Empower Women, Feed the Nation? Testing the effect of women’s political empowerment on national food security.

• In Event: Women's Rights, Human Rights?

Brief Overview

We investigate whether women’s political empowerment creates a policy environment that promotes access to sufficient food, controlling for factors such as GDP, democracy levels, and the presence of conflict.

Authors

• Catherine Schmitt-Sands, Wayne State University

• Nicole Elise Gerring, Wayne State University