Too Little Credit, Too Much Work, and Not Enough Groups! A Deep-Dive into Data on the Challenges Women in Agriculture Face
Dive deeper into the the Women's Empowerment in Agriculture Index baseline survey results with these 10 charts.
Read MoreThe Women’s Empowerment in Agriculture Index
The Women’s Empowerment in Agriculture Index (or WEAI) is the first-ever measure to directly capture women’s empowerment and inclusion levels in the agricultural sector.
Developed by USAID, the International Food Policy Research Institute, and the Oxford Poverty and Human Development Initiative, this innovative tool tracks women’s engagement in agriculture in five areas:
- Production
- Resources
- Income
- Leadership
- Time use
Unlike any other tool, it also measures women’s empowerment relative to men within their households, providing a more robust understanding of gender dynamics within households and communities.
Collecting and Using the Data
Feed the Future uses the index to monitor program performance and track changes in women’s empowerment that occur as a direct or indirect result of Feed the Future interventions. The initiative also uses the index for impact evaluations to examine the effectiveness of different approaches and how they impact women and men.
Data for the WEAI will be collected every two or three years in all 19 Feed the Future focus countries. Baselines were collected in 2011 and 2012. Check out the new WEAI baseline report for a comprehensive analysis of 13 countries.
How does the A-WEAI differ from the original WEAI?
The A-WEAI preserves the same five domains of empowerment ad the original WEAI: production, resources, income, leadership. and time use. However, it reduces the number of indicators from 10 to six.
Women’s Empowerment in Agriculture Index Resources
- Overview Brochure
- Overview Video
- Instructional Webinar
- Manual and Questionnaires
- Training Materials
- WEAI Data Sets
Blog Posts
- Three Questions about the Women’s Empowerment in Agriculture Index (2012)
- Celebrating the One-Year Anniversary of the WEAI (2013)
- Four Seasons of the WEAI (2014)
Updates
Related Resources
Related Stories
What’s Up with the Women’s Empowerment in Agriculture Index?
This month, the Women's Empowerment in Agriculture Index (WEAI) turns three years old. In 2014, after the WEAI was used to collect data in 13 Feed the Future focus countries, we released a baseline report that revealed some interesting findings about the constraints women face in the agriculture sector.
Read MoreFour Seasons of the Women’s Empowerment in Agriculture Index
A year ago in March, we updated you on the progress of the innovative Women’s Empowerment in Agriculture Index (WEAI) and how we were using it. A lot can happen in a year!
Read MoreWEAI Data Goes Public
Last year we launched an innovative tool to measure women’s empowerment in agriculture. Last month, we celebrated its one-year anniversary. This month, we’re highlighting how you, yes you, can access data from the Women’s Empowerment in Agriculture Index and the tool itself.
Read MoreRead The Latest
Resilience in Action: Our Impact in Nepal
Although 70 percent of its population generates income through agriculture, Nepal struggles to produce an adequate, affordable supply of safe, nutritious food, especially for women and other disadvantaged groups. Nepal…
Read MoreChampioning Health and Nutrition Throughout Nigeria’s Fish Supply
As a champion of environmental health and nutrition, Grace Adegoye leapt at the opportunity to educate fish processors in her home country of Nigeria on how to improve the quality…
Read MoreA Space-age Solution to Climate Resilience
In an instant, climate shocks like floods and storms can devastate communities, damaging farmland and infrastructure and wiping out years of hard-won progress. One of the best tools to confront…
Read MoreGuatemalan Farmers’ Group Confronts Climate Change with Various Methods
For many developing nations grappling with climate shocks, chronic droughts are a familiar problem. In Guatemala, recurrent dry spells are a leading cause of soil degradation and food-supply shortages, forcing…
Read More