This paper seeks to fill a knowledge gap relative to the low uptake of services for women living in situations of … violence. The phenomenon is observed in many countries, including in Brazil, despite its robust legal framework to prevent and … protect women from domestic violence. Through qualitative research, this paper explores the experience of women survivors of …

This paper seeks to fill a knowledge gap relative to the low uptake of services for women living in situations of … violence. The phenomenon is observed in many countries, including in Brazil, despite its robust legal framework to prevent and … protect women from domestic violence. Through qualitative research, this paper explores the experience of women survivors of …

been done. This paper estimates the effects of women?s police stations in Brazil on female homicides, as a measure of the …Although women?s police centers have been gaining popularity as a measure to address domestic violence, to date no … most severe form of domestic violence. Given that a high fraction of female deaths among women ages 15 to 49 years can be …

The costs and benefits of holding political office are unequally distributed - women benefit less, but incur personal … costs. We highlight a new arena in which women have an upper hand: recruiting female party members. Using rich data on party … membership and a regression discontinuity design in Brazil, we show that, despite resource disparities, male and female …

This paper studies the effect of female political representation on violence against women. Using a Regression … Discontinuity design for close mayoral elections between female and male candidates in Brazil, we find that electing female mayors …

municipalities in Brazil, I show that these technologies reduced female earnings and employment in agriculture, without reallocation …