Globally, women and men work together as agricultural producers and household caregivers to secure their households’ livelihoods, food security, and nutrition. However, the division of rights, resources, and responsibilities between men and women often makes women and girls more vulnerable to malnutrition, poor health, and excessive workloads. The International Food Policy Research Institute’s (IFPRI) mission is to provide research-based policy solutions to reduce poverty and end hunger and malnutrition in developing countries. Understanding such gendered differences is an integral part of IFPRI’s work to illuminate pathways to sustainable and inclusive economic development. Review IFPRI's full gender strategy for more information.
IFPRI collects data, tests models, and generates important findings on how gender relates to food and nutrition security; the gendered impacts of agricultural development projects; power and resource allocation within the household; market development and trade; institution building; land tenure; natural resource management; and overall economic development and poverty reduction. To achieve these ends, IFPRI collaborated with the CGIAR Research Programs on Agriculture for Nutrition and Health (A4NH) and Policies, Institutions, and Markets (PIM).
IFPRI’s research on this topic is closely aligned with the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), including SDG 1, SDG 2, and SDG 5.
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Variation in women’s attitudes toward intimate partner violence across the rural–urban continuum in Ethiopia
WEAGov Nigeria pilot study: Findings and policy implications
The DQQ is a valid tool to collect population-level food group consumption data: A study among women in Ethiopia, Vietnam, and Solomon Islands
Can gender- and nutrition-sensitive agricultural programs improve resilience? Medium-term impacts of an intervention in Bangladesh
- IFPRI Policy SeminarMar, 7 2024
Global Food 50/50 Launch Event
- IFPRI Policy SeminarFeb, 22 2024
Introducing the new Women’s Empowerment Metric for National Statistical Systems (WEMNS)
- IFPRI at External EventNov, 30 - Dec, 12 2023
IFPRI @ 28th UN Climate Change Conference of the Parties (COP28)
- IFPRI at External EventNov, 7 - 9 2023
ICTforAg 2023: Cultivating Inclusion
- IFPRI Program/Country EventOct, 9 - 12 2023 (Oct, 8 - 12 2023)
From Research to Impact: Towards just and Resilient Agri-food Systems
- IFPRI at External EventSep, 20 2023
Women’s Empowerment Metric for National Statistical Systems (WEMNS)
- Press Release
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- In the News
Legal age for marriage (Aishwarya Sandeep Blog)
- In the News
Let's stop child marriage (W and B India Trust)
- In the News
Women own 13% of the land area (Enquête)
- In the News
Odisha’s stride in nutrition (The Hindu)
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India’s fight against anaemia is picking up pace
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What of the teenage mother? (Outlook, India)
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Claudia Ringler
Director, Natural Resources and Resilience (NRR)Hazel Malapit
Senior Research CoordinatorRuth Meinzen-Dick
Senior Research FellowAgnes Quisumbing
Senior Research Fellow