Toolkits
Training Videos
- Introduction to the WEAI: This video provides an overview of the WEAI, with data from three pilot countries: Bangladesh, Guatemala, and Uganda.
- Construction of the WEAI and pilot results: These slides explain the construction of the WEAI and present findings from its pilot implementation in the three countries. Slides are also available in Spanish.
- Calculating the WEAI – An Introduction: Sabina Alkire of OPHI introduces the concept and methodology of the WEAI and explains how the index is calculated.
- Calculating the WEAI – Using Stata .do files: Ana Vaz of OPHI takes users through the process of calculating the WEAI using stata .do files.
- WEAI Time Use module: In this tutorial, Md. Zahidul Hassan of Data Analysis and Technical Assistance (DATA-Bangladesh) explains how the WEAI time use module is implemented and answers some commonly asked questions.
Learning Events
- WEAI Workshop - Nov 2013: Video of a workshop held November 21, 2013 at IFPRI in Washington DC.
- Pro-WEAI: A new tool for measuring women's empowerment in agricultural development projects: Video of the "soft launch" of pro-WEAI held at FAO Headquarters in Rome, Italy in April 2018.
Webinars and Seminars
- WEAI - What have we learned?: This webinar conducted by Hazel Malapit (IFPRI) and Cheryl Doss (Oxford University) provides an overview of the tool, and takes stock of what we've learned so far on women’s empowerment in agriculture based on results from the FTF surveys, ongoing pilot studies, and other analyses using WEAI data.
- Measuring Women's Empowerment in Agricultural Development Programs (November 1, 2018): Hazel Malapit of IFPRI discusses the development and use of the project-level WEAI (pro-WEAI) and the pro-WEAI health and nutrition module. This seminar was presented by the Cornell University Division of Nutritional Sciences as part of their Seminar on International Nutrition and co-sponsored by Gender-responsive Researchers Equipped for Agricultural Transformation (GREAT) and CERES 2030.