Through a Participatory Action Research, the peasant women of the MASIPAG network collectively analyzed and drew insights from their involvement in farmer-led agroecology. Their analyses focused on how agroecology helped empower peasant women, how agroecology benefitted their families and communities, the factors or conditions that facilitated or hindered the active participation of the peasant women in agroecology, and strategies to help promote peasant women empowerment in farmer-led agroecology.

Thisstudy discussed the prevailing gender issues in the agriculture sector and recommended
strategies for peasant women empowerment that must be integrated into the programs and
policies of organizations promoting and practicing farmer-led agroecology for food sovereignty and social justice. This study is part of the continuing efforts of MASIPAG to strengthen its program for organizing, capacity building, and leadership development among peasant women, which will, in turn, also strengthen the movement for farmer-led agroecology.