Around the world, women face persistent barriers in seeking to enter the labor force, attain leadership positions, and … launch businesses. Gender inequality not only prevents women from achieving their full potential and gaining economic …, policymakers face the timely challenge of ensuring that women are not left behind in the development agenda. This working paper …

Intimate partner violence is the most common form of violence against women in conflict and non-conflict settings, but … intimate partner violence. It also examines the effect of the Boko Haram insurgency on women's experience of controlling …'s experiences of physical and sexual intimate partner violence. Controlling behaviors from husbands/partners and reductions in women …

This paper analyzes the magnitude and predictors of misreporting on intimate partner and sexual violence in Nigeria and … face-to-face method. In Rwanda, intimate partner violence rates increase by 100 percent, and in Nigeria, they increase by … indicators often targeted in women's empowerment programs, such as gender norms and female employment and education. These …

rate is associated with an increase in the incidence of physical violence against women by 0.50 percentage points, or 2 ….52 percentage points, or 2.87 percent. That an improvement in women's employment opportunities is associated with increased violence …This study examines the association of unemployment variation with intimate partner violence using representative data …