Publications
Journal Article
Women improving nutrition through self-help groups in India: Does nutrition information help?
Working Paper
Task or time? Comparing methods for measuring the gender distribution of work
Conference Paper
From bargaining power to empowerment: Measuring the unmeasurable
Blogs
ANEW way forward: Strategies to promote women’s empowerment in farmer producer organizations
Examining a promising avenue for development programs.
Introducing the Women’s Empowerment Metric for National Statistical Systems (WEMNS)
A new tool to address the gender data gap in agricultural development.
Developing a Women’s Empowerment Metric for National Statistical Systems
Closing the gender data gap in agricultural development.
Events
Metrics Matter: Assessing Progress towards Women’s Empowerment in Agriculture and Beyond
The Philippine Institute for Development Studies (PIDS), in partnership with the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI), will hold a public seminar featuring three studies on women empowerment on August 14, 2024, 9:00 AM to 11:30 AM (Asia/Manila) / August 13, 2024, 9:00 PM to 11:30 PM (US/Eastern) at the PIDS Conference Hall and via Zoom. […]
32nd International Conference of Agricultural Economists
The triennial International Conference of Agricultural Economists (ICAE-2024), centred on the theme “Transformation Towards Sustainable Agri-Food Systems” is scheduled from August 2-7, 2024, in New Delhi, India. The conference offers a distinctive platform, providing a golden opportunity for the agricultural academic institutions and researchers to convene in person, exchange knowledge, and actively contribute to the […]
Introducing the new Women’s Empowerment Metric for National Statistical Systems (WEMNS)
Virtual Event: February 22, 2024 at 9:00am-10:30am EST. This event will present the WEMNS metric, review the development of the tool, and discuss its use to advance women’s empowerment. A panel of stakeholders from government and national statistical offices and from multilateral organizations will discuss the potential of WEMNS for promoting and monitoring women’s empowerment as part of national statistical surveys.
News
Gender equality and food security in rural South Asia: A holistic approach to the SDGs (New Security Beat)
New Security Beat (Wilson Center) published an article on food security, land ownership, and gender. In South Asia, food security and nutrition have not improved significantly despite the region’s economic growth. Importantly, both are deeply influenced by gender relations in the agricultural sector. Enforcing women’s access to land and other productive assets, accounting for rural women’s growing work […]
How can data build a truer picture of the gender gap in food insecurity? (Devex)
Devex published an article on the challenges of an accurate picture of the differences in food security between men and women when using typical household survey methods. Research Fellow Jessica Heckert stated that “countrywide surveys offer the advantage of gathering data on a wider variety of topics, but because of that breadth in a single […]
The 19th Annual ReSAKSS Conference Opens Monday In Lomé (Togo 24)
Togo 24 reported on the opening of the conference and the 2019 Annual trends and outlook report: Gender equality in rural Africa: From commitments to outcomes. (2019 ATOR). The Report presents an Africa-wide analysis on a topic of strategic importance to the CAADP agenda. The ATOR 2019 report examines the progress and results of research […]