Development of the project-level Women’s Empowerment in Agriculture Index (pro-WEAI)

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dc.creatorMalapit, Hazel J.
dc.creatorQuisumbing, Agnes R.
dc.creatorMeinzen-Dick, Ruth S.
dc.creatorSeymour, Greg
dc.creatorMartinez, Elena M.
dc.creatorHeckert, Jessica
dc.creatorRubin, Deborah
dc.creatorVaz, Ana
dc.creatorYount, Kathryn M.
dc.creatorGender, Agriculture, and Assets Project, Phase 2 (GAAP2) Study Team
dc.date2019-01-18
dc.date2024-06-21T09:08:37Z
dc.date2024-06-21T09:08:37Z
dc.date.accessioned2026-06-27T15:32:35Z
dc.descriptionIn 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 address identified deficiencies, and monitor project outcomes related to women’s empowerment. The 12 pro-WEAI indicators are mapped to three domains: intrinsic agency (power within), instrumental agency (power to), and collective agency (power with). A gender parity index compares the empowerment scores of men and women in the same household. The authors describe the development of pro-WEAI, including: (1) pro-WEAI’s distinctiveness from other versions of the WEAI; (2) the process of piloting pro-WEAI in 13 agricultural development projects during the Gender, Agriculture, and Assets Project, phase 2 (GAAP2); (3) analysis of quantitative data from the GAAP2 projects, including intrahousehold patterns of empowerment; and (4) a summary of the findings from the qualitative work exploring concepts of women’s empowerment in the project sites. The paper concludes with a discussion of lessons learned from pro-WEAI and possibilities for further development of empowerment metrics.
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dc.identifierhttps://hdl.handle.net/10568/146758
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/123456789/107347
dc.languageen
dc.publisherInternational Food Policy Research Institute
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dc.rightsOpen Access
dc.sourceMalapit, Hazel J.; Quisumbing, Agnes R.; Meinzen-Dick, Ruth Suseela; Seymour, Gregory; Martinez, Elena M.; Heckert, Jessica; Rubin, Deborah; Vaz, Ana; and Yount, Kathryn M. 2019. Development of the project-level Women’s Empowerment in Agriculture Index (pro-WEAI). IFPRI Discussion Paper 1796. Washington, DC: International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI). https://hdl.handle.net/10568/146758
dc.subjectgender
dc.subjectgender equality
dc.subjectwomen's empowerment
dc.subjectagencies
dc.subjectcapacity development
dc.subjectempowerment
dc.subjectagricultural development
dc.subjectwomen
dc.titleDevelopment of the project-level Women’s Empowerment in Agriculture Index (pro-WEAI)
dc.typeWorking Paper

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