Publications
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Working Paper
Measuring women’s empowerment in national surveys: Development of the Women’s Empowerment Metric for National Statistical Systems (WEMNS)
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Cheong, Yuk Fai; Yount, Kathryn M.; Hassan, Md. Zahidul; Hassan, Md. Imrul; Sharma, Sudhindra; Pokhrel, Pankaj; Sagastume, Mónica Dardón; Kanyanda, Shelton S. E.; Vundru, Wilbert D.; Moylan, Heather![Resource thumbnail](https://www.ifpri.org/wp-content/plugins/ifpri-resources/build/related/display/../../../images/resource.jpg)
Journal Article
Variation in women’s attitudes toward intimate partner violence across the rural–urban continuum in Ethiopia
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Journal Article
Enhancing agency and empowerment in agricultural development projects: A synthesis of mixed methods impact evaluations from the Gender, Agriculture, and Assets Project, Phase 2 (GAAP2)
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Myers, Emily; GAAP2 for pro-WEAI Study TeamBlogs
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Adapt, assess, progress: Integrating measures of women’s empowerment into rural development projects
A new tool developed by IFPRI and IFAD.
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Introducing the Women’s Empowerment Metric for National Statistical Systems (WEMNS)
A new tool to address the gender data gap in agricultural development.
Developing a Women’s Empowerment Metric for National Statistical Systems
Closing the gender data gap in agricultural development.
Events
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Introducing the new Women’s Empowerment Metric for National Statistical Systems (WEMNS)
Virtual Event: February 22, 2024 at 9:00am-10:30am EST. This event will present the WEMNS metric, review the development of the tool, and discuss its use to advance women’s empowerment. A panel of stakeholders from government and national statistical offices and from multilateral organizations will discuss the potential of WEMNS for promoting and monitoring women’s empowerment as part of national statistical surveys.
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Women’s Empowerment Metric for National Statistical Systems (WEMNS)
Hybrid Event: September 20, 2023 – 1:30 PM to 4:30 PM CEST. This event will present the WEMNS tool and discuss its use to further advance women’s empowerment.
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31st International Conference of Agricultural Economists (ICAE)
Virtual Event: AUG 17, 2021 – 08:00 AM to AUG 31, 2021 08:00 PM EDT. IFPRI is participating in the 31st Conference of Agriculture Economists organized by the International Association of Agricultural Economists (IAAE).
News
Opinion: Where is the standardized measure of women’s empowerment? (Devex)
Devex published an op-ed by Associate Research Fellow Greg Seymour who detailed the recent surge in representing measures of empowerment, particularly women’s empowerment, in research. Seymour details new research examining measurement concepts around standard-decision making indicators from case studies in Ghana and Bangladesh.