Tavenner K., Crane T.A. (2022). Hitting the target and missing the point? On the risks of measuring womens empowerment in agricultural development. Agriculture and Human Values, 01/09/2022, vol. 39, n. 3, p. 849-857.
https://doi.org/10.1007/s10460-021-10290-2
https://doi.org/10.1007/s10460-021-10290-2
Titre : | Hitting the target and missing the point? On the risks of measuring womens empowerment in agricultural development (2022) |
Auteurs : | K. Tavenner ; T.A. Crane |
Type de document : | Article |
Dans : | Agriculture and Human Values (vol. 39, n. 3, September 2022) |
Article en page(s) : | p. 849-857 |
Langues : | Anglais |
Langues du résumé : | Anglais |
Catégories : |
Catégories principales 14 - SOCIOLOGIE ; 14.6 - Rôle de la FemmeThésaurus IAMM DEVELOPPEMENT AGRICOLE ; AUTONOMISATION ; GENRE FEMMES HOMMES ; PARTICIPATION DE LA FEMME ; ROLE DES FEMMES ; FEMME ; APPROCHE PARTICIPATIVE ; AGRICULTURE ; MONDE |
Résumé : | There is a strong impetus in international agricultural development to close gender gaps in agricultural productivity. The goal of empowering women is often framed as the solution to closing these gaps, stimulating the proliferation of new indicators and instruments for the targeting, measurement, and tracking of programmatic goals in research for agricultural development. Despite these advances, current measurements and indices remain too simplified in terms of unit and scope of analysis, as well as being fundamentally flawed in how they aim to capture the relevance of gender in diverse local contexts. We propose that the impulse to apply exogenously defined and weakly validated womens empowerment measures to diverse local contexts risks prioritizing practical expedience over scientific accuracy and societal relevance. Furthermore, the application of such measures risks creating the impression that programmatic gender targets are being achieved, while simultaneously undermining substantive gender transformative goals. The authors conclude that a different methodological approach grounded in participatory and qualitative methods is needed to create more meaningful metrics for assessing progress towards womens empowerment. |
Cote : | En ligne |
URL / DOI : | https://doi.org/10.1007/s10460-021-10290-2 |