Women’s empowerment in agriculture: Lessons from qualitative research

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dc.creatorMeinzen-Dick, Ruth S.
dc.creatorRubin, Deborah
dc.creatorElias, Marlène
dc.creatorMulema, Annet A.
dc.creatorMyer, Emily
dc.date2019-01-15
dc.date2019-02-22T14:08:44Z
dc.date2019-02-22T14:08:44Z
dc.date.accessioned2026-06-27T15:32:04Z
dc.descriptionThere 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. The challenge of measuring empowerment, particularly across cultures and contexts, is also garnering attention. This paper synthesizes qualitative research conducted conjointly with quantitative surveys, working with eight agricultural development projects in eight countries, to develop a project-level Women’s Empowerment in Agriculture Index (pro-WEAI). The qualitative research sought to identify emic meanings of “empowerment,” validate the domains and indicators of the quantitative index, provide greater understanding of the context of each project and of strategies for facilitating empowerment, and test a methodology for integrating emic perspectives of empowerment with standardized etic measures that allow for comparability across contexts.
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dc.identifierhttps://hdl.handle.net/10568/99534
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/123456789/107106
dc.languageen
dc.publisherInternational Food Policy Research Institute
dc.relationhttps://hdl.handle.net/10568/154140
dc.relationhttps://doi.org/10.2499/1020502310
dc.relationhttps://doi.org/10.2499/p15738coll2.133061
dc.relationhttps://doi.org/10.2499/p15738coll2.134159
dc.relationhttps://doi.org/10.2499/p15738coll2.134478
dc.relationhttps://doi.org/10.2499/p15738coll2.134482
dc.relationhttps://doi.org/10.2499/p15738coll2.134531
dc.relationhttps://hdl.handle.net/10568/149834
dc.relationhttps://doi.org/10.2499/p15738coll2.133077
dc.relationhttps://doi.org/10.1016/j.jrurstud.2022.01.003
dc.rightsOpen Access
dc.sourceMeinzen-Dick, R., Rubin, D., Elias, M., Mulema, A. and Myers, E. 2019. Women’s empowerment in agriculture: Lessons from qualitative research. IFPRI Discussion Paper 01797. Washington, DC: IFPRI. https://hdl.handle.net/10568/99534
dc.subjectgender
dc.subjectwomen's empowerment
dc.subjectindicators
dc.subjectcapacity development
dc.subjectempowerment
dc.subjectqualitative analysis
dc.subjectwomen
dc.titleWomen’s empowerment in agriculture: Lessons from qualitative research
dc.typeWorking Paper

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