Equality for women in all areas of life is not only a fundamental human right, but is also a crucial prerequisite for … achieving human development goals. Women constitute half of the world population and about 43 percent of the agricultural labor … force, which makes the importance of research into the role of women for human developmentseemingly self-explanatory. But as …

We conduct a synthetic review of the literature examining relationships between domains of women’s empowerment and food … system outcomes. Many studies report significant positive associations between women’s empowerment and intrahousehold gender … empowerment indicators and women’s dietary diversity scores. The findings suggest women’s empowerment contributes to improved …

findings of a multi-country research programme, 'Pathways of Women's Empowerment', to explore pathways of positive change in … women's lives, in diverse contexts, and to draw together some lessons for policy and practice. It begins with an account of … women's empowerment in development, tracing some key ideas that have shaped feminist engagement with empowerment in theory …