Related Publications: Women’s Empowerment in Agriculture Index (WEAI)
Project-level Women’s Empowerment in Agriculture: Results from cognitive testing in Myanmar
When designing and evaluating policies and projects for women’s empowerment, appropriate indicators are needed.
Learning together: Experimental evidence on the impact of group-based nutrition interventions in rural Bihar
Despite improvements over the last decade or more, India still accounts for a large proportion of the global prevalence of maternal and child undernutrition.
Women’s empowerment in agriculture and nutritional outcomes: Evidence from six countries in Africa and Asia
Although women’s empowerment and gender equality are associated with better maternal and child nutrition outcomes, recent systematic reviews find inconclusive evidence.
Instructional guide on the abbreviated Women’s Empowerment in Agriculture Index (A-WEAI)
The Women’s Empowerment in Agriculture Index (WEAI) is a survey-based index designed to measure the empowerment, agency, and inclusion of women in the agricultural sector.
Empowerment in agricultural value chains: Mixed methods evidence from the Philippines
Women’s participation and empowerment in value chains are goals that concern many development organizations, but there has been limited systematic, rigorous research to track these goals between and within value chains (VCs).
Gender effects of agricultural cropping work and nutrition status in Tanzania
Although agriculture is an important source of food and income for food expenditures, women’s involvement in the agricultural cropping production process could increase their work load and reduce their BMI.
Measurement properties of the project-level Women's Empowerment in Agriculture Index
Women’s empowerment is a process that includes increases in intrinsic agency (power within); instrumental agency (power to); and collective agency (power with).
Women’s empowerment and child nutrition in polygynous households of Northern Ghana
Weather shocks and other shocks affecting the economy of farm households often trigger a cascade of coping mechanisms, from reducing food consumption to selling assets, with potentially lasting consequences on child development.
Measurement properties of the Project-Level Women’s Empowerment in Agriculture Index
Given the need for valid measures of women’s empowerment to monitor SDG5 and design advantages of pro-WEAI, an assessment of its measurement properties is warranted.
Women’s empowerment in agriculture: Lessons from qualitative research
There is growing recognition of the importance of women’s empowerment in its own right and for a range of development outcomes, but less understanding of what empowerment means to rural women and men.