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In two recent virtual engagements with national statistical offices (NSOs) and gender data practitioners, the Measures for Advancing Gender Equality (MAGNET) Initiative introduced innovative measurement tools designed to capture dimensions of women's agency that have traditionally been difficult to quantify in large-scale surveys and national statistical systems. On October 21, 2025, Aletheia Donald (Senior Economist, […] Source: The Measures for Advancing Gender Equality (MAGNET)

In two recent virtual engagements with national statistical offices (NSOs) and gender data practitioners, the Measures for Advancing Gender Equality (MAGNET) Initiative introduced innovative measurement tools designed to capture dimensions of women's agency that have traditionally been difficult to quantify in large-scale surveys and national statistical systems. On October 21, 2025, Aletheia Donald (Senior Economist, […] Source: The Measures for Advancing Gender Equality (MAGNET)

To make agency measurement more practical and scalable, MAGNET has developed short-form versions of four tools, now being piloted across five data collections. These innovations aim to reduce respondent burden while preserving the reliability and richness of the original measures. The Critical Consciousness Scale was streamlined from 45 to 12 questions through rigorous psychometric analysis […] Source: The Measures for Advancing Gender Equality (MAGNET)

At the 33rd Annual IAFFE Conference on July 4, 2025, Cheryl Doss (Tufts University) presented Half of Whole or All of Half? Exploring Preferences and Understandings of Joint Property Ownership, a paper co-authored with Martina Querejeta (Universidad de la República), and Marya Hillesland (KIT institute and University of Oxford). The presentation examined how individuals conceptualize […] Source: The Measures for Advancing Gender Equality (MAGNET)