TY  - JOUR
AB  - In this paper we develop the Participatory Index of Women’s Empowerment, an innovative measurement tool that reflects its subjects’ own perceptions of empowerment. Participatory measurement is a response to the paradoxical potential for measurement of empowerment to disempower. A simple stated choice experiment allows participants to implicitly reveal the trade-offs that they make between different indicators of empowerment. This permits participatory determination of the relative weights for each indicator in a composite index, through estimation of a random utility model. We demonstrate the implementation of PIWE through a pilot application in the context of a quasi-experimental impact evaluation of an Oxfam project in Tunisia. Despite a relatively small sample size, we can reject the hypothesis that participants’ perceptions of empowerment are consistent with equal weights. We find that the project had a significant positive impact on participants’ empowerment and find suggestive evidence of impact on their perceptions of empowerment.
AU  - Quinn, N.
AU  - Lombardini, S.
CN  - ART 573
ID  - 128311
JF  - Oxford Development Studies,
KW  - WOMEN
KW  - WOMEN'S EMPOWERMENT
KW  - WOMEN'S PARTICIPATION
KW  - PARTICIPATORY RESEARCH
L1  - https://wfp.tind.io/record/128311/files/ART%20573.pdf
L2  - https://wfp.tind.io/record/128311/files/ART%20573.pdf
L4  - https://wfp.tind.io/record/128311/files/ART%20573.pdf
LA  - English
LK  - https://wfp.sharepoint.com/sites/LRCDissemination/Catalogue/Docs/English/ART%20573.pdf
LK  - https://wfp.tind.io/record/128311/files/ART%20573.pdf
N2  - In this paper we develop the Participatory Index of Women’s Empowerment, an innovative measurement tool that reflects its subjects’ own perceptions of empowerment. Participatory measurement is a response to the paradoxical potential for measurement of empowerment to disempower. A simple stated choice experiment allows participants to implicitly reveal the trade-offs that they make between different indicators of empowerment. This permits participatory determination of the relative weights for each indicator in a composite index, through estimation of a random utility model. We demonstrate the implementation of PIWE through a pilot application in the context of a quasi-experimental impact evaluation of an Oxfam project in Tunisia. Despite a relatively small sample size, we can reject the hypothesis that participants’ perceptions of empowerment are consistent with equal weights. We find that the project had a significant positive impact on participants’ empowerment and find suggestive evidence of impact on their perceptions of empowerment.
SN  - 1469-9966
T1  - The Participatory Index of Women’s Empowerment: Development and an Application in Tunisia
TI  - The Participatory Index of Women’s Empowerment: Development and an Application in Tunisia
UR  - https://wfp.sharepoint.com/sites/LRCDissemination/Catalogue/Docs/English/ART%20573.pdf
UR  - https://wfp.tind.io/record/128311/files/ART%20573.pdf
ER  -