, Ratna, Nazmun N., Abdulrahim, Sawsan, Kilby, Patrick, Wu, Joyce, Choudhury, Zahid ul Arefin

“…We review evidence from literature and interview 18 key informants to assess the exploitation migrant women face, and highlight the impacts of past interventions to determine their potential, and realised effectiveness, in reducing forced labour and trafficking. …”
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Making climate smart agriculture work for women: taking stock of evidence and implications for policy and practice by Puskur, Ranjitha, Malhotra, Aayushi

“…This session presents the key evidence on this topic emerging from a range of activities undertaken by the CGIAR GENDER Impact Platform on this topic, including a systematic review, evidence mapping and evidence generation projects, while drawing on other available literature. The session will put a spotlight on gender-responsive climate finance, mitigation, private sector engagement and data needs that can accelerate adoption of CSA by women to build their resilience. …”
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Experimental measures of intra-household resource control by Ambler, Kate, Jones, Kelly M., Recalde, María P.

“…Our analysis shows that such behavior is displayed by women who have higher levels of economic empowerment and wellbeing, a result that contradicts previous conjectures made in the literature. …”
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Methodologies for researching feminisation of agriculture what do they tell us? by Farnworth, Cathy Rozel, Lecoutere, Els, Galiè, Alessandra, Van Campenhout, Bjorn, Elias, Marlène, Ihalainen, Markus, Roeven, Lara, Bharati, Preeti, Valencia, Ana Maria Paez, Crossland, Mary, Vinceti, Barbara, Monterroso, Iliana

“…An increasing body of literature suggests that agriculture is “feminizing” in many low and middle-income countries. …”
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Women’s empowerment and crop diversification in Bangladesh: A possible pathway to climate change adaptation and better nutrition by De Pinto, Alessandro, Seymour, Greg, Bryan, Elizabeth, Bhandary, Prapti

“…The existing literature shows that climate change will likely affect several of the dimensions that determine people’s food security status in Bangladesh, from crop production to the availability of food products and their accessibility. …”
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Women’s resilience and participation in climate governance in the agri-food sector: A strategic review of public policies by Mohammed, Kamaldeen, Najjar, Dina, Bryan, Elizabeth

“…The primary objective of this working paper is to review literature (i.e., peer-reviewed and grey) on the extent to which women’s full and effective participation in climate change policies at different scales; defined at the level at which a policy is implemented, including macro, meso and micro; improve women’s resilience to climate change and environmental hazards. …”
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Women's collective action and its impact on their resilience in agri-food systems: a rapid evidence review by Booker, Francesca, Duffy, Janine, Nicolini, Giulia, Núñez del Prado Nieto, Isabela, Wagner, Kata, Verma, Benu, Anbacha, Abiyot, Puskur, Ranjitha, Kori, Pooja

“…This rapid evidence review set out to explore the empirical evidence on how collective action among women has impacted their ability to cope with a shock or stress in the context of agri-food systems. …”
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Maternal diets in India: Gaps, barriers, and opportunities by Nguyen, Phuong Hong, Kachwaha, Shivani, Tran, Lan Mai, Sanghvi, Tina, Ghosh, Sebanti, Menon, Purnima

“…We used mixed methods, including empirical analysis, compiling data from available national and subnational surveys, and reviewing literature, policy, and program strategies. Diets among pregnant women are characterized by low energy, macronutrient imbalance, and inadequate micronutrient intake. …”
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Developing survey-based measures of gendered freedom of movement for use in studies of agricultural value chains by Heckert, Jessica, Myers, Emily, Malapit, Hazel J.

“…Freedom of movement is an important aspect of women’s empowerment, especially in the context of rural transformation as women attempt to transition from subsistence agriculture into more remunerative roles, such as involvement in higher nodes of the agricultural value chain, which often involves marketing activities and traveling away from the home. …”
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Gender and social norms in Agriculture: A review by Hillenbrand, Emily, Miruka, Maureen

“…There is a growing literature on gender norms—the unwritten, informal social rules that determine socially acceptable behavior for men and women—and how they shape the possibilities for women’s empowerment. …”
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Gender-just mitigation in the agrifood systems sector: Potential and pitfalls by Nassif, Gabriella, Ringler, Claudia, Bryan, Elizabeth

“…It remains unclear, however, to what extent mitigation in the agrifood systems space addresses gender inequalities and involves women as agents of climate action. This article reviews the literature to identify the main linkages between gender and mitigation in agrifood systems, examines the key barriers preventing women from equitably participating in and benefiting from mitigation actions in agrifood systems, and concludes with best practices to mainstream gender in mitigation actions in a substantive and sustainable way. …”
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Harnessing Chat GPT (generative pretrained transformer) to engage youth and women in climate-smart and sustainable livestock farming by Ekule, Muluken, Rudiger, Udo

“…This literature review on harnessing Chat GPT focusses on how Chat GPT guides youth and women on feed production. least cost formulation, forecasting feed balance. …”
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Is agricultural labour feminizing in South and South East Asia: Analysis of demography and health services data on women and work by Oloo, Stephen, Galiè, Alessandra, Teufel, Nils

“…'Feminisation of agriculture’ is generally utilized to indicate an expansion of women’s engagement in agricultural production, as labourers or decision-makers. …”
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Exploring Women’s Differentiated Access to Climate-Smart Agricultural Interventions in Selected Climate-Smart Villages of Latin America by Acosta, Mariola, Riley, Simon, Bonilla Findji, Osana, Martínez Barón, Deissy, Howland, Fanny C., Huyer, Sophia, Castellanos, Andrea, Martínez, Jesús David, Chanana, Nitya

“…Much of the literature examining the role of gender in processes of climate change adaptation in the agricultural sector has focused primarily on differences between male and female farmers, implicitly treating men and women as homogenous groups. …”
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A preliminary theory of change detailing how women's participation can improve the management of local forests and fisheries by Leisher, C., Booker, F., Agarwal, B., Day, M., Matthews, E., Prosnitz, D., Roe, D., Russell, D., Samberg, L., Sunderland, T.C.H., Temsah, G., Wilkie, D.

“…We reviewed a large body of literature to address this question and identified 11 studies that compare the governance and conservation results of mixed-gender resource management groups with men-only or women-only groups. …”
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Using a sustainable food systems framework to examine gender equality and women’s empowerment in aquatic food systems by Adam, Rahma, Dam Lam, Rodolfo, Lozano, Denise, McDougall, Cynthia, Rajaratnam, Surendran, Ouko, Kevin, Manyungwa-Pasani, Chikondi, Forsythe, Lora, Rossignoli, Cristiano

“…This hampers the ability of women to engage in and benefit from aquatic food systems. …”
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Protein intake adequacy among Nigerian infants, children, adolescents and women and protein quality of commonly consumed foods by Have, Judith de Vries-ten, Owolabi, Adedotun, Steijns, Jan, Kudla, Urszula, Melse-Boonstra, Alida

“…The present review assessed protein quantity and quality in diets of Nigerian infants, children, adolescents, and pregnant and lactating women. Literature reviews and calculations were performed to assess adequacy of Nigerian protein intake and to examine the Nigerian diet. …”
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State of knowledge on gender and resilience by Bryan, Elizabeth

“…Growing evidence shows that men and women have different exposure to shocks and stressors, and different preferences and capacities in terms of their responses. …”
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Youth in farmer–herder conflicts: case studies from Sudan and Nigeria by Nassef, Magda, Sulieman, Hussein, Momale, Saleh, Higazi, Adam, Domingo, Pilar

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Exploring gendered experiences of time-use agency in Benin, Malawi, and Nigeria as a new concept to measure women’s empowerment by Eissler, Sarah, Heckert, Jessica, Myers, Emily, Seymour, Greg, Sinharoy, Sheela, Yount, Kathryn M.

“…Although time-use agency, as a concept, has yet to be addressed in women’s empowerment literature. A next step in this area of inquiry is to develop survey indicators on time-use agency, which may reduce bias and cognitively burden compared to existing time use surveys.…”
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