The Philippine Institute for Development Studies (PIDS), in partnership with the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI), will hold a public seminar featuring three studies on women empowerment on August 14, 2024, 9:00 AM to 11:30 AM (Asia/Manila) / August 13, 2024, 9:00 PM to 11:30 PM (US/Eastern) at the PIDS Conference Hall and via Zoom.

IFPRI Senior Research Fellow, Agnes Quisumbing will deliver the first presentation titled “Assessing Progress towards Women’s Empowerment in Agricultural Development Project Portfolios in Africa and Asia”. It will cover two studies co-authored by Dr. Quisumbing related to women’s empowerment in agricultural development projects.

IFPRI Senior Research Coordinator, Hazel Malapit will deliver the second presentation titled “Measuring Women’s Empowerment in National Surveys”. Her presentation will feature the third study “Measuring women’s empowerment in national surveys: Development of the Women’s Empowerment Metric for National Statistical Systems (WEMNS)”, which she co-authored with Dr. Quisumbing and other researchers. This study introduced the Women’s Empowerment Metric for National Statistical Systems (WEMNS), which evaluates empowerment across four key areas: inner strength, practical capabilities, collective influence, and resources for empowerment. The authors detail the development process of WEMNS, its distinctive features, the pilot testing conducted in Bangladesh, Guatemala, Malawi, and Nepal, and the initial data analysis.

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