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Samuel Benin

Samuel Benin is the Acting Director for Africa in the Development Strategies and Governance Unit. He conducts research on national strategies and public investment for accelerating food systems transformation in Africa and provides analytical support to the African Union’s CAADP Biennial Review.

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Needs and opportunities for measuring rural women’s empowerment in Guatemala: Possible applications of a Women’s Empowerment Metric for National Statistical Systems (WEMNS)

Project Note2024Valiente, Regina; Heckert, Jessica; Paz, Flor; Cabnal, Edwin
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Needs and opportunities for measuring rural women’s empowerment in Guatemala: Possible applications of a Women’s Empowerment Metric for National Statistical Systems (WEMNS)

Gender equality and the empowerment of women and girls is reflected across policy priorities at global and national levels. Sustainable Development Goal 5 (SDG 5) seeks to achieve gender equality and the empowerment of all women and girls. Moreover, the Government of Guatemala, through the Presi dential Secretariat for Women (SEPREM), has supported these priorities through the National Policy for the Promotion and Comprehensive Development of Women and the Equality of Opportunities Plan 2008-2023, particularly under its Equitable Economic and Productive Development policy line, which gives the agenda a thematic focus on women’s economic empowerment. Both policy instruments are designed to guide public institutions in achieving the goals that have been set by the Council of Minis ters of Women of Central America and the Dominican Republic (COMMCA). Economic empowerment is one of the main lines of policy action under the Regional Policy on Gender Equality and Equity of SICA (PRIEG/SICA). As such, women’s economic empowerment is being prioritized at the national level in Guatemala, and also at the regional level across Central America and the Dominican Republic.

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2024

Authors

Valiente, Regina; Heckert, Jessica; Paz, Flor; Cabnal, Edwin

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Valiente, Regina; Heckert, Jessica; Paz, Flor; and Cabnal, Edwin. 2024. Needs and opportunities for measuring rural women’s empowerment in Guatemala: Possible applications of a Women’s Empowerment Metric for National Statistical Systems (WEMNS). Project Note January 2024. Washington, DC: International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI).

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Guatemala; Latin America; Central America; North America

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Gender Equality; Women’s Empowerment; Policies; Development; Economic Aspects; Women; Sustainable Development Goals

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English

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Open AccessCC BY-4.0

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Non-PR

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Poverty, Gender, and Inclusion (PGI); Food and Nutrition Policy

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Compounding stresses confront rural household in southern Malawi

MaSSP Policy Note2024Upton, Joanna; Duchoslav, Jan; Tennant, Elizabeth
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Compounding stresses confront rural household in southern Malawi

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2024

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Upton, Joanna; Duchoslav, Jan; Tennant, Elizabeth

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Upton, Joanna; Duchoslav, Jan; and Tennant, Elizabeth. 2024. Compounding stresses confront rural household in southern Malawi. MaSSP Policy Note 52. Washington, DC: International Food Policy Research Institute.

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English

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MaSSP Policy Note

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Development Strategies and Governance (DSG); Transformation Strategies

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Sri Lanka’s New Fertilizer Cash Grant (FCG) Scheme for paddy: What do participants and associates look and hope for?

Project Note2024Kopiyawattage, Kumudu; Weerahewa, Jeevika; Roy, Devesh
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Sri Lanka’s New Fertilizer Cash Grant (FCG) Scheme for paddy: What do participants and associates look and hope for?

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2024

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Kopiyawattage, Kumudu; Weerahewa, Jeevika; Roy, Devesh

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Kopiyawattage, Kumudu; Weerahewa, Jeevika; and Roy, Devesh. 2024. Sri Lanka’s New Fertilizer Cash Grant (FCG) Scheme for paddy: What do participants and associates look and hope for? Project Note February 2024. Washington, DC: International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI).

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English

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Development Strategies and Governance (DSG); Transformation Strategies

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