Women’s Empowerment and Nutrition Survey 2024 Sierra Leone

The Women's Empowerment and Nutrition Survey (WEN) 2024 provides nationally representative data on women's and men's empowerment and women's dietary diversity within agricultural households in Sierra Leone. Implemented by Statistics Sierra Leone (Stats SL) in collaboration with the Ministry of Agriculture and Food Security (MAFS), and with technical support of FAO. The survey had four key objectives:
1. Measure women's and men's empowerment and women's dietary diversity at individual level in agricultural households, providing policymakers with data for gender-responsive planning
2. Refine and test the Women's Empowerment Metric for National Statistical Systems (WEMNS) developed by the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI), Emory University, Oxford University, and the World Bank Group, https://weai.ifpri.info/wemns/
3. Showcase the feasibility of integrating empowerment and nutrition indicators into existing agricultural survey programs
4. Build national capacity in the collection and analysis of gender and nutrition statistics

The survey captured information on empowerment (agency, rights, resources, collective action) and women's dietary diversity (MDD-W), allowing analysis of the intersection between gender inequality, agricultural participation, and nutritional outcomes.