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Women’s Empowerment in Agriculture Index (WEAI) Pilot for Uganda

author(s) Peterman, Amber - Quisumbing, Agnes - Meinzen-Dick, Ruth - Dardón, Monica - Hassan, Md. Zahidul - Kamusiime, Herbert - Malapit, Hazel
from International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)
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themes
regions
  • Eastern Africa
  • Sub-Saharan Africa
  • Africa
  • World
citation

Peterman, Amber; Quisumbing, Agnes; Meinzen-Dick, Ruth; Dardón, Monica; Hassan, Md. Zahidul; Kamusiime, Herbert; Malapit, Hazel. 2012. Women’s Empowerment in Agriculture Index (WEAI) Pilot for Uganda. Washington, DC: IFPRI [dataset]. <a href="https://doi.org/10.7910/DVN/GOOF4U">https://doi.org/10.7910/DVN/GOOF4U<…;. Harvard Dataverse. Version 3.

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Abstract

<br>The Women’s Empowerment in Agriculture Index (WEAI) is a composite measurement tool that indicates women’s control over critical parts of their lives in the household, community, and economy. It allows us to identify women who are disempowered and understand how to increase autonomy and decisionmaking in key domains. The WEAI is also a useful tool for tracking progress toward gender equality, which is one of the Millennium Development Goals.</br> <br>The WEAI measures the empowerment, agency, and inclusion of women in the agriculture sector in an effort to identify ways to overcome those obstacles and constraints. The Index is a significant innovation in its field and aims to increase understanding of the connections between women’s empowerment, food security, and agricultural growth.
</br> <br>The Uganda pilot covered five spatially dispersed rural districts in the northern region (Amuru and Kole), central region (Luwero and Masaka), and eastern region (Iganga).</br>

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