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

by Amber Peterman,

Agnes Quisumbing,

Ruth Meinzen-Dick,

Monica Dardón,

Md. Zahidul Hassan,

Herbert Kamusiime and

Hazel Malapit

household- and community-level surveys | 2012

DOI : https://doi.org/10.7910/DVN/CVVHZV

Open Access | CC-BY-4.0

Citation

Peterman, Amber; Quisumbing, Agnes; Meinzen-Dick, Ruth; Dardón, Monica; Hassan, Md. Zahidul; Kamusiime, Herbert; Malapit, Hazel, 2012-11-13, "Women’s Empowerment in Agriculture Index (WEAI) Pilot for Bangladesh", http://hdl.handle.net/1902.1/19160 International Food Policy Research Institute [Distributor] V2 [Version]

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.

The WEAI measures the empowerment, agenc y, 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.

The Bangladesh pilot was conducted in the south and south western regions of the country, close to the Indian border, in these districts: Barguna, Jessore, Khulna, Madaripur, and Patuakhali.