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WOMEN

Flagships
October 11, 2018
Considering the Varied Experiences of Rural Women
October 15 marks International Day of Rural Women. While people's experiences vary both between and within countries, A4NH researchers pay
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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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Gender
April 9, 2018
Gender considerations in informal food markets in sub-Saharan Africa
In this blog, originally posted on Agrilinks, Kristina Roesel, postdoctoral scientist at the International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI), discusses how
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Agriculture-nutrition pathways
March 12, 2018
Can WFP’s Food Assistance for Assets contribute to women’s empowerment and nutrition?
In 2017, the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) published a report on a five-country study on how WFP’s Food
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Agriculture-nutrition pathways
February 5, 2018
Is migration improving household food security? Evidence from Far West Nepal
Utilizing quantitative and qualitative approaches, Jeeyon Janet Kim, a PhD Candidate from the Friedman School of Nutrition Science and Policy
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Gender
January 19, 2018
How many people will an intervention reach? A how-to guide for indirectly estimating the number of pregnant women in a subpopulation
When deciding how to design or whether to fund a nutrition-sensitive agricultural intervention, we need to know the potential scope
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Agriculture-nutrition pathways
July 26, 2017
Researchers highlight gender and equity at the ANH Academy Week
Gender and equity were hot topics of discussion at the 2017 Agriculture, Nutrition, and Health (ANH) Scientific Symposium and Academy
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A4NH Homepage Feature
December 2, 2015
New study links poverty to heightened levels of aflatoxin exposure
Many of the foods people depend on most for their sustenance, especially in low and middle income countries, can carry
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Integrated programs and policies
September 12, 2014
New Dietary Diversity Indicator for Women
A new dietary diversity indicator to assess the micronutrient adequacy of women’s diets has been developed, called Minimum Dietary Diversity
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