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The Women’s Empowerment in Agriculture Index (WEAI) June 2012 Sylvia Cabus Gender Advisor

The Women’s Empowerment in Agriculture Index (WEAI) June 2012 Sylvia Cabus Gender Advisor USAID Bureau for Food Security. A. Feed the Future Goal: Sustainably Reduce Global Poverty and Hunger. - Prevalence of poverty - Prevalence of underweight children. High Level Objective:

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The Women’s Empowerment in Agriculture Index (WEAI) June 2012 Sylvia Cabus Gender Advisor

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  1. The Women’s Empowerment in Agriculture Index (WEAI) June 2012 Sylvia Cabus Gender Advisor USAID Bureau for Food Security

  2. A 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 Purpose of the WEAI -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 Expanding markets and trade Increased private investment in agriculture and nutrition activities Increased employment opportunities in targeted value chains Increased resilience of vulnerable communities and households Improved access to diverse and quality foods Improved nutrition-related behaviors Improved use of maternal and child health and nutrition services • Percent change in value of intra-regional exports of targeted commodities • Value of incremental sales (farm-level) -Gross margins per unit of land or animal of selected product • -Value of new private investment in ag sector or value chain • # of local firms/CSO operating sustainably -Dietary diversity for women and children -Exclusive breastfeed-ing under six months -Jobs created by investment in agricultural value chains -Household Hunger Scale -Prevalence of maternal anemia ACCESS AVAILABILITY STABILITY UTILIZATION Definition of Food Security

  3. Partners

  4. Index Construction WEAI is made up of two sub indices Women’s Empowerment in Agriculture Index (WEAI) All range from zero to one; higher values = greater empowerment

  5. Five domains of empowerment

  6. Who Is Empowered? A woman who has achieved ‘adequacy’ in 80% or more of the weighted indicators is empowered

  7. Innovations in the Index • Captures empowerment directly: • Through primary survey data • Survey administered to females and males • Not through proxies – education, income etc. • Three ways to change it: • Empower women • Increase the adequacy among disempowered women • Increase gender parity

  8. Moving Forward After the Pilot • Focusing on implementation • Further validation • More analysis • Supporting three dissertation grants on WEAI-related research • Developing partnerships and collaboration

  9. Thank you! Emily Hogue ehogue@usaid.gov

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