Transcript The Women`s Empowerment in Agriculture Index

The Women’s
Empowerment in
Agriculture Index
(WEAI)
June 2012
Sylvia Cabus
Gender Advisor
USAID Bureau for Food Security
Purpose of the WEAI
Feed the Future Goal: Sustainably Reduce Global Poverty and Hunger
- Prevalence of poverty
- Prevalence of underweight children
High Level Objective:
Inclusive agriculture sector growth
High Level Objective:
Improved nutritional status esp. of women & children
-Prevalence of stunted children
-Prevalence of wasted children
-Prevalence of underweight women
-Agriculture Sector GDP
-Per capita expenditures in rural households
- Women’s Empowerment in Agriculture Index
Improved
agriculture
productivity
-Gross
margins per
unit of land or
animal of
selected
product
Expanding markets
and trade
-Percent change in
value of intraregional exports of
targeted
commodities
- Value of
incremental sales
(farm-level)
AVAILABILITY
Increased private
investment in
agriculture and
nutrition activities
-Value of new private
investment in ag
sector or value chain
-# of local firms/CSO
operating sustainably
Increased
employment
opportunities in
targeted value
chains
A
-Jobs created by
investment in
agricultural
value chains
ACCESS
Increased
resilience of
vulnerable
communities and
households
-Household
Hunger Scale
Improved
access to
diverse and
quality foods
-Dietary
diversity for
women and
children
STABILITY
Definition of Food Security
Improved
nutritionrelated
behaviors
-Exclusive
breastfeeding under six
months
Improved use
of maternal
and child
health and
nutrition
services
-Prevalence of
maternal
anemia
UTILIZATION
Partners
Index Construction
WEAI is made up of two sub indices
Five domains of
empowerment
(5DE)
Women’s empowerment
in five dimensions
Women’s
Empowerment
in Agriculture
Index
(WEAI)
Gender parity
Index (GPI)
Women’s
achievement’s relative
to the primary male
in HH
All range from zero to one;
higher values = greater empowerment
Five domains of empowerment
Who Is Empowered?
A woman who has achieved
‘adequacy’ in 80% or more
of the weighted indicators
is empowered
Innovations in the Index
1. Captures empowerment directly:
– Through primary survey data
– Survey administered to females and males
– Not through proxies – education, income etc.
2. Three ways to change it:
– Empower women
– Increase the adequacy among disempowered women
– Increase gender parity
Moving Forward After the Pilot
• Focusing on implementation
• Further validation
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•
More analysis
Supporting three dissertation grants on WEAIrelated research
• Developing partnerships and
collaboration
Thank you!
Emily Hogue
[email protected]