Publications

International Food Policy Research Institute 2012. Women's empowerment in agriculture index: case study profile Peace, Uganda. https://hdl.handle.net/10568/153875

International Food Policy Research Institute 2012. Women's empowerment in agriculture index: case study profile: Bangladesh, Nadia. https://hdl.handle.net/10568/153931

International Food Policy Research Institute 2012. Women's empowerment in agriculture index: case study profile Isabel, Guatemala. https://hdl.handle.net/10568/153929

Crookston, Benjamin T.; West, Josh H.; Davis, Siena F.; Hall, P. Cougar; Seymour, Greg; and Gray, Bobbi L. 2021. Understanding female and male empowerment in Burkina Faso using the project-level Women’s Empowerment in Agriculture Index (pro-WEAI): A longitudinal study. BMC Women's Health 21: 230. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12905-021-01371-9

Heckert, Jessica; and Fabic, Madeleine Short. 2013. Improving data concerning women's empowerment in sub-Saharan Africa. Studies in Family Planning 44(3): 319-344. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1728-4465.2013.00360.x

Quisumbing, Agnes; Doss, Cheryl; Meinzen-Dick, Ruth & Janssen, Marco. 2024. Presentations for Building More Inclusive and Natural Resource-Secure Food Futures. Presented at IFPRI on December 12, 2024. https://www.ifpri.org/event/building-more-inclusive-and-natural-resource-secure-food-futures/

Ragasa, Catherine; Malapit, Hazel J.; Rubin, Deborah; Myers, Emily; Pereira, Audrey; Martinez, Elena M.; Heckert, Jessica; Seymour, Greg; Mzungu, Diston; Kalagho, Kenan; Kazembe, Cynthia; Thunde, Jack; and Mswelo, Grace. 2021. “It takes two”: Women’s empowerment in agricultural value chains. IFPRI Project October 2020. Washington, DC: International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI). https://doi.org/10.2499/p15738coll2.134323. https://hdl.handle.net/10568/114842

Welk, Lukas; and Seymour, Greg. 2023. Women’s empowerment, poverty, and crop productivity: Evidence from Uganda. Reaching Women Farmers With CSA Policy Note 7. Washington, DC: International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI). https://doi.org/10.2499/p15738coll2.137055.

Yimer, Feiruz; Tadesse, Fanaye. 2015. Women’s empowerment in agriculture and dietary diversity in Ethiopia. ESSP II Working Paper 80. Washington, DC and Addis Ababa, Ethiopia: International Food Policy Research Institute and Ethiopian Development Research Institute (EDRI). https://hdl.handle.net/10568/150591

Meinzen-Dick, Ruth Suseela. 2019. Empowering Africa’s women farmers. Project Syndicate. Published online on October 2, 2019. https://www.project-syndicate.org/commentary/women-farmers-africa-gender-equality-agriculture-by-ruth-meinzen-dick-2019-10

Saha, Shree; and Narayanan, Sudha. 2022. A simplified measure of nutritional empowerment: Using machine learning to abbreviate the Women’s Empowerment in Nutrition Index (WENI). World Development 154(June 2022): 105860. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.worlddev.2022.105860

Cohen, Marc J.; Brown, Mary Ashby. 2008. Legal empowerment and the right to food. In Rights and legal empowerment in eradicating poverty, ed. Dan Banik. Pp. 130-153

Ambler, Kate; Jones, Kelly M.; and O’Sullivan, Michael. 2021. Increasing women's empowerment: Implications for family welfare. IZA Discussion Paper No. 14861. https://www.iza.org/publications/dp/14861

Bekele, Rahel Deribe; and Mekonnen, Dawit Kelemework. Local empowerment and irrigation devolution in Ethiopia. International Journal of Water Resources Development 38(6): 1062-1088. https://doi.org/10.1080/07900627.2021.1936465

Kosec, Katrina; Mo, Cecilia Hyunjung; Schmidt, Emily; and Song, Jie. 2021. Perceptions of relative deprivation and women’s empowerment. World Development 138(February 2021): 105218. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.worlddev.2020.105218

Barooah, Prapti; Alvi, Muzna; and Ringler, Claudia. 2023. Impact of participatory video-based extension and posters on awareness, knowledge, and adoption of climate-smart agricultural practices: Insights from women farmers in Gujarat, India. Reaching Women Farmers With CSA Policy Note 8. Washington, DC: International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI). https://doi.org/10.2499/p15738coll2.137022.

Rosenbach, Gracie; Benimana, Gilberthe; Ingabire, Chantal; Spielman, David J.; and Tumukunde, Ritha. 2023. Women’s empowerment in Rwandan agriculture: A baseline assessment in the context of Rwanda’s gender and youth mainstreaming strategy and the fourth strategic plan for agricultural transformation. Rwanda SSP Working Paper 7. Washington, DC: International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI). https://doi.org/10.2499/p15738coll2.136776.

Kosec, Katrina; and Song, Jie. 2018. Aspirations and women's empowerment: Evidence from Kyrgyzstan. Washington, DC: International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI). https://hdl.handle.net/10568/146021

Kosec, Katrina; Akramov, Kamiljon T.; Mirkasimov, Bakhrom; and Song, Jie. 2018. Aspirations and women’s empowerment: Evidence from Kyrgyzstan. IFPRI Discussion Paper 1786. Washington, DC: International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI). https://hdl.handle.net/10568/146010

van den Bold, Mara; Quisumbing, Agnes R. and Gillespie, Stuart. 2013. Women’s empowerment and nutrition: An evidence review. IFPRI Discussion Paper 1294. Washington, DC: International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI). https://hdl.handle.net/10568/153621

Slavchevska, Vanya; Doss, Cheryl; Mane, Erdgin; Kaaria, Susan; Kar, Anuja; and Villa, Victor. 2020. Rural outmigration and the gendered patterns of agricultural labor in Nepal. IFPRI Discussion Paper 1981. Washington, DC: International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI). https://doi.org/10.2499/p15738coll2.134190.

Pyburn, Rhiannon; and van Eerdewijk, Anouka. 2021. CGIAR research through an equality and empowerment lens. In Advancing gender equality through agricultural and environmental research: Past, present, and future, eds. Rhiannon Pyburn, and Anouka van Eerdewijk. Chapter 1, Pp. 1-75. Washington, DC: International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI). https://doi.org/10.2499/9780896293915_01.

Raghunathan, Kalyani. 2019. Rural transformation, empowerment, and agricultural linkages in Nepal. Presented by Kalyani Raghunathan (International Food Policy Research Institute), as part of the Annual Scientific Conference hosted by the University of Canberra and co-sponsored by the University of Canberra, the Australian Centre for International Agricultural Research (ACIAR) and CGIAR Collaborative Platform for Gender Research, Canberra, Australia, April 2-4, 2019. Washington DC: International Food Policy Research Institute. https://hdl.handle.net/10568/120701

Doss, Cheryl; and Rubin, Deborah. 2021. Exploring women’s empowerment using a mixed methods approach. IFPRI Discussion Paper 2035. Washington, DC: International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI). https://doi.org/10.2499/p15738coll2.134478.

Wouterse, Fleur Stephanie. 2017. Empowerment, adaptation, and agricultural production: Evidence from Niger. IFPRI Discussion Paper 1643. Washington, DC: International Food Policy Research Institue (IFPRI). https://hdl.handle.net/10568/147546

Heckert, Jessica; Malapit, Hazel J.; Pereira, Audrey; Seymour, Greg; Eissler, Sarah; Diatta, Ampa Dogui; Faas, Simone; Rubin, Deborah; and Nordehn, Caitlin. 2020. Le développement de l’Indice d’Autonomisation des Femmes dans l’Agriculture au niveau projet pour les filières agro-alimentaires (pro-WEAI+MI) : Une application au Bénin du programme d’Education et de Formation Technique et Professionnelle Agricole pour les Femmes (EFTPA/F). IFPRI Project Note October 2020. Washington, DC: International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI). https://doi.org/10.2499/p15738coll2.134966.

Martinez, Elena M.; Myers, Emily; and Pereira, Audrey. 2020. The Women’s Empowerment in Agriculture Index. In Routledge Handbook of Gender and Agriculture, eds. Carolyn E. Sachs, Leif Jensen, Paige Castellanos, and Kathleen Sexsmith. Part Three: Knowledge, Methods, and Access to Information, Chapter 23. https://www.routledge.com/Routledge-Handbook-of-Gender-and-Agriculture/Sachs-Jensen-Castellanos-Sexsmith/p/book/9780367190019

Alkire, Sabina; Meinzen-Dick, Ruth Suseela; Peterman, Amber; Quisumbing, Agnes R.; Seymour, Greg; and Vaz, Ana. 2013. The Women’s Empowerment in Agriculture Index. World Development 52(December 2013): 71-91. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.worlddev.2013.06.007

Hortúa Ramirez, D., Marin-Lancheros, J. A., Twyman, J., & Odjo, S. (2025). Los roles de las mujeres en el control de plagas y enfermedades de cultivos: Una revisión de la literatura. CGIAR & CIMMYT. https://hdl.handle.net/10883/35565

Malapit, Hazel J.; Meinzen-Dick, Ruth Suseela; Quisumbing, Agnes R.; and Zseleczky, Laura. 2020. Building inclusive and empowering agrifood systems for resilience. Filling the GAPs: Expert Essays for the 2020 Global Agricultural Productivity. Blacksburg, Virginia: Virginia Tech College of Agriculture and Life Sciences. https://globalagriculturalproductivity.org/gap-bulletin/bridging-innovation-policy-and-practice-for-sustainable-productivity-growth/