The Women's Empowerment in Agriculture Index

被引:581
作者
Alkire, Sabina [1 ]
Meinzen-Dick, Ruth [2 ]
Peterman, Amber [3 ]
Quisumbing, Agnes [2 ]
Seymour, Greg [4 ]
Vaz, Ana [1 ]
机构
[1] Univ Oxford, Oxford OX1 2JD, England
[2] Int Food Policy Res Inst, Washington, DC 20036 USA
[3] Univ N Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC USA
[4] American Univ, Washington, DC 20016 USA
关键词
agricultural development; multidimensional measurement; gender equality; women's empowerment; SELF-DETERMINATION THEORY; HOUSEHOLD; POVERTY; AGENCY; GENDER;
D O I
10.1016/j.worlddev.2013.06.007
中图分类号
F0 [经济学]; F1 [世界各国经济概况、经济史、经济地理]; C [社会科学总论];
学科分类号
020101 [政治经济学]; 020103 [经济史]; 030301 [社会学];
摘要
The Women's Empowerment in Agriculture Index (WEAI) measures the empowerment, agency, and inclusion of women in the agricultural sector and comprises two subindexes. The first assesses empowerment of women in five domains, including (1) decisions about agricultural production, (2) access to and decisionmaking power about productive resources, (3) control of use of income, (4) leadership in the community, and (5) time allocation. The second subindex measures the percentage of women whose achievements are at least as high as men in their households and, for women lacking parity, the relative empowerment gap with respect to the male in their household. This article documents the development of the WEAI and presents pilot findings from Bangladesh, Guatemala, and Uganda. (c) 2013 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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页数:21
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