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Ahmed Akhter

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Akhter Ahmed

Akhter Ahmed is a Senior Research Fellow in the IFPRI’s Poverty, Gender, and Inclusion Unit and Country Representative for IFPRI Bangladesh. He has worked on strategies for agricultural and rural development, social protection, and women’s empowerment to reduce poverty, food insecurity, and undernutrition in developing countries including Bangladesh, China, Egypt, India, Malawi, the Philippines, and Turkey.

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Webinar: The Abbreviated Women’s Empowerment in Agriculture Index (A-WEAI)

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United States

September 23, 2015

  • 1:30 – 3:00 pm (America/New_York)
  • 7:30 – 9:00 pm (Europe/Amsterdam)
  • 11:00 – 12:30 am (Asia/Kolkata)
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This webinar will focus on the newly-launched abbreviated version of the Women’s Empowerment in Agriculture Index (A-WEAI). IFPRI’s WEAI Research Coordinator, Hazel Malapit, joined by Farzana Ramzan and Emily Hogue from USAID’s Bureau for Food Security, will discuss the reasons for developing a shorter version of the WEAI, describe the development and piloting process, and highlight the differences between the AWEAI and the original WEAI. Time will also be allowed for a question and answer session with webinar participants.

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