Development of a women's empowerment index for Tanzania from the demographic and health surveys of 2004–05, 2010, and 2015–16

AE Mganga, J Renju, J Todd, MJ Mahande… - Emerging themes in …, 2021 - Springer
Background Women's empowerment is a multidimensional construct which varies by
context. These variations make it challenging to have a concrete definition that can be …

Refining the conceptualization and measurement of women's empowerment in Sub-Saharan Africa using data from the 2013 Nigerian demographic and health survey

P Pratley, JF Sandberg - Social Indicators Research, 2018 - Springer
The measurement of women's empowerment has long eluded academics and practitioners
alike. A key challenge relates to the way researchers construct measures of empowerment …

Measuring women's Empowerment in sub-Saharan Africa: exploratory and confirmatory factor analyses of the demographic and health surveys

IO Asaolu, H Alaofè, JKL Gunn, AK Adu… - Frontiers in …, 2018 - frontiersin.org
Background: Women's status and empowerment influence health, nutrition, and
socioeconomic status of women and their children. Despite its benefits, however, research …

[HTML][HTML] Women's empowerment in East Africa: Development of a cross-country comparable measure

SS Miedema, R Haardörfer, AW Girard, KM Yount - World development, 2018 - Elsevier
Women's empowerment is an indicator of social change and a priority of the Sustainable
Development Goals. Debate continues on what domains constitute women's empowerment …

The Female Empowerment Index (FEMI): spatial and temporal variation in women's empowerment in Nigeria

EM Rettig, SE Fick, RJ Hijmans - Heliyon, 2020 - cell.com
Improving female empowerment is an important human rights and development goal that
needs better monitoring. A number of indices have been developed to track female …

Measuring women's empowerment in developing countries: A systematic review

S Nahar, CW Mengo - Journal of International Development, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Measurement of women's empowerment has grown over the last few decades, but major
challenges still exist for measuring progress in dimensions based on different situational …

Relationship between empowerment and wealth: trends and predictors in Kenya between 2003 and 2008–2009

D Voronca, RJ Walker, LE Egede - International Journal of Public Health, 2018 - Springer
Objectives This study aimed to examine the association between women's empowerment
and wealth over time in Kenya. Methods Kenya Demographic and Health Surveys (DHS) for …

[HTML][HTML] SWPER Global: A survey-based women's empowerment index expanded from Africa to all low-and middle-income countries

F Ewerling, A Raj, CG Victora, F Hellwig… - Journal of global …, 2020 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Background In 2017, a survey-based women's empowerment index (SWPER) was proposed
for African countries, including three domains: social independence, decision making and …

The SWPER index for women's empowerment in Africa: development and validation of an index based on survey data

F Ewerling, JW Lynch, CG Victora… - The Lancet Global …, 2017 - thelancet.com
Summary Background The Sustainable Development Goals strongly focus on equity. Goal 5
explicitly aims to empower all women and girls, reinforcing the need to have a reliable …

22 A Survey-Based Women's Empowerment Index for Low-and Middle-Income Countries: The SWPER Goes Global

F Ewerling, A Raj, CG Victora, F Hellwig… - International journal …, 2021 - academic.oup.com
Background In 2017, a survey-based women's empowerment index (SWPER) was proposed
for African countries, including three domains: social independence, decision making and …