HOW
THE WOMEN'S EMPOWERMENT IN AGRICULTURE INDEX (WEAI) IS CONSTRUCTED
Five
Domains of Empowerment
The
first sub-index—the five domains of empowerment index—assesses women’s
empowerment in five general areas, or domains:
- Decisions
about agricultural production ("Production decisionmaking"): Sole
or joint decisionmaking power over food or cash-crop farming, livestock, and
fisheries, as well as autonomy in agricultural production.
- Access
to and decisionmaking power over productive resources ("Access to productive
resources"): Ownership of, access to, and decisionmaking power over productive
resources such as land, livestock, agricultural equipment, consumer durables,
and credit.
- Control
over use of income: Sole or joint control over income and expenditures.
- Leadership
in the community ("Community leadership"): Membership in economic
or social groups and being comfortable speaking in public.
- Time
allocation: Allocation of time to productive and domestic tasks, and satisfaction
with the time available for leisure activities (IFPRI, USAID, and OPHI 2012).