Women's Empowerment-Multidimensional Evaluation of Agency, Social Capital and Relations (WE-MEASR) is a multi-dimensional, quantitative survey tool designed to strengthen and standardize the measurement of women's empowerment in CARE's sexual, reproductive and maternal health programs.
Developed by:
Cooperative for Assistance and Relief Everywhere (CARE)
Measure domains:
Agency
a. Attitutes and beliefs about gender and women's rights
b. Self-efficacy
Relations
a. Decision-making power
b. Inter-spousal communication
c. Mobility
Social Capital
a. Ownership/Contribution to household Assets
b. Social Cohesion
c. Community support in times of crisis
d. Collective efficacy
e. Community participation/Help from community
f. Participation in collective action
a. Attitutes and beliefs about gender and women's rights
b. Self-efficacy
Relations
a. Decision-making power
b. Inter-spousal communication
c. Mobility
Social Capital
a. Ownership/Contribution to household Assets
b. Social Cohesion
c. Community support in times of crisis
d. Collective efficacy
e. Community participation/Help from community
f. Participation in collective action
Items and subscales:
123 items 20 subscales
Outcomes predicted:
Improved maternal and reproductive health outcomes
Cronbach's alpha:
Reported by subscale
subscales range from 0.59 to 0.82.
subscales range from 0.59 to 0.82.
Study population(s):
Married women in Malawi
Additional information:
Links to tool:
https://www.care.org/we-measr-new-tool-measuring-women%E2%80%99s-empowerment-health-programs
http://www.universalaccessproject.org/wp/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/Overview_Measuring-Womens-Empowerment-in-SRMH-Programs.pdf
*Permission for use by non-profit organizations engaged in humanitarian activities
https://www.care.org/we-measr-new-tool-measuring-women%E2%80%99s-empowerment-health-programs
http://www.universalaccessproject.org/wp/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/Overview_Measuring-Womens-Empowerment-in-SRMH-Programs.pdf
*Permission for use by non-profit organizations engaged in humanitarian activities
Measure validated?:
Y
Link(s) to Validation Study and/or Measure:
Uses in Other Studies:
CARE USA. (2013). WE-MEASR: A New Tool for Measuring Women’s Empowerment in Health Programs (Technical Update) (p. 2). Atlanta, GA: CARE USA Headquarters.