Leveraging project insights to strengthen WEAI for climate research

Leona Koxha, O’Connor, Eileen, Muzna Alvi, Deepali Chadha, Hanna Ewell, Hom Nath Gartaula, Dessalegn Ketema, Cosmas Lutomia, Prama Mukhopadhyay, Eileen Nchanji, Ranjitha Puskur, Anne M. Rietveld and Farha Sufian

No 4, Other briefs from International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)

Abstract: Key messages • Measuring women’s empowerment in the context of climate change, resilience, and adaptation requires a flexible climate module—not a rigid, universal set of indicators. • Collective agency, community involvement, and social networks are critical to climate resilience. The project-level Women’s Empowerment in Agriculture Index (pro-WEAI) should expand its climate module to better capture these community dynamics and collective actions. • Integrating qualitative methods strengthens pro-WEAI’s effectiveness and ensures the tool is tailored to local contexts, which is essential for collecting meaningful and holistic data.

Keywords: women's empowerment; climate change; resilience; Ethiopia; Kenya; India; Africa; Sub-Saharan Africa; Eastern Africa; Asia; Southern Asia (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2025-08-18
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