GENDER insights
Women's empowerment
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Empowered women make their own life choices about family, finances, farming—and much more.
Enhancing women’s empowerment is among the global goals guiding international development efforts toward 2030, and the stated goal of innumerable development projects.
But for now, not much evidence exists on how to successfully bring about women’s empowerment.
Investing in robust data, methods and rigorous analysis to understand and track women’s empowerment can make the invisible visible and inform policies and decisions in pursuit of women’s empowerment.
Stories and insights
Evidence explainers
Methods, tools, manuals
Publications
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Too Hot to Carry On: A growing crisis for women farmers
Kori, P., Verma, B. and Puskur, R. 2025. Too Hot to Carry On: A Growing Crisis for Women Farmers. International Rice Research Institute, India. 15 pages.
Other
Heat stress: A growing crisis for women farmers
Kori, P., Verma, B. and Puskur, R. 2025. Heat Stress: A Growing Crisis for Women Farmers. International Rice Research Institute, India. 14 pages.
Brief
Financial inclusion in food, land and water systems: what works for women?
Puskur, R., Verma, B., Elias, M., Mujawamariya, G., de Haan, N. and Atakos, V. 2025. Financial inclusion in food, land and water systems: what works for women? Policy Brief. Nairobi, Kenya: CGIAR Gender Equality and Inclusion.