The importance of women’s roles for nutrition-sensitive agricultural projects is increasingly recognized, yet little is known about whether such projects improve women’s empowerment and gender equality.
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working paper
Measuring time use in development settings
This paper discusses the challenges associated with collecting time-use data in developing countries.
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Development programs that reduce gender gaps are expected to not only improve women’s well-being, but also their children’s.
The Women’s Empowerment in Agriculture Index (WEAI) is a composite measurement tool that indicates women’s control over critical parts of their lives in the household, community, and economy.
The Women’s Empowerment in Agriculture Index (WEAI) is a composite measurement tool that indicates women’s control over critical parts of their lives in the household, community, and economy.
journal article
Women’s empowerment mitigates the negative effects of low production diversity on maternal and child nutrition in Nepal
We use household survey data from Nepal to investigate relationships between women’s empowerment in agriculture and production diversity on maternal and child dietary diversity and anthropometric outcomes.
discussion paper
What dimensions of women’s empowerment in agriculture matter for nutrition-related practices and outcomes in Ghana?
This paper investigates linkages between women’s empowerment in agriculture and the nutritional status of women and children using 2012 baseline data from the Feed the Future population-based survey in Ghana.
journal article
Women’s empowerment in agriculture
journal article
The Women’s Empowerment in Agriculture Index
Results from the 2011-2012 Bangladesh Integrated Household Survey
discussion paper
The Women’s Empowerment in Agriculture Index
The Women’s Empowerment in Agriculture Index (WEAI) is a new survey-based index designed to measure the empowerment, agency, and inclusion of women in the agricultural sector.