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Jessica Heckert
Researcher at International Food Policy Research Institute
Publications - 48
Citations - 568
Jessica Heckert is an academic researcher from International Food Policy Research Institute. The author has contributed to research in topics: Empowerment & Women's empowerment. The author has an hindex of 7, co-authored 34 publications receiving 317 citations. Previous affiliations of Jessica Heckert include CGIAR & Pennsylvania State University.
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Development of the project-level Women's Empowerment in Agriculture Index (pro-WEAI).
Hazel J. Malapit,Agnes R. Quisumbing,Ruth Meinzen-Dick,Greg Seymour,Elena Martinez,Jessica Heckert,Deborah Rubin,Ana Vaz,Kathryn M. Yount +8 more
TL;DR: The pro-WEAI is a new tool designed to meet projects’ impact assessment needs and is decomposable into sub-indices, indicators, and by population subgroup.
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A 2-Year Integrated Agriculture and Nutrition Program Targeted to Mothers of Young Children in Burkina Faso Reduces Underweight among Mothers and Increases Their Empowerment: A Cluster-Randomized Controlled Trial
Deanna K. Olney,Lilia Bliznashka,Abdoulaye Pedehombga,Andrew Dillon,Marie T. Ruel,Jessica Heckert +5 more
TL;DR: Helen Keller International's E-HFP program in Burkina Faso substantially improved mothers' nutrition and empowerment outcomes and benefit the mothers themselves and may also improve their ability to care for their children.
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Is women's empowerment a pathway to improving child nutrition outcomes in a nutrition-sensitive agriculture program?: Evidence from a randomized controlled trial in Burkina Faso
TL;DR: It is found that improvements in women's empowerment in the domains of spousal communication, purchasing decisions, healthcare decisions, and family planning decisions contributed to the program's impact on reducing wasting with the largest share being attributable to spoual communication.
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Improving Data Concerning Women's Empowerment in Sub-Saharan Africa
TL;DR: Although DHS data are widely used, data needs remain in five areas: economic empowerment, knowledge of legal rights and recourse, participation in decisionmaking, attitudes and social norms, and adolescent girls.
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Measurement properties of the project-level Women's Empowerment in Agriculture Index
TL;DR: The measurement properties of the project-level Women’s Empowerment in Agriculture Index were tested in two projects/sites using IRT methods to assess item sets used in pro-WEAI indicators for intrinsic, instrumental, and collective agency.