We examine the impact of gender equality on electoral violence in Africa using micro-level data from the sixth round of … Afrobarometer surveys. The sample covers 30 countries. We find that gender equality is associated with lower electoral violence … results are robust to alternative ways to measure electoral violence and gender equality, as well as to alternative …

The COVID-19 pandemic and lockdowns have led to a rise in gender-based violence. In this paper, we explore the economic … consequences of violence against women in sub-Saharan Africa using large demographic and health survey data collected pre … violence by 1 percentage point can reduce economic activities (as proxied by nightlights) by up to 8 percent. This economic …

This study investigates the effect of gender budgeting in India on gender inequality and fiscal spending. Gender … budgeting is an approach to budgeting in which governments use fiscal policies and administration to address gender inequality … framework for assessing the effect of gender budgeting. States with gender budgeting efforts have made more progress on gender …

This paper provides an overview of the relation between tax policy and gender equality, covering labor, capital and … wealth, as well as consumption taxes. It considers implicit and explicit gender biases and corrective taxation. On labor …

Achieving gender equality remains a significant challenge, that has only deepened with the on-set of the COVID-19 … pandemic. Gender budgeting (GB) can help promote gender equality by applying a gender perspective to fiscal policies and the … and data gathered from an IMF survey. All G20 countries have enacted gender focused fiscal policies but the public …

This paper identifies five key issues that are important for the continued efforts to tackle gender inequality: (i …) gender inequality needs to be distinguished from gender gaps. Not all gender gaps necessarily reflect gender inequality as … some gender gaps are not driven by the lack of equal rights, responsibilities and opportunities bywomen and girls, and this …