The genesis of Self-Help Groups (SHG) in India can be traced back to the formation of the Self-Employed Women’s Association (SEWA) in 1970. SHGs played an important role in changing the lives of women in rural India and are therefore considered to be one of the most significant approaches toward economic empowerment and the improvement of various aspects of […]
Quality survey questions are extremely important. While cognitive interviewing can help refine survey questions for endogenous comprehension, questions relating to autonomy and norms require even more careful consideration. In the original Women Empowerment in Agriculture Index (WEAI), the autonomy indicator is collected using a set of questions about motives for decisions. Let us consider the following WEAI […]
The way relationships are important for understanding women empowerment was explored in the previous blog. This blog explores a method used to probe more deeply on comprehension of survey questions and to gather information on perceptions. Cognitive interviewing is an evidence-based, qualitative method to assess participants’ understanding of survey questions before the survey is administered. Cognitive interviews […]
Many empowerment measures used in economic programs wish to claim that they economically empower women. In line with capitalism, these programs take a neo-liberal rational actor perspective where individuals happily acquire income for themselves. In reality, many people in low-income countries live community based lives and live under the same roof with their extended family. Their consciousness is bound […]
