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WEAI

Blog
March 9, 2021
Now available: The project-level Women’s Empowerment in Agriculture Index Distance Learning Module
The module’s aim is to train researchers and practitioners on the pro-WEAI tool, from its background to its practical application within the project context.
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Blog
October 15, 2019
In Conversation: Discussing pro-WEAI and Efforts Towards Supporting Rural Women
On International Day of Rural Women, Hazel Malapit of A4NH sits down with Ramona Ridolfi of HKI to discuss WEAI and women's empowerment.
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Gender
July 11, 2019
Digging deeper into gender and equity at ANH Academy Week
In presentations, posters, learning labs, and side events, ANH Academy Week explored many aspects of equity in agriculture, nutrition, and health research.
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Gender
February 22, 2019
What are we really measuring? The importance of validating survey items to understand women’s empowerment
The project-level Women’s Empowerment in Agriculture Index (pro-WEAI) is a survey-based tool that measures women’s empowerment and inclusion in agricultural
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Agriculture-nutrition pathways
November 29, 2018
Does empowering women benefit household members equitably? An analysis of women’s empowerment and dietary quality in Bangladesh
In this blog, we talk with Agnes Quisumbing, a Senior Research Fellow at the International Food Policy Research Institute about
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Agriculture-nutrition pathways
November 9, 2018
Researchers and partners in Washington, DC, discuss progress on the project-level WEAI
Understanding and measuring women’s empowerment is a critical component of ensuring progress in achieving development outcomes. Yet for decades, work
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decision making
September 5, 2018
Identifying challenges and constraints experienced by women smallholder farmers in northern Ghana
The Feed the Future Soybean Innovation Lab’s Socioeconomic and Gender Equity Research team explores how gender-based inequalities and constraints impact
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Agriculture-nutrition pathways
July 16, 2018
Discussing agency, access, and accelerometers in Accra
Over 300 researchers gathered in Accra, Ghana, from June 25-29 for the 2018 Agriculture, Nutrition, and Health (ANH) Academy Week.
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Gender
April 27, 2018
Introducing pro-WEAI: A tool for measuring women’s empowerment in agricultural development projects
In April 2018, the Gender, Agriculture, and Assets Project, Phase 2 (GAAP2), launched the pilot version of the Project-Level Women’s
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