Ifpri Podcast

Throughout her career, Ruth Meinzen-Dick has made pathbreaking contributions to natural resource management and gender equity, drawing from her deep engagement with communities to improve understanding and measurement in these areas. Dr. Meinzen-Dick’s research encompasses land and water policy, property rights, collective action, and games for experiential learning, with a longstanding focus on improving equity. This Policy Seminar highlights her research contributions and examines how the impact of research on natural resources and women’s empowerment can be strengthened through interventions in knowledge, motivation, and agency. Moderator and Welcome Remarks Claudia Ringler, Director, Natural Resources and Resilience (NRR), IFPRI From WEAI to WEMNS: ‘Engendering’ Food Policy Research How measurements changed minds: Agnes Quisumbing, Senior Research Fellow, IFPRI Gendered land rights for rural poverty reduction: Cheryl Doss, Professor, Economics, Tufts University From Collective Action to Property Right