Search Results - Women and literature

Participatory action research for changing gender norms and achieving women’s and youth’s empowerment in mixed barley-livestock systems in Ethiopia by Najjar, Dina, Tsige, Meseret, M. Oumer, Ali, Frija, Aymen, Ekule, Muluken, Wamatu, Jane, Haile, Aynalem, Sanchez-Garcia, Miguel

“…We work with producers, private companies, consumers, processors (many of whom are landless women), breeders, sellers and traders to enable access to better varieties and breeds and more sustainable practices. …”
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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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Where are the women? A review and conceptual framework for addressing gender equity in charcoal value chains in Sub-Saharan Africa by Ihalainen, Markus, Schure, J., Sola, P.

“…Despite recent studies suggesting that women are taking on an increasing role in charcoal value chains, data and analysis on the role of women and the influence of gendered power relations in the often male-coded charcoal value chain have remained limited. …”
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Using the G+ tools to validate gender equitable breeding decisions for new cassava varieties targeted at men and women in Nigeria by Nwanze-Olaosebikan, Olamide, Teeken, Béla, Balogun, Ireti, Madu, Tessy, Okoye, Benjamin, Abolore, Bello, Polar, Vivian, Ashby, Jacqueline A., Cole, Steven M., Kulakow, Peter A., Parkes, Elizabeth Y.

“…This study used the G+ tools to investigate: (a) relevant gender and social diversity among cassava users related to granulated and paste food products value chains (VC), and (b) prioritized quality traits (PQTs) that should be incorporated into breeding new cassava to achieve equitable benefits for men and women cassava VC actors in Nigeria. The G+ tools were used to synthesize literature on cassava production, processing and products’ market segments. …”
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Gender, resilience, and food systems by Bryan, Elizabeth, Ringler, Claudia, Meinzen-Dick, Ruth S.

“…Drawing on systematic reviews and case studies from the literature, this chapter finds that exposure and sensitivity to disturbances depend largely on gendered roles in food systems, including along agricultural value chains, and the food environments in which men and women live. …”
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Measuring women’s decisionmaking: Indicator choice and survey design experiments from cash and food transfer evaluations in Ecuador, Uganda, and Yemen by Peterman, Amber, Schwab, Benjamin, Roy, Shalini, Hidrobo, Melissa, Gilligan, Daniel O.

“…We review theoretical and operational evidence from recent literature on women’s decisionmaking and analyze survey experiments undertaken in cash and food transfer programs in Ecuador, Yemen, and Uganda from 2010 to 2012. …”
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Population estimates, consequences, and risk factors of obesity among pregnant and postpartum women in India: Results from a national survey and policy recommendations by Chopra, Mansi, Kaur, Naman, Singh, Konsam Dinachandra, Maria Jacob, Chandni, Divakar, Hema, Babu, Giridhara R., Nguyen, Phuong Hong

“…Older maternal age, urban residence, increasing wealth quintile, and secondary education were associated with increased odds of obesity among pregnant and postpartum women; higher education increased odds among postpartum women only (OR 1.90; 95% CI, 1.44–2.52). …”
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Is reliable water access the solution to undernutrition? A review of the potential of irrigation to solve nutrition and gender gaps in Africa South of the Sahara by Domènech, Laia

“…This paper aims to connect the dots and review the literature available on the linkages between irrigation and food security, improved nutrition, and health. …”
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TH2.1: Empowerment without Transformation? A Scoping Review on Women Empowerment, Masculinities and Social norms in Agricultural Research by Mwiine, Amon A., Mangheni, Margaret Najjingo, Businge, Martha, Angudubo, S., Shimali, Fred, Nakyewa, Brenda, Nanyonjo, G., Asiimwe, E., Sanya, Losira N.

“…This paper draws from a literature review. Search terms included "Women's empowerment", "masculinities", "gender norms", "agency" "Power relations", "Rural masculinities" "male involvement in agriculture". …”
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Parental schooling, endowment and the accumulation of specific human capital: longitudinal evidence from Thailand by Yamauchi, Futoshi, Poapongsakorn, Nipon, Ariga, Kenn

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Challenges for private sector job matching in rural Egypt: Results from a survey of Forsa employers by Shokry, Nada, Yassa, Basma, Kurdi, Sikandra

“…Increasing formal employment for youth and women is a key goal of the Forsa pilot graduation intervention and Egyptian government policy in general. …”
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(Afterword) Riska: memories of a Dayak girlhood by Colfer, C.J.P.

“…It discusses the burgeoning literature reflecting women’s voices, a genre to which Riska contributes. …”
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Empowerment Beyond the Household: Measuring and Comparing the Collective Agency of Groups and Individuals by Meinzen-Dick, Ruth S., ElDidi, Hagar, Pereira, Audrey, Heckert, Jessica, Kosec, Katrina, Nchanji, Eileen Bogweh, Seymour, Greg

“…Collective agency is a critical component of women’s empowerment within and beyond the household. …”
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Associations between livestock keeping, morbidity, and nutritional status of children and women in low and middle-income countries: A systematic review by Alemu, Taddese, Giang Nguyen, Duncan, Alan J., Baltenweck, Isabelle, Brown, Fiona, Iannotti, Lora L., McNeill, Geraldine

“…Similarly, livestock production showed a positive or neutral relationship with women’s nutritional status in almost all the references that reported on the topic. …”
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Where women in agri-food systems are at highest climate risk: A methodology for mapping climate-agriculture-gender inequality hotspots by Lecoutere, Els, Mishra, Avni, Singaraju, Niyati, Koo, Jawoo, Azzarri, Carlo, Chanana, Nitya, Nico, Gianluigi, Puskur, Ranjitha

“…In contexts with gendered roles in agri-food systems or where structural constraints to gender equality underlie unequal access to resources and services and constrain women's agency, local climate hazards and stressors, such as droughts, floods, or shortened crop-growing seasons, tend to negatively affect women more than men and women's adaptive capacities tend to be more restrained than men's . …”
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Investment and cultivation strategies for women and youth inclusion: cases from on-farm, off-farm and non-farm activities in Ethiopia and Mali by Nigussie, Likimyelesh, Diallo, A., Minh, Thai Thi

“…Inclusive VCD aims to empower women, men and youth from diverse social groups and strengthen the agriculture sector. …”
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Gender and agricultural mechanization: A mixed-methods exploration of the impacts of multi-crop reaper-harvester service provision in Bangladesh by Theis, Sophie, Krupnik, Timothy J., Sultana, Nasrin, Rahman, Syed-Ur, Seymour, Greg, Abedin, Naveen

“…Using a mixed methods approach involving literature review, secondary data collection, focus groups and key informant interviews, and a telephone survey, we studied the gendered differences in women’s and men’s involvement in emerging markets for rice and wheat reaper-harvester machinery services in Bangladesh. …”
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Reducing vulnerability to forced labor and trafficking of short-term, low-skilled women migrant workers in the South Asia to Middle East corridor by ElDidi, Hagar, van Biljon, Chloe, Alvi, Muzna, Ringler, Claudia, Ratna, Nazmun, Abdulrahim, Sawsan, Kilby, Patrick, Wu, Joyce, Choudhury, Zahid ul Arefin

“…We draw lessons from the literature as well as from interviews with key informants in the field, including academics, development partners, NGO workers, and policymakers, to identify promising interventions that successfully reduce the vulnerability of women migrants. …”
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Social networks, mobility, and political participation: The potential for women’s self-help groups to improve access and use of public entitlement schemes in India by Kumar, Neha, Raghunathan, Kalyani, Arrieta, Alejandra, Jilani, Amir Hamza, Chakrabarti, Suman, Menon, Purnima, Quisumbing, Agnes R.

“…Women’s self-help groups (SHGs) have increasingly been used as a vehicle for social, political, and economic empowerment as well as a platform for service delivery. …”
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