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Data for change: Measuring women's empowerment and nutrition in agricultural surveys

Year of publication 2025

Place of publication Rome, Italy ;

Pages 1 p.

Author FAO

Publisher FAO ;

Product type Brochure, flyer, fact-sheet

Synopsis (short abstract) Women are key to agrifood systems transformation. Strenghtening women’s empowerment is essential for women’s well-being and has a positive impact on agricultural production, food security, diets and child nutrition. FAO, in the context of the 50x2030 Initiative promotes the integration of a questionnaire on women’s empowerment and nutrition (WEN) in the agricultural surveys in Liberia, Sierra Leoneand the United Republic of Tanzania. The questionnaire aims at collecting data to measure women’s empowerment and their dietary diversity in agricultural households to inform policy making.

Last updated 25/11/2025

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