Gender and age gaps in voice & agency in community governance: The value of female local political representation in India and Africa South of the Sahara under intensifying conflicts and climate uncertainty

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dc.creatorTakeshima, Hiroyuki
dc.creatorKyle, Jordan
dc.creatorKosec, Katrina
dc.creatorRaghunathan, Kalyani
dc.date2024-08-15
dc.date2024-08-19T21:29:52Z
dc.date2024-08-19T21:29:52Z
dc.date.accessioned2026-06-27T15:34:25Z
dc.descriptionExpanding women’s voice and agency (VA) within governance and decision-making has increasingly been recognized as necessary for promoting women’s welfare, community development, and inclusive food systems. VA are critical components of gender equality, in addition to access to resources and economic opportunities. While agency relates to an individual’s ability to make meaningful choices (our specific focus is on choices made beyond the household), voice within community governance and decision-making relates to an individual’s ability to play a public role in decision-making processes that affect one’s life. Exercising VA within community governance and decision-making involves having a meaningful say in the public sphere. Women’s VA within communities may strengthen resilience, increase women’s access to essential resources, improve women’s decision-making power in various domains including the household, and facilitate broader social networks for women. Sustainable Development Goal five on gender equality specifically targets the full and effective participation and equal opportunities for leadership for women at all levels of political life. However, gender gaps in VA are persistent. These gaps can be further aggravated by adverse external shocks, such as climate uncertainty and conflicts, which can impact resources, capital, and economic opportunities and which are often disproportionately harmful to women.
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dc.identifierhttps://hdl.handle.net/10568/151738
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/123456789/108230
dc.languageen
dc.publisherInternational Food Policy Research Institute
dc.relationhttps://doi.org/10.2499/p15738coll2.136475
dc.relationhttps://doi.org/10.2499/p15738coll2.137086
dc.relationhttps://hdl.handle.net/10568/140692
dc.relationhttps://dx.doi.org/10.48565/scfss2021-1q69
dc.relationhttps://doi.org/10.1080/13510347.2013.793673
dc.rightsOpen Access
dc.sourceTakeshima, Hiroyuki; Kyle, Jordan; Kosec, Katrina; and Raghunathan, Kalyani. 2024. Gender and age gaps in voice & agency in community governance: The value of female local political representation in India and Africa South of the Sahara under intensifying conflicts and climate uncertainty. Policy Note August 2024. Washington, DC: International Food Policy Research Institute. https://hdl.handle.net/10568/151738
dc.subjectdecision making
dc.subjectgender
dc.subjectgovernance
dc.subjectpolitics
dc.subjectwomen
dc.subjectgender gap
dc.subjectclimate change
dc.titleGender and age gaps in voice & agency in community governance: The value of female local political representation in India and Africa South of the Sahara under intensifying conflicts and climate uncertainty
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