Violence against women (VAW) is only beginning to be recognized as a major societal problem within and across Asia …-VAW laws; and the lack of a regional anti-VAW Convention in Asia. This UNRISD working paper explores how the global context of … transnational forces are radically altering the policy environment in Asia, making it non-negotiable for governments to respond to …

We survey the recent literature studying the effects of globalization on inequality in Latin America. Our focus is on … dimensions of inequality, and developing new methodologies to capture the many facets of globalization's relationship to … that focus on distinct aspects of globalization's relationship to inequality. …