The Women's Empowerment in Agriculture Index (WEAI) has been in use since 2012 and is widely recognized as one of the most rigorous tools to measure women's empowerment as a direct or indirect result of interventions from development projects. Changes to the WEAI have been ongoing and recent adaptations include measuring effects of interventions to improve livestock value chains on women's empowerment, as well as livestock related research. A multidisciplinary team of researchers at ILRI and Emory University developed the Women's Empowerment in Livestock Index (WELI), a new index to assess the empowerment of women in the livestock sector. While the WELI has been piloted in both Honduras and Tanzania, this article provides details on the latter case only. Currently, the Feed the Future Innovation Lab for Livestock Systems has employed the Abbreviated-Women's Empowerment in Agriculture Index (A-WEAI) to examine female decision-making in various projects from animal care knowledge and practices to feeding practices for children. Additionally, the development of the Project-Women Empowerment in Agriculture Index, currently in pilot testing, may allow for more insight into scaling existing projects. This article will discuss the adaptation and use of the WEAI for livestock research in Tanzania and Uganda, as well as future uses for contextually measuring women livestock producers' empowerment.

自2012年以来，一直在使用“增强妇女权能指数”（WEAI），它被公认为是衡量妇女赋权能力的最严格工具之一，它是发展项目干预措施的直接或间接结果。WEAI的变化一直在进行，最近的适应措施包括评估改善牲畜价值链对增强妇女权能的干预措施的效果，以及与牲畜有关的研究。ILRI和埃默里大学（Emory University）的多学科研究人员小组开发了妇女增强畜牧业权能指数（WELI），这是一种新的指数，用于评估畜牧业中妇女的赋权能力。虽然WELI已在洪都拉斯和坦桑尼亚试行，但本文仅提供有关后者的详细信息。目前，饲料牲畜系统的未来创新实验室采用了缩写的妇女农业赋权指数（A-WEAI）来检查从动物保健知识和实践到儿童喂养实践的各个项目中的女性决策。此外，目前正在试点测试中的“农业项目中妇女权能指数”的发展可能使人们对扩展现有项目有更多的了解。本文将讨论WEAI在坦桑尼亚和乌干达的畜牧研究中的改编和使用，以及在上下文中衡量妇女对畜牧生产者赋权的未来用途。目前正在进行试点测试的“农业项目中妇女权能指数”的发展可能使人们对扩展现有项目有更多的了解。本文将讨论WEAI在坦桑尼亚和乌干达的畜牧研究中的改编和使用，以及在上下文中衡量妇女对畜牧生产者赋权的未来用途。目前正在进行试点测试的“农业项目中妇女权能指数”的发展可能使人们对扩展现有项目有更多的了解。本文将讨论WEAI在坦桑尼亚和乌干达的畜牧研究中的改编和使用，以及在上下文中衡量妇女对畜牧生产者赋权的未来用途。