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Hazel Malapit is a Senior Research Coordinator in the Poverty, Gender, and Inclusion Unit, based in Washington, DC. She coordinates research, training, and technical assistance on implementing the Women’s Empowerment in Agriculture Index (WEAI), and conducts research on gender, women’s empowerment, agriculture, health, and nutrition issues. She is Co-Principal Investigator for the Gender, Agriculture & Assets Program (GAAP) (Phase 2) and leads the technical assistance team providing guidance to partners using WEAI tools. Hazel also works with agricultural development projects, CGIAR Centers, and developing country partners to develop and apply women’s empowerment metrics in impact assessments and leads strategic research projects in priority topics.

From 2013–2021, Hazel led the Gender, Equity and Empowerment unit in the CGIAR Research Program on Agriculture for Health and Nutrition (A4NH), where she was responsible for the integration of gender and social equity. Currently, she is Co-Lead of the Methods Module for the CGIAR GENDER Impact Platform, which aims to co-create, consolidate, and share cutting-edge methods and tools for high-quality, impactful gender research.

Before joining IFPRI, she held the Herman Postdoctoral Fellowship in Gender and Economics at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, and conducted research on gender, labor markets, and data issues at the World Bank’s Gender and Development unit (PRMGE). She holds a PhD in Economics from the American University in Washington, DC, and a master’s degree in Economics from the University of the Philippines, Diliman.

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Improving the documentation and classification of gender-research tools: insights from eight thematic reviews

2025Magalhaes, Marilia; Bryan, Elizabeth; Malapit, Hazel J.; Lecoutere, Els; Makhija, Simrin
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Improving the documentation and classification of gender-research tools: insights from eight thematic reviews

This synthesis paper analyses the landscape of gender-research tools and methods in agrifood systems by bringing together insights from eight thematic reviews developed under the CGIAR Gender Equality and Inclusion (GENDER Accelerator). The analysis highlights the wide range of tools and methods available for gender research in agrifood systems, while also identifying gaps in documentation, classification and dissemination. Drawing on lessons from the synthesis process, as well as a review of metadata best practices, this work underscores the need for clearer terminology, harmonized metadata and more consistent approaches to organizing gender-research tools. It also highlights the importance of adopting standard tagging practices and improving metadata quality and completeness to strengthen the visibility, interoperability and reuse of gender research resources across repositories and platforms. The paper discusses the challenges encountered in curating and categorizing diverse resources and emphasizes the importance of collaboration between researchers and knowledge management specialists to improve discoverability and reuse. The paper concludes with recommendations to strengthen future tool development, tagging and documentation practices to support more coherent, visible and methodologically robust gender research.

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2025

Authors

Magalhaes, Marilia; Bryan, Elizabeth; Malapit, Hazel J.; Lecoutere, Els; Makhija, Simrin

Citation

Magalhaes, M., Bryan, E., Malapit, H., Lecoutere, E. and Makhija, S. 2025. Improving the documentation and classification of gender-research tools: Insights from eight thematic reviews. CGIAR GENDER Working Paper #031. Nairobi, Kenya: ILRI.

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Gender; Research; Documentation; Food Systems

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English

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Open AccessCC-BY-4.0

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Scaling Fund Report 2025

2025
Kihoro, Esther ; Innocenti, Anna; Buono, Nicoletta; Galiè, Alessandra; Jumba, Humphrey ; Navarro, Carlos; Zapata, Emmanuel ; Omair, Bolda ; Go, Ara; Malapit, Hazel J.
…more Kamau, J.; Bodach, Susanne ; Jasada, Ijudai ; Mudereri, Bester ; Rao, E.J.O.; Mwendia, Solomon W. ; Gebreyes, Million
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Scaling Fund Report 2025

The CGIAR Scaling Fund is a strategic financing and technical support mechanism designed to bridge the gap between innovation development and impact at scale by combining flexible funding with tailored, hands-on scaling support. Anchored in CGIAR’s commitment to responsible and demand-driven scaling, the Fund supports innovation teams to translate research outputs into context-specific solutions with measurable benefits, while anticipating and mitigating social and environmental risks. In 2025, the Fund supported eight innovation teams across six CGIAR science programs, five CGIAR centers, and 11 countries through a dual structure comprising the competitive Scaling Challenge and the flexible Needs-Driven Support window, complemented by a strategic partnership with ENABEL. Now in its third year, the Scaling Fund continues to embed scaling science into practice, strengthen partnerships, and advance equitable, sustainable impact at scale.

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2025

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Kihoro, Esther ; Innocenti, Anna; Buono, Nicoletta; Galiè, Alessandra; Jumba, Humphrey ; Navarro, Carlos; Zapata, Emmanuel ; Omair, Bolda ; Go, Ara; Malapit, Hazel J. ; Kamau, J.; Bodach, Susanne ; Jasada, Ijudai ; Mudereri, Bester ; Rao, E.J.O.; Mwendia, Solomon W. ; Gebreyes, Million

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Kihoro, E., Innocenti, A., Buono, N., Galie, A., Njumba, H., Navarro, C., Zapata, E., Omair, B., Go, A., Malapit, H., Kamau, J., Bodach, S., Jasada, I., Mudereri, B., Rao, J., Mwendia, S. and Gebreyes, M. 2025. Scaling Fund Report 2025. Nairobi, Kenya: ILRI.

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Scaling Up

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English

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Open AccessCC-BY-4.0

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Women’s empowerment in Ghana’s agriculture sector: Insights from the Women’s Empowerment in Agriculture Index

2025Abdu, Aishat; Malapit, Hazel J.; Go, Ara
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Women’s empowerment in Ghana’s agriculture sector: Insights from the Women’s Empowerment in Agriculture Index

Key messages • Gender disparities in agriculture persist in Ghana, particularly in land ownership, credit access, and decision-making power, limiting women’s productivity and contribution to food security. • The Women’s Empowerment in Agriculture Index (WEAI) has been instrumental in revealing these gender gaps in northern Ghana, but similar data are lacking for other regions, hindering national-level policy responsiveness. • Targeted interventions, such as securing land rights for women, improving access to financial services, and promoting participation in farmer-based organizations, are critical to advancing women’s empowerment and achieving gender-equitable agricultural development.

Year published

2025

Authors

Abdu, Aishat; Malapit, Hazel J.; Go, Ara

Citation

Abdu, Aishat; Malapit, Hazel J.; and Go, Ara. 2025. Women’s empowerment in Ghana’s agriculture sector: Insights from the Women’s Empowerment in Agriculture Index. WEAI Applications and Insights Brief 5. Washington, DC: International Food Policy Research Institute. https://hdl.handle.net/10568/176637

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Ghana

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Africa; Western Africa; Sub-saharan Africa; Agriculture; Gender; Land Ownership; Women’s Empowerment

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English

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Blogs

Applying the Women's Empowerment Metric in National Statistical Systems (WEMNS) to build gender equity
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May 07, 2025

Applying the Women’s Empowerment Metric in National Statistical Systems (WEMNS) to build gender equity

By Emily Myers, Jessica Heckert, Hazel Malapit, Agnes Quisumbing, Flor Paz, Chiara Brunelli, and Chiara Gnetti

A tool to collect key data sometimes missing from household surveys.

Introducing the Women’s Empowerment Metric for National Statistical Systems (WEMNS)
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October 13, 2023

Introducing the Women’s Empowerment Metric for National Statistical Systems (WEMNS)

By Emily Myers, Jessica Heckert, Ruth Meinzen-Dick, Hazel Malapit, Greg Seymour, and Agnes Quisumbing

A new tool to address the gender data gap in agricultural development.

Making a difference: Dumplings and development
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July 28, 2023

Making a difference: Dumplings and development

By Emily Myers, Eleanor Jones, and Hazel Malapit

The Women’s Empowerment in Agriculture Index (WEAI) offers a variety of ingredients for local insights.

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Shaping Food Policy in a Changing World: Research Priorities for Greater Impact
IFPRI Policy Seminar

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December 15, 2025, 9:00 – 4:00 pm

Shaping Food Policy in a Changing World: Research Priorities for Greater Impact

In today’s fast-changing world and evolving food systems, the need for evidence-based food policy has never been more urgent – demanding research that is timely, inclusive, and tailored to context. Reliable data and rigorous analysis are essential, but research must also evolve – and become more timely, more relevant, and more inclusive of diverse voices […]

69th Session of the Commission on the Status of Women (CSW69)
IFPRI at External Event

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March 10 to 21, 2025

69th Session of the Commission on the Status of Women (CSW69)

The sixty-ninth session of the Commission on the Status of Women will take place on March 10 to 21, 2025. The main focus of the sixty-ninth session will be on the review and appraisal of the implementation of the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action and the outcomes of the 23rd special session of the […]

Metrics Matter: Assessing Progress towards Women’s Empowerment in Agriculture and Beyond
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August 14, 2024, 9:00 – 11:30 am

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. […]

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April 19, 2023 | In the News

Crisis resilience ‘critical’ to stem rising hunger (SciDev.Net)

“A shift towards permanent ‘crisis resilience’ from short-term aid is crucial to mitigate increasingly frequent shocks to the global food system and tackle rising global hunger, say food policy researchers,” writes SciDev.Net in a piece featuring IFPRI’s 2023 Global Food Policy Research.  “Crises, shocks, and volatility are no longer exceptions and may become the new normal,” says Johan Swinnen, […]

April 07, 2020 | Press Release

2020 Global Food Policy Report: Inclusive Food Systems Needed to Boost Development, Resilience

Washington, D.C. – The rapid spread of COVID-19 and efforts to contain it are generating growing concerns that food insecurity, malnutrition, and poverty may escalate, particularly among marginalized people in the developing world. To build more resilient, climate-smart, and healthy food systems that help people withstand these types of shocks policymakers must prioritize making them […]

August 10, 2019 | In the News

Use agri index to measure women empowerment, agencies urged (Philippines News Agency)

Philippines News Agency reported on the pro-Women’s Empowerment in Agriculture Index (WEAI) and the importance of using this index in agricultural development projects. The article quoted Senior Research Coordinator, Hazel Malapit, who elaborated on pro-WEAI and added that for a project to empower women, its goal must be to strengthen the beneficiaries’ ability to make […]

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