Measuring women's empowerment in low- and middle-income countries
This seminar introduces a novel, policy-relevant measure of multidimensional empowerment based on the Alkire-Foster method and using data from partnered women aged 15-49 in 45 low- and middle-income countries: the Multidimensional Women’s Empowerment Index (MWEI). The MWEI identifies a woman as empowered if she achieves sufficiency in at least six of its eight indicators, corresponding to four basic life domains in which women can exercise power: health, material environment, social relationships, and physical integrity. In this seminar, Jhonatan Clausen and Nicolás Barrantes (Institute of Human Development of Latin America) will present the findings of their paper using the MWEI.

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Date: 4 February 2025, 16:10
Venue: Queen Elizabeth House, 3 Mansfield Road OX1 3TB
Venue Details: Meeting Room 2
Speakers: Jhonatan Clausen (Institute of Human Development of Latin America), Nicolás Barrantes (Institute of Human Development of Latin America)
Organising department: Oxford Department of International Development
Organiser: Oxford Poverty and Human Development Initiative (OPHI)
Organiser contact email address: ophi@qeh.ox.ac.uk
Part of: OPHI Weekly Seminars: Multidimensional Poverty
Booking required?: Not required
Audience: Public
Editor: Eleanor Duncan