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South African Journal of Agricultural Extension

On-line version ISSN 2413-3221
Print version ISSN 0301-603X

Abstract

THOBEJANE, K.; SWANEPOEL, J.; VAN NIEKERK, J.  and  VAN DER MERWE, H.. Measuring Women's Empowerment in Agriculture in the Gauteng Province of South Africa. S Afr. Jnl. Agric. Ext. [online]. 2023, vol.51, n.3, pp.161-185. ISSN 2413-3221.  http://dx.doi.org/10.17159/2413-3221/2023/v51n3a15857.

Commercial restrictions limit the extent of women's participation in the South African economy despite gender equality being valued. Since the implementation of The Women Empowerment Project in 1999, the agricultural sector's contribution has not yet been fully quantified. Women's opportunities, challenges, and roles in agriculture must be explored further by evaluating resource management strategies and policies. This study aimed to quantify women's empowerment in agriculture using descriptive research methodology. Data were collected and statistically analysed using the Women's Empowerment in Agriculture Index (WEAI) to identify the origin and extent of female farmers' difficulties. Satisfactory outcomes in production, leadership, assets, income, and time usage were more strongly associated with empowerment than demographic variables, and time available contributed the most to women feeling disempowered. Overall, women reported feeling more empowered compared to men. Disempowerment in male respondents as the control group was attributed to time, workload, and resources. In future studies, gender policies should be further developed to incorporate gender dimension, gender budgeting and sex-disaggregated data administration.

Keywords : Women Empowerment; Agriculture; Gender Equality; Commercial; Economy.

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