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Women's empowerment and the will to change

Evidence from Nepal

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ID12090486
AutoresMarie-Charlotte Buisson (0000-0002-2111-1864, International Office for Water, autor correspondente), Floriane Clement (0000-0003-4195-222X, Université Fédérale de Toulouse Midi-Pyrénées), Stephanie Leder (0000-0003-1499-6606, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences)
Ano2022
Volume94
Páginas128-139
Data de publicação2022-06-25
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessSim
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoJournal of Rural Studies (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 0743-0167 • E-ISSN: 1873-1392
EditoraElsevier BV (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1016/j.jrurstud.2022.06.005
OpenAlexW4283449049
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas11
Referências citadas45

A static and apolitical framing of women's empowerment has dominated the development sector. In contrast, we assess the pertinence of considering a new variable, the will to change, to reintroduce dynamic and political processes into the way empowerment is framed and measured. This article uses a household survey based on the Women's Empowerment in Agriculture Index (WEAI) and qualitative data collected in Nepal to analyze how critical consciousness influences women's will to change the status quo and the role of visible agency, social structures, and individual determinants in those processes. A circular process emerges: women with higher visible agency and higher critical consciousness are more willing to gain agency in some, but not all, of the WEAI empowerment domains. This analysis advances current conceptualizations of empowerment processes: the will to change offers valuable insights into the dynamic, relational and political nature of women's empowerment. These findings support the design of development programs aiming at increasing visible agency and raising gender critical consciousness and argue for improving the internal validity of women's empowerment measurement tools

Agency (philosophy · Consciousness · Critical consciousness · Economic growth · Economics · Empowerment · Framing (construction · Geography · Political consciousness · Political science · Politics · Public relations · Sense of agency · Social science · Sociology · Status quo · Gender, Labor, and Family Dynamics · Microfinance and Financial Inclusion · Poverty, Education, and Child Welfare · Psychology · Social Psychology

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Citações por ano2,75
Intervalo de citações2022 - 2026 (5)
Velocidade de citaçãocurrent
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Tipos de citaçãoNeutras: 10
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