Opinion: Where is the standardized measure of women's empowerment? (Devex)
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12.11.18
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Devex published an op-ed by Associate Research Fellow Greg Seymour who detailed the recent surge in representing measures of empowerment, particularly women’s empowerment, in research. Seymour details new research examining measurement concepts around standard-decision making indicators from case studies in Ghana and Bangladesh.
Photo credit: Akram Ali / CARE Bangladesh Strengthening the Dairy Value Chain (SDVC) project / 2011
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