Related Publications: Women’s Empowerment in Agriculture Index (WEAI)
Development of the project-level Women’s Empowerment in Agriculture Index (pro-WEAI)
In this paper, the authors describe the adaptation and validation of a project-level WEAI (or pro-WEAI) that agricultural development projects can use to identify key areas of women’s (and men’s) disempowerment, design appropriate strategies to ad
How do agricultural development projects empower women? Linking strategies with expected outcomes
Increasing numbers of development agencies and individual projects espouse objectives of women’s empowerment, and there is a growing body of conceptual and empirical work on how to define and measure empowerment.
Women’s empowerment in agriculture and dietary quality across the life course: Evidence from Bangladesh
Using nationally-representative survey data from rural Bangladesh, we examine the relationship between women’s empowerment in agriculture and indicators of individual dietary quality.
Tracking empowerment along the value chain: Testing a modified WEAI in the Feed the Future Zone of Influence in Bangladesh
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Qualitative research on women’s empowerment and participation in agricultural value chains in Bangladesh
In Bangladesh, IFPRI has received support from USAID through its Policy Research and Strategy Support Program in Bangladesh (PRSSP) to work in the geographic areas targeted by Feed the Future interventions (known as the Zone of Influence) to const
Empowerment, climate change adaptation and agricultural production: Evidence from Niger
We use new household level data from Niger and regression analysis to study the role of drought perception and human capital – including empowerment – in climate change adaptation through the digging of zaї pits and effects of these pits on agricu
Context and measurement: An analysis of the relationship between intrahousehold decision making and autonomy
Do men and women who report sole decision making in a particular domain experience stronger (or weaker) feelings of autonomous motivation? (Bangladesh & Ghana study)
Does women's time in domestic work and agriculture affect women's and children's dietary diversity? Evidence from Bangladesh, Nepal, Cambodia, Ghana, and Mozambique
There are concerns that increasing women’s engagement in agriculture could negatively affect nutrition by limiting the time available for nutrition-improving reproductive work.