Womens Empowerment And Child Nutrition In Polygynous Households Of Northern Ghana
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| Author | : Bourdier, Tomoé |
| Publisher | : Intl Food Policy Res Inst |
| Total Pages | : 44 |
| Release | : 2019-03-01 |
| Genre | : Political Science |
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Weather shocks and other shocks affecting the economy of farm households often trigger a cascade of coping mechanisms, from reducing food consumption to selling assets, with potentially lasting consequences on child development. In polygynous households (in which a man is married to several women), the factors that may aggravate or mitigate the impacts of such adverse events are still poorly understood. In particular, little is known about the complex mechanisms through which women’s empowerment may affect the allocation of household resources in the presence of more than one female decision-maker. Where polygyny is associated with discriminatory social norms, co-wives may have limited bargaining power, which may translate into poorer outcomes for their children. While competition between co-wives may generate inefficiencies in the allocation of household resources, cooperation in the domains of agricultural production or domestic labor may lead to economies of scale and facilitate informal risk sharing. The rank of each co-wife may also have a strong influence on the welfare of her own children, relative to other children. Using the Feed the Future Ghana Population Survey data, I investigate the relationship between polygyny and children’s nutrition, and how it may be mediated through women’s bargaining power. Using the age of each co-wife as a proxy for rank, I also study how the senior-wife status of a mother may influence her children’s nutrition outcomes.
| Author | : Bourdier Tomoé |
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| Total Pages | : 44 |
| Release | : 2020 |
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| ISBN | : |
Weather shocks and other shocks affecting the economy of farm households often trigger a cascade of coping mechanisms, from reducing food consumption to selling assets, with potentially lasting consequences on child development. In polygynous households (in which a man is married to several women), the factors that may aggravate or mitigate the impacts of such adverse events are still poorly understood. In particular, little is known about the complex mechanisms through which women's empowerment may affect the allocation of household resources in the presence of more than one female decision-maker. Where polygyny is associated with discriminatory social norms, co-wives may have limited bargaining power, which may translate into poorer outcomes for their children. While competition between co-wives may generate inefficiencies in the allocation of household resources, cooperation in the domains of agricultural production or domestic labor may lead to economies of scale and facilitate informal risk sharing. The rank of each co-wife may also have a strong influence on the welfare of her own children, relative to other children. Using the Feed the Future Ghana Population Survey data, I investigate the relationship between polygyny and children's nutrition, and how it may be mediated through women's bargaining power. Using the age of each co-wife as a proxy for rank, I also study how the senior-wife status of a mother may influence her children's nutrition outcomes.
| Author | : Tomoé Bourdier |
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| Release | : 2019 |
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| Author | : Malapit, Hazel J. |
| Publisher | : Intl Food Policy Res Inst |
| Total Pages | : 45 |
| Release | : 2014-09-01 |
| Genre | : Social Science |
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This paper investigates linkages between womens empowerment in agriculture and the nutritional status of women and children using 2012 baseline data from the Feed the Future population-based survey in Ghana. The sample consists of 3,344 children and 3,640 women and is statistically representative of the northernmost regions of Ghana where the Feed the Future programs are operating.
| Author | : Amare, Mulubrhan |
| Publisher | : Intl Food Policy Res Inst |
| Total Pages | : 23 |
| Release | : 2020-04-29 |
| Genre | : Political Science |
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There is a growing interest in the research literature in exploring how child nutrition is affected by sociocultural practices, such as polygyny. However, evaluation of the effect of polygyny on child nutrition has been hindered by the complexity of the relationship. This paper investigates the effect of polygyny on anthropometric outcomes while recognizing that unobservable household characteristics may simultaneously influence both the decision to form a polygynous union and the ability of the household to adequately nourish children. Polygyny can affect children’s nutrition through increased family size, early marriage, and the level of household investment in child health. In this paper, we apply an instrumental variable approach based on the occurrence of same sex siblings in a woman’s first two births to generate exogenous variation in polygyny. Using data from the 2008 and 2013 Nigeria Demographic and Health Surveys, we find a detrimental effect of polygyny on child undernutrition, with a greater effect in poorer households and those resident in more urban locations.
| Author | : Boipelo Freude |
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| Release | : 2020 |
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| Author | : Pyburn, Rhiannon, ed. |
| Publisher | : Intl Food Policy Res Inst |
| Total Pages | : 430 |
| Release | : 2021-11-02 |
| Genre | : Political Science |
| ISBN | : 0896293912 |
Over the past decade, interest in gender equality and women’s empowerment has grown rapidly, creating a unique opportunity to institutionalize gender research within agricultural research for development. This book, edited by researchers from the CGIAR Gender Platform, reviews and reflects on the growing body of evidence from gender research. It marks a shift a way from a traditional focus on how gender analysis can contribute to improved productivity, flipping the question to ask, How does agricultural and environmental research and development contribute to gender equality and women’s empowerment? Chapters synthesize the wide range of CGIAR and other research in this area, covering breeding research and seed systems, value chain participation, nutrition-sensitive agriculture, natural resources, climate adaptation and mitigation, the “feminization” of agriculture, women’s role in agricultural research, and emerging gender transformative approaches.
| Author | : Mohammed Rahana |
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| Release | : 2017 |
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This poster is about empowering expectant women and new mothers in rural areas of northern Ghana by providing them with timely, targeted and action-oriented health information. Through the Technology for Maternal and Child Health (T4MCH) project more than 8,000 women have received weekly voice messages in their local language addressing maternal and child health (MCH) issues and partner/family support. The messages were developed in collaboration with Ghana Health Service (GHS), based on the needs of women in project location. More than 94,000 messages were delivered in the period between July 2017 and September 2018, with each woman receiving an average of 13 messages. The messaging service is combined with training and support for GHS workers in the use of ICT tools, to improve services and knowledge sharing with women and men at health facilities and in communities. To assess effectiveness and empowerment among women who received messages, T4MCH project officers (three women and one man, with support from GHS and other project staff) conducted 300 interviews involving 31 health facilities in September 2018. Women interviewed almost universally found that the information was very useful (100%), led to changes in their activities and belief systems (99%), and that they would recommend the service to others (96%). 74% of the women interviewed also felt that the messages had encouraged their partners and families to support them throughout their pregnancy u2013 assisting in household chores, providing nutritious food for the family and providing financial assistance. The empowering influence of the messages was clearly evident in the specific comments made during interviews, for example, u201cI live alone with my husband in a new communityu2026 the weekly messages I receive serve as my source of information on best ways to care for myself and I have delivered my baby without complicationsu201d. The project has thus empowered more than 8000 women and their partners to make healthy decisions for themselves and their families. Reference: T4MCH Mid-Year Monitoring Report to Global Affairs Canada, November 2018, SALASAN Consulting and Savana Signatures (not published).
| Author | : Heath, Rachel |
| Publisher | : Intl Food Policy Res Inst |
| Total Pages | : 44 |
| Release | : 2018-12-24 |
| Genre | : Political Science |
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| Author | : Jeni Klugman |
| Publisher | : World Bank Publications |
| Total Pages | : 239 |
| Release | : 2014-09-29 |
| Genre | : Business & Economics |
| ISBN | : 1464803609 |
Despite recent advances in important aspects of the lives of girls and women, pervasive challenges remain. These challenges reflect widespread deprivations and constraints and include epidemic levels of gender-based violence and discriminatory laws and norms that prevent women from owning property, being educated, and making meaningful decisions about their own lives--such as whether and when to marry or have children. These often violate their most basic rights and are magnified and multiplied by poverty and lack of education. This groundbreaking book distills vast data and hundreds of studies to shed new light on deprivations and constraints facing the voice and agency of women and girls worldwide, and on the associated costs for individuals, families, communities, and global development. The volume presents major new findings about the patterns of constraints and overlapping deprivations and focuses on several areas key to women s empowerment: freedom from violence, sexual and reproductive health and rights, ownership of land and housing, and voice and collective action. It highlights promising reforms and interventions from around the world and lays out an urgent agenda for governments, civil society, development agencies, and other stakeholders, including a call for greater investment in data and knowledge to benchmark progress.
