tending to be observed more and more frequently outside the formal framework of marriage. In both cases, the fact that women …Women’s disadvantaged position in the labour market can be explained by conflicts between their roles in exercising an … economic activity and in assuming their domestic activities. Husbands’ insufficient or inexistent income has increased women …

that despite the delay of the age of the marriage in Dakar, self-sufficient young single women are still rare. Only 1 % of … given to women’s paid work. Also, in Lomé and not in Dakar, marriage does not mean that the husband is solo liable to take …This study deals with the situation of women who are self-sufficient in two African capitals (Dakar and Lomé). They are …

African countries in the 2000s. The estimates show that, over the life cycle, women tend to think that marital violence is … Demographic and Health Surveys covering a sample of about 191,000 adult women to evaluate the age, period and cohort effect … regarding individual attitudes to marital violence. Pseudopanel data are constructed from repeated cross-sections from five …

The women labor force participation rate has been increasing in the Togolese society where the Christian and Animist … religions are dominant. However, women work mainly in the informal sector with trade being the major occupation. The significant … participation of women in economic life probably impacts other aspects of their life, notably their reproduction. In fact, women …