The Women’s Empowerment in Agriculture Index

Alkire, S. and Meinzen-Dick, R. and Peterman, A. and et al, . (2013) The Women’s Empowerment in Agriculture Index. World Development, 52. pp. 71-91.

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Abstract

The Women’s Empowerment in Agriculture Index (WEAI) measures the empowerment, agency, and inclusion of women in the agricultural sector and comprises two subindexes. The first assesses empowerment of women in five domains, including (1) decisions about agricultural production, (2) access to and decisionmaking power about productive resources, (3) control of use of income, (4) leadership in the community, and (5) time allocation. The second subindex measures the percentage of women whose achievements are at least as high as men in their households and, for women lacking parity, the relative empowerment gap with respect to the male in their household. This article documents the development of the WEAI and presents pilot findings from Bangladesh, Guatemala, and Uganda.

Item Type: Article
Uncontrolled Keywords: agricultural development; multidimensional measurement; gender equality; women’s empowerment
Author Affiliation: Oxford University, UK
Subjects: Social Sciences > Agricultural Economics
Divisions: General
Depositing User: Mr Siva Shankar
Date Deposited: 13 Aug 2013 05:08
Last Modified: 13 Aug 2013 05:08
Official URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.worlddev.2013.06.007
URI: http://eprints.icrisat.ac.in/id/eprint/11442

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