‘Power with:’ We know it’s important, but how do we measure it?

Meinzen-Dick, Ruth S.; ElDidi, Hagar; Pereira, Audrey; Heckert, Jessica; Kosec, Katrina; Nchanji, Eileen; Seymour, Greg; and Doss, Cheryl. 2024. ‘Power with:’ we know it’s important, but how do we measure it? CGIAR Gender Platform Blog Post. Nairobi, Kenya: International Livestock Research Institute. https://gender.cgiar.org/news/power-we-know-its-important-how-do-we-measure-it

Collective agency, or ‘power with,’ is fundamental to feminist approaches to empowerment—group-based approaches are common, but there are surprisingly few accepted measures of collective agency. The working paper ‘Power with:’ conceptualizing and measuring women’s collective agency addresses this gap.