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Measurement properties of the Project-Level Women’s Empowerment in Agriculture Index

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  • Yount, Kathryn M.
  • Cheong, Yuk Fai
  • Maxwell, Lauren
  • Heckert, Jessica
  • Martinez, Elena M.
  • Seymour, Greg

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Given the need for valid measures of women’s empowerment to monitor SDG5 and design advantages of pro-WEAI, an assessment of its measurement properties is warranted. This paper has three aims: 1) to assess in two GAAP2 projects the measurement properties of survey question (item) sets used to compute pro-WEAI indicators, 2) to offer guidance, based on study findings, for questionnaire revisions to shorten the full pro-WEAI to improve it as a measure for women’s empowerment in agricultural development programs, and 3) to make a call for a validated ‘short form’1 version of pro-WEAI and improved measures of women’s collective agency.

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  • Yount, Kathryn M. & Cheong, Yuk Fai & Maxwell, Lauren & Heckert, Jessica & Martinez, Elena M. & Seymour, Greg, 2019. "Measurement properties of the Project-Level Women’s Empowerment in Agriculture Index," IFPRI discussion papers 1798, International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI).
    • Handle: RePEc:fpr:ifprid:1798
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