Do individuals’ perceptions of their relative economic status affect their attitudes regarding gender roles in patriarchal societies?

The United States Government’s (USG) Global Food Security Strategy (GFSS) is an integrated whole-of-government approach that aims to end global hunger, poverty, and malnutrition through the Feed the Future initiative.

The National Consultation Workshop on Food and Agriculture System Transformation in Nepal was held in Kathmandu, Nepal on May 18–19, 2023.

There is a growing focus on gender-sensitive approaches and women’s empowerment in the water, sanitation, and hygiene sectors. At the same time, there is a lack of metrics to measure women’s empowerment in the WASH sector.

Strict lockdown measures implemented in response to the COVID-19 pandemic had extensive impacts on agriculture, and especially on women farmers. These effects were worsened by a lack of reliable and timely access to agricultural extension.

The COVID-19 pandemic has disproportionately affected vulnerable populations.

Large-scale male outmigration has placed new pressures on both men and women, especially regarding labour division in farm households and involvement in Water Users Associations (WUAs).

Nepal has a long history of irrigation, including government and farmer-managed irrigation systems that are labor- and skill-intensive. Widespread male migration has important effects on Nepalese society.

This paper compares the empowerment impacts of the UN Joint Program for Rural Women’s Economic Empowerment (JP RWEE) in Ethiopia, Niger, Nepal, and Kyrgyzstan using the Abbreviated Women’s Empowerment in Agriculture Index (A-WEAI).

Ensuring privacy of respondents in phone surveys is especially challenging compared to face-to-face interviews.

This dataset is the result of a phone survey set up to measure the impact of COVID-19 on rural people in Nepal.

This dataset is the result of a phone survey set up to measure the impact of COVID-19 on rural people in Nepal.

This dataset is the result of a phone survey set up to measure the impact of COVID-19 on rural people in Nepal.

This dataset is the result of a phone survey set up to measure the impact of COVID-19 on rural people in Nepal.

This dataset is the result of a phone survey set up to measure the impact of COVID-19 on rural people in Nepal.

Highlights

In household surveys, husbands and wives who are asked the same set of survey questions often provide different responses.

Using primary survey data collected in Tajikistan, Nepal and Senegal, three countries with high male outmigration rates, this study analyzes the impacts of migration on the empowerment of women who remain in rural areas.