Women’s Empowerment in Agriculture: What Role for Food Security in Bangladesh?
利用孟加拉国全国调查数据，研究农业中女性赋权对家庭粮食安全的影响，发现女性赋权得分、参与团体数、资产控制及性别赋权差距缩小与热量摄入和饮食多样性正相关。
Using nationally representative survey data from Bangladesh, we examine the relationship between women’s empowerment in agriculture and two measures of household food security: per adult equivalent calorie availability and dietary diversity. We use the Women’s Empowerment in Agriculture Index to assess the extent of women’s empowerment in agriculture and instrumental variables techniques to correct for the potential endogeneity of empowerment. We find that the overall women’s empowerment score, the number of groups in which women actively participate, women’s control of assets, and a narrowing gap in empowerment between men and women within households are positively associated with calorie availability and dietary diversity.