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Animal Welfare Attitudes (AWA) are defined as human attitudes towards the welfare of animals in different dimensions and settings. Demographic factors, such as age and gender are associated with AWA. The aim of this study was to assess gender differences among university students in a large convenience sample from twenty-two nations in AWA. A total of 7914 people participated in the study (5155 women, 2711 men, 48 diverse). Participants completed a questionnaire that collected demographic data, typical diet and responses to the Composite Respect for Animals Scale Short version (CRAS-S). In addition, we used a measure of gender empowerment from the Human Development Report. The largest variance in AWA was explained by diet, followed by country and gender. In terms of diet, 6385 participants reported to be omnivores, 296 as pescatarian, 637 ate a vegetarian diet and 434 were vegans (n = 162 without answer). Diet was related with CRAS-S scores; people with a vegan diet scored higher in AWA than omnivores. Women scored significantly higher on AWA than men. Furthermore, gender differences in AWA increased as gender inequality decreased.

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How ‘Better Work’ facilitates gender empowerment in global supply chains

Gender Work and Organization ◽

10.1111/gwao.12740 ◽

2021 ◽

Author(s):

Kelly Pike ◽

Beth English

Keyword(s):

Supply Chains ◽

Global Supply Chains ◽

Gender Empowerment

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The Political Is Personal

Psychology of Women Quarterly ◽

10.1177/0361684312441592 ◽

2012 ◽

Vol 36 (2) ◽

pp. 131-144 ◽

Cited By ~ 29

Author(s):

Nicole M. Else-Quest ◽

Shelly Grabe

Keyword(s):

Gender Equity ◽

Empirical Research ◽

Well Being ◽

Psychological Research ◽

Access To Education ◽

Property Ownership ◽

Political Processes ◽

Gender Empowerment ◽

Adequate Measurement ◽

United Nation

Consistent with the dictum, “the personal is political,” feminist scholars have maintained that gender equity in security, access to education, economic opportunity, and property ownership are central to women’s well-being. Empirical research evaluating this thesis can include nation-level indicators of gender equity, such as the United Nation Development Program’s Gender Empowerment Measure. Yet, despite the growing popularity of such measures, there has been little discussion of the adequate measurement of gender equity or the appropriate application of such tools in theory-grounded empirical research within psychology. Moreover, the bulk of psychological research that has integrated such indicators has not employed a feminist or emancipatory framework. The authors summarize and evaluate nation-level gender equity indicators in order to familiarize researchers with the available tools, and the authors review the limited psychological literature that has used these indicators. The authors also discuss how psychological research can better use gender equity indicators in empirical models to examine political processes linked to women’s well-being.

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Research highlighting options for gender empowerment in Amhara Regional State, Ethiopia

South African Review of Sociology ◽

10.1080/21528586.2015.1131191 ◽

2016 ◽

Vol 47 (1) ◽

pp. 58-80 ◽

Cited By ~ 6

Author(s):

Belete Deribie Woldegies

Keyword(s):

Gender Empowerment ◽

Regional State

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Farmer Field Schools: Unexpected Outcomes of Gendered Empowerment in Wartime Nepal

Journal of Asian Development ◽

10.5296/jad.v1i1.7549 ◽

2015 ◽

Vol 1 (1) ◽

pp. 1

Author(s):

Annemarie Westendorp ◽

Leontine Visser

Keyword(s):

Developmental Process ◽

Farmer Field Schools ◽

Gender Empowerment ◽

Participation Of Women ◽

Management Project ◽

Field Schools ◽

Rural Nepal ◽

Unexpected Outcomes ◽

Positive Effect ◽

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This article is the outcome of an empirical study of technical training of women and men through Farmer Field Schools in rural Nepal during the last decade. When the Farmer Field Schools started in Nepal as part of the FAO Integrated Pest Management project in 1997, this was also the year that the Maoists declared the People’s Revolution. The article describes the increased participation of women in FFS and its positive effect on food security of their families. After initial failure of FFS to include gender in its policy and activities, the article discusses the gradual acceptance of gender issues in the training. Empowerment is seen as a developmental process rather than as a product somebody or a group can gain access to or own. Different forms and objectives of empowerment of both women and men are discussed, and the unintended outcomes of FFS intervention in the context of rapid social-economic and political change during the Maoist revolution in Nepal.Keywords: Farmer Field Schools, gender, empowerment, Maoist revolution

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