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Event: Soft launch of the project-level Women’s Empowerment in Agriculture Index

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Earlier this year, the Gender, Agriculture, and Assets Project, Phase 2 (GAAP2) launched the pilot version of the project-level Women's Empowerment in Agriculture Index (pro-WEAI), a new survey-based index for measuring empowerment, agency, and inclusion of women in the agriculture sector. On October 25th, the GAAP2 team will introduce the latest version of the pro-WEAI at a special event at the International Food Policy Research Institute in Washington, DC.

Using pro-WEAI to learn broader lessons about women’s empowerment in Nepal

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In this blog, Alex Russell of the Feed the Future Innovation Lab for Assets and Market Access describes the Heifer International SLVC program, a program intended to help poor rural women in Nepal create a sustainable pathway out of poverty. As part of their impact evaluation, the program piloted the project-level Women's Empowerment in Agriculture >> Read more

GAAP2

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*** UPDATED SEPTEMBER 2 WITH NEW FAQ DOCUMENT *** The GAAP team at IFPRI has some exciting news to share! The International Food Policy Research Institute has received a second round of support from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation to adapt and validate a measure of women’s empowerment that agricultural development projects can use >> Read more