"Parallel to the growing attention being devoted to the relationship between empowerment and development, an increasing … number of tools are being developed to measure empowerment and determine the link between these two phenomena. This paper … account the non-identity of poverty reduction and empowerment processes, at least when the targeted agents are communities …

world. This brief brings together IFPRI's most recent research findings on gender and food security and offers proof to … policymakers that reducing gender disparities promotes better food and nutrition security for all....IFPRI's research findings … task requires policies that eradicate gender discrimination, proactively promote catch-up for women, and involve women …

as a mechanism to stimulate gender-equitable change processes. Our evidence suggests that the technology uptake process … the ways in which social networks and social relationships facilitated technology dissemination. Gender relations played a …

This paper investigates linkages between women’s empowerment in agriculture and the nutritional status of women and …

This paper starts by reflecting on the concept and measurement of women’s empowerment and then reviews some of the … structural interventions that aim to influence underlying gender norms in society and eradicate gender discrimination. It then … interventions, and microfinance programs—on women’s empowerment, nutrition, or both. …

This report provides a comprehensive analysis of the Women’s Empowerment in Agriculture Index (WEAI) baseline survey … factors that might affect empowerment and outcomes that might result from empowerment. The analysis includes thirteen …

significant gender disparities persist in access, control, inheritance, and ownership of land at the grassroots level. One … typically designed as pro–poor to enhance legal empowerment of marginalized groups...A qualitative study of CBLA programs in …

investigates the interactions between gender, social capital and information exchange in rural Uganda. Within the framework of … to gender differences. A multinomial logit model is used to analyze multiple participation choices of information …