A review of evidence on gender equality, women’s empowerment, and food systems

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jemimah Njuki ◽  
Sarah Eissler ◽  
Hazel Jean Malapit ◽  
Ruth S. Meinzen-Dick ◽  
Elizabeth Bryan ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Gender Equality ◽  
Food Systems ◽  
Women's Empowerment ◽  
Women’S Empowerment

UNFSS Science Days Side Event: Gender equality, women’s empowerment, and food systems

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Self Employeed Women's Association ◽  
International Food Policy. Research Institute
Keyword(s):  
Gender Equality ◽  
Food Systems ◽  
Women's Empowerment ◽  
Women’S Empowerment

A review of evidence on gender equality, women’s empowerment, and food systems

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jemimah Njuki ◽  
Sarah Eissler ◽  
Hazel J. Malapit ◽  
Ruth Suseela Meinzen-Dick ◽  
Elizabeth Bryan ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Gender Equality ◽  
Food Systems ◽  
Women's Empowerment ◽  
Women’S Empowerment

scholarly journals Women’s empowerment and gender equality in agricultural value chains: evidence from four countries in Asia and Africa

Food Security ◽  
2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Agnes Quisumbing ◽  
Jessica Heckert ◽  
Simone Faas ◽  
Gayathri Ramani ◽  
Kalyani Raghunathan ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Gender Equality ◽  
Value Chain ◽  
Food Systems ◽  
Food System ◽  
Women's Empowerment ◽  
Household Wealth ◽  
Women’S Empowerment ◽  
Primary Data ◽  
Value Chains ◽  
Men And Women

AbstractWomen play important roles at different nodes of both agricultural and off-farm value chains, but in many countries their contributions are either underestimated or limited by prevailing societal norms or gender-specific barriers. We use primary data collected in Asia (Bangladesh, Philippines) and Africa (Benin, Malawi) to examine the relationships between women’s empowerment, gender equality, and participation in a variety of local agricultural value chains that comprise the food system. We find that the value chain and the specific node of engagement matter, as do other individual and household characteristics, but in different ways depending on country context. Entrepreneurship—often engaged in by wealthier households with greater ability to take risks—is not necessarily empowering for women; nor is household wealth, as proxied by their asset ownership. Increased involvement in the market is not necessarily correlated with greater gender equality. Education is positively correlated with higher empowerment of both men and women, but the strength of this association varies. Training and extension services are generally positively associated with empowerment but could also exacerbate the inequality in empowerment between men and women in the same household. All in all, culture and context determine whether participation in value chains—and which node of the value chain—is empowering. In designing food systems interventions, care should be taken to consider the social and cultural contexts in which these food systems operate, so that interventions do not exacerbate existing gender inequalities.

The Feminization of Agriculture

2019 ◽  
pp. 267-284
Author(s):  
Vanya Slavchevska ◽  
Susan Kaaria ◽  
Sanna Liisa Taivalmaa
Keyword(s):  
Food Systems ◽  
Agricultural Sector ◽  
Water Security ◽  
Women's Empowerment ◽  
Critical Discussion ◽  
Women’S Empowerment ◽  
Clear Understanding ◽  
Agricultural Employment ◽  
Agricultural Areas ◽  
Feminization Of Agriculture

Male outmigration from rural, primary agricultural areas and the globalization of agri-food systems have both been linked to a significant increase in women’s work and responsibilities in agriculture, a phenomenon referred to as the ‘feminization of agriculture’. While the term has been broadly used to bring attention to the increasing number of women, relative to men, in agricultural employment, little attention has been paid to what the ‘feminization of agriculture’ means for women’s empowerment and their roles in agriculture more generally. Similarly, there is no clear understanding of how this will impact the agricultural sector and what the consequences for food and water security are. This chapter reviews the global evidence surrounding the “feminization of agriculture” and provides a critical discussion of the implications for women’s empowerment and for food and water security.

scholarly journals AN ANALYSIS OF THE FACTORS OF GENDER EQUALITY AND WOMEN'S EMPOWERMENT ISSUES IN THE ECONOMIC SECTOR IN MALAYSIA: AN ANALYSIS

2021 ◽  
Vol 6 (22) ◽  
pp. 261-275
Author(s):  
Rahmawati Mohd Yusoff ◽  
Nadzrah Ahmad ◽  
Alizah Ali ◽  
Noraini Ismail ◽  
Ira Rozana Mohd Asri
Keyword(s):  
Gender Equality ◽  
Research Method ◽  
Islamic Law ◽  
Women's Empowerment ◽  
Female Students ◽  
Women’S Empowerment ◽  
Male Students ◽  
Economic Sector ◽  
Policy System ◽  
The Government

Statistics show that the number of female students enrolled in public universities is higher than male students. However, this scenario is very different from the involvement of women in the economic sector because the statistics of women's involvement in the economic sector are low and not as high as the statistics of female student enrollment to university. Therefore, this paper intends to examine the issue of gender equality and women's empowerment according to Islamic law and the situation in Malaysia. This paper will also analyse the factors that lead to the lack of women's involvement in the economic sector in Malaysia. The discussion adopts the qualitative research method by examining the issue according to the perspective of Islamic law as well as the perspective of law and the current situation in Malaysia. This paper finds that there is still no clear mechanism that should be implemented to address the issue of gender equality. Therefore, all parties including the government and employers must be more progressive in formulating a policy system that can address the issue of gender equality and women's empowerment. In the meantime, this study also suggests that the government should follow the recommendations by the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW) so that the issue of gender equality can be addressed immediately.

Gender Equality Through Women’s Empowerment in Science

2021 ◽  
pp. 502-513
Author(s):  
Camilla Gomes da Silva ◽  
Gabriela Carpejani ◽  
Carla Patrícia Finatto ◽  
Michael Dillon Scalia ◽  
José Baltazar Salgueirinho Osório de Andrade Guerra
Keyword(s):  
Gender Equality ◽  
Women's Empowerment ◽  
Women’S Empowerment
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