Presentation by Dr. Hazel Malapit at WEAI Stakeholder Convening, held at the International Food Policy Research Institute on May 27th, 2015.

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Initial discussions
Need indicator to monitor women’s empowerment

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Expert consultations
Qualitative interviews
Pilot surveys in Bangladesh, Uganda, Guatemala

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February 28
Photo credit for CSW photos: USAID/Natasha Jackson
UN Commission on the Status of Women

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House of Parliament

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March 21
IFPRI Policy Seminar

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WEAI rolled out in 19 FTF focus countries
1,298 views
24,920 downloads
255+ views

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Baseline data collection ongoing for some countries
1st year anniversary!

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November 21
WEAI Learning Event

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Revise questionnaire based on feedback from
Learning Event
Global baseline report for 13 countries
11,704 downloads

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Pilot survey for revised WEAI in Bangladesh and
Uganda with cognitive testing
Photo credits: Chiara Kovarik and Katie Sproule

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Develop recommendations for new WEAI
Analyze pilot data

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1. Bangladesh
2. Ghana
3. Malawi
4. Mozambique
5. Nepal
6. Rwanda
7. Tajikistan
8. Uganda
9. Zambia
WEAI public access data sets in
data.gov

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WEAI users worldwide
5 = FTF countries only
11 = other organizations only
13 = both FTF countries & other organizations

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Google hits
“women’s empowerment in agriculture index” = 16,300 hits
2,100 in last 3
months!

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Google hits
“psy meets ban ki-moon” = 81,600 hits

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Twitter chatter

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WEAI stakeholder convening
• Updates on how WEAI has evolved
• What we learned from second pilot and
recommendations for new WEAI
• Talk about developing a WEAI for project use
• Connect WEAI users with each other
• Get your feedback, pick your brains!