Agency and Empowerment: A Proposal for Internationally Comparable Indicators

By S. Ibrahim, S. Alkire. 2007

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The HDI 2010: new controversies, old critiques (2011, background): “Some scholars define empowerment as the expansion of agency (Ibrahim and Alkire 2007, Sen and Batliwala 2000) while others emphasize the role of entitlements and opportunity structures (Narayan 2005, Kabeer 1999). For one of the first attempts at systematic measurement of empowerment, see World Bank”
Empowering Women through Microfinance: Evidence from Tanzania (2013, background): “…life of dignity in accordance with one’s values, capacity to fight for one’s rights, independence, own decision making, being free, awakening, self-strength, capability participation, control, own choice, self-confidence and mobilization (Ibrahim & Allen, 2007; Narayan, 2002, Narayan, 2005a).”
What does it Mean to Make a ‘Joint’ Decision? Unpacking Intra-household Decision Making in Agriculture: Implications for Policy and Practice (2020, background): “…used as one of the components to assess women’s empowerment and refers to the ability of one person to exert influence over another during a negotiation process (Alsop & Heinsohn, 2005; Doss, 1996; Ibrahim & Alkire, 2007; Kabeer, 1999; Malhotra, Schuler, & Boender, 2002; Narayan-Parker, 2005).”
Gender, assets, and agricultural development programs: A conceptual framework: (2011, neutral): “See, for example, Ibrahim and Alkire (2007).”
Negotiating Women’s Agency through ICTs: A Comparative Study of Uganda and India (2015, methodology): “In this article, we interpret “empowerment” to mean the enhancement of women’s agency and capabilities (Ibrahim & Alkire, 2007; Molyneux, 2008) and aim to better understand factors contributing to the decisions women make in relation to ICT use which may superficially appear to maintain and…”
On Norms and Agency: Conversations about Gender Equality with Women and Men in 20 Countries (2013, methodology): “…with having control over assets, including income from earnings, they are also the measures of agency most often used in the literature.52 As Ibrahim and Alkire (2007) note, while asset and income control are more preconditions to agency than actual reflections of it, together with…”