Designing Gendered Empowerment Indicators - Sharing Technical Guidelines, Experiences, and Challenges Across Countries and Domains

April 15, 2026 Time: 9:00 – 10:15 AM (Eastern Time) / 2:00 – 3:15 PM (WAT).

This webinar will bring together researchers and practitioners working on measuring gendered empowerment across sectors such as energy, agriculture, climate change, and sustainability transitions. The session aims to foster shared learning on conceptual frameworks, methodological approaches, and practical challenges in designing context-sensitive empowerment indicators.
The discussion will feature perspectives from leading researchers and practitioners with experience developing and applying empowerment measurement frameworks across different contexts.

Moderators and presenters:

Marc Jeuland (Duke University)
Chizoba Oranu (University of Nigeria, Nsukka)
Marta Talevi (University College Dublin)
Selamawit Kebede (SETI & Environment for Development Initiative)
Muzna Alvi (IFPRI India)
Seema Jayachandran (Princeton University)
Amber Peterman (UNICEF Evaluation Office)

Proposed agenda:

9:00–9:05 — Welcome and objectives of the webinar – Marc Jeuland
9:05–9:10 — Introduction to the SETI GEEI research project – Chizoba Oranu
9:10–9:25 — IFPRI’s experience designing indicators of women’s empowerment
(e.g., WEAI) – Muzna Alvi
9:25–9:35 — Lessons from academic work on measuring women’s agency – Seema
Jayachandran
9:35–9:40 — Remarks – Amber Peterman
9:40–10:15 — General Q&A with all speakers

Researchers, practitioners, and policy-makers interested in gender,
empowerment, measurement, and sustainability transitions are warmly invited to attend.

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