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WOCAT SLM Technology: “Small-Scale Seed Cleaning Unit [Tunisia]” by Rudiger, Udo, Frija, Aymen, Idoudi, Zied, Zaiem, Anis, Dhehibi, Boubaker, Rekik, Mourad, Louahdi, Nasreddine

Subjects: “…reducing women’s workloads…”
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Going Back to the Well: Women, Agency, and Climate Adaptation by Huyer, Sophia, Gumucio, Tatiana

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FR1.2: Valuing control over income and workload: A field experiment in Rwanda by Kramer, Berber, Hickman, William, Mollerstrom, Johanna, Seymour, Greg

“…Control over the use of income contributes less to disempowerment than high workloads. Moreover, in the experiment, we find that women are willing to sacrifice more household income to gain control over income than their husbands, but both women and men are willing to forgo even more personal and household income with the aim of reducing their workload. …”
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Women Empowerment and Children’s Dietary Diversity in Eastern Uganda by Shimali, Fred, Mangheni, Margaret Najjingo, Sanya, Losira Nasirumbi

“…Findings emphasize the need to prioritize interventions that empower women to reduce workload and have control over income to enhance child nutrition, for attainment of the SDGs.…”
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Women’s empowerment mitigates the negative effects of low production diversity on maternal and child nutrition in Nepal by Malapit, Hazel J., Kadiyala, Suneetha, Quisumbing, Agnes R., Cunningham, Kenda, Tyagi, Parul

“…Production diversity is positively associated with maternal and child dietary diversity, and weight-for-height z-scores. Women's group membership, control over income, reduced workload, and overall empowerment are positively associated with better maternal nutrition. …”
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Women’s empowerment in agriculture and agricultural productivity: Evidence from rural maize farmer households in western Kenya by Dirro, Gracious M., Seymour, Greg, Kassie, Menale, Muricho, Geoffrey, Muriithi, Beatrice Wambui

“…Although all indicators of women’s empowerment significantly increase productivity, there is no significant association between the women’s workload (amount of time spent working) and maize productivity. …”
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Collective Agency by Measures for Advancing Gender Equality (MAGNET) Initiative

“…Groups—whether entirely comprised of women, or mixed gender—can provide the skills and experience necessary for women, individually and collectively, to build agency, increase productivity, incomes, reduce workloads, and improve resilience. …”
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The impact of household health shocks on female time allocation and agricultural labor participation in rural Pakistan by Gajate-Garrido, Gissele

“…This paper improves on previous research by providing evidence on the role of changes in female labor supply as an insurance mechanism and shedding light on the nonmonetary consequences of adverse health shocks. Increases in paid workload for women reduce time spent on household chores directly related to child quality. …”
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Landownership and the gender gap in agriculture: Disappointing insights from Northern Ghana by Yokying, Phanwin, Lambrecht, Isabel B.

“…While the results underscore the importance of land as a resource that can enhance women’s agency, they also point out that policies aiming to solely advance land rights may not be sufficient to eradicate or even reduce gender inequality in agriculture.…”
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Unpacking the environment-gender-time poverty nexus in Bangladesh: insights from a systematic review by Sarker, Mou Rani, Puskur, Ranjitha, Sarkar, Md Abdur Rouf

“…However, the study also recognizes that adaptation strategies can serve as pathways to enhance gender equality and empower women. For a more sustainable future, policies and programmes should prioritize reducing and recognizing unpaid work by promoting gender and climate awareness, providing access to time and labour-saving technologies, ensuring equitable access to daily necessities, fostering employment opportunities, and expanding access to finance.…”
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Gender Responsive Climate Smart Agriculture the Sub-Saharan African Approach by Gondwe, Therese, Huyer, Sophia, Zougmoré, Robert B., Segnon, Alcade C, Dawit, Mahilet

“…Sub-Saharan Africa is highly vulnerable to the impact of climate change resulting in significant crop productivity losses and increased workloads for women. Women and men are exposed to different climate shocks and experience different impacts based on gender-differentiated roles, rights and opportunities. …”
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Key lessons from the grid-connected solar irrigation pilot project in Nepal by Shrestha, Shisher, Karki, Darshan, Mishra, Anuj, KC, Sumitra, Ravindranath, Darshini

“…Farmers gained new income from water sales, while women benefited from reduced workloads, locally repairable pumps, and targeted training. …”
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Good Practices for Gender Responsive Climate Smart Agriculture by Tavenner, Katie, Arora, Diksha, Partey, Samuel Tetteh, Omolo, Nancy, Rao, Nitya, Grist, Natasha, Nguyen Sy Linh

“…The examples showcased highlight the different gender in/equality dimensions that must be addressed in advancing gender equality and women’s empowerment in CSA: promoting women’s participation in decision-making at household, community, national and global levels; closing gender gaps in access to and use of productive resources and information needed for CSA production; technologies and practices for adaptation and mitigation that reduce workloads and negative impacts on women; and leveraging the power of women’s collective action.…”
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A course on gender and cost-benefit analysis of innovations to enhance smallholder farmers' adaptation to climate change by Kramer, Berber, Braun, Mélody, Smith Ruiz, Paulina, Taheri, Homa

“…The course covered gender aspects of evaluating an intervention using net present value, an expected utility framework to quantify welfare gains from reduced risk, changes in women’s workloads and empowerment, as well as experimental and quasi-experimental impact evaluation methods. …”
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Integrating Gender in Cost-Benefit Analysis of Climate Interventions: Institute for Meteorological Training and Research WMO Regional Training Center Training Guide by Kramer, Berber, Braun, Melody, Smith Ruiz, Paulina, Taheri, Homa, Murage, Paul, Mwai, Zacharia, Kimani, Margaret

“…It covers gender aspects of evaluating an intervention using net present value, an expected utility framework to quantify welfare gains from reduced risk, changes in women’s workloads and empowerment, as well as experimental and quasi-experimental impact evaluation methods. …”
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Taking a multiple-use approach to meeting the water needs of poor communities brings multiple benefits by International Water Management Institute, International Water and Sanitation Centre, Global Water Partnership

“…leading to increased incomes, improved health and reduced workloads for women and children. Systems that cater to multiple uses are also more likely to be sustainable, because users benefit more from them, have a greater stake in them, and are more willing and better able to pay for them. policy-makers, planners, and project designers need to enable and support a multiple-use approach by developing the necessary policies, capacities, and institutions. …”
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Qualitative gender analysis country report, Cameroon: Building equitable climate resilient African bean and insect sectors by Siri, Bella Ngoh, Munji, Victorine, Ntam, Fidelis, Mafouasson, Hortense, Lutomia, Cosmas, Ouya, Frederick, Ketema, Dessalegn, Nchanji, Eileen

“…While these changes worsen the already challenging welfare and farming challenges experienced by PLWD, they also burden women by increasing their workload and reducing their decision-making power within households. …”
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Complementary feeding practices: determinants of dietary diversity and meal frequency among children aged 6–23 months in Southern Benin by Mitchodigni, I.M., Hounkpatin, Waliou Amoussa, Ntandou-Bouzitou, Gervais D., Avohou, H., Termote, Céline, Kennedy, G., Hounhouigan, Djidjoho J.

“…Reducing women’s workload through improved working conditions appears crucial to decrease time burdens and allow more time for child care. …”
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What are trees for by Giertta, Filippa

“…Moreover, sustainability is embedded in the firewood practices of Teamon women, following logics of reducing their workload and concern for the future. …”
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Scaling up of sweetpotato vine multiplication technologies in Phalombe and Chikwawa districts in Malawi: A gender analysis by Mudege, Netsayi N., Mwanga, Robert O.M., Mdege, N., Chevo, T., Abidin, P.E.

“…Sweetpotato technology choices are also influenced by access to resources such as land, irrigation systems and labour. Women often lack these. Sweetpotato vine multiplication may increase women’s workload leading women to dis-adopt. …”
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