processes in three Asian countries (China, India and Indonesia) and on three different issues: violence against women, domestic …This paper aims to understand how policy change for women's rights occurs, and what factors and conditions facilitate … explores the range of actors that mobilize for/against gender equality policy change, with a particular focus on women …

trade facilitation has serious implications not just for women's empowerment but also for productivity and growth potential … the challenges and impediments faced by women in engaging in cross-border trade, with particular emphasis on demonstrating … Bangladesh-Bhutan-India-Nepal (BBIN) region - specifically on the North-East region of India and No …

Colombian manufacturing firms, by extending a CDM model to include women’s participation in science, technology and innovation … endogeneity issues of women’s participation in STI and innovation behavior. An upward bias of the impact of gender diversity on … women in STI. The paper addresses the endogeneity concerns with a Tobit specification of the firm’s decision to employ women …

Climate change is a pressing issue, affecting the lives of all people across the world. However, poorer and excluded … communities are usually more affected, especially in low-income countries. Among them, women but particularly indigenous groups in … indigenous women. Our results show that overall indigenous women are the group most severely affected by droughts, decreasing …

Why has the expansion of women's economic and political rights coincided with economic development? This paper … investigates this question, focusing on a key economic right for women: property rights. The basic hypothesis is that the process … their privileged position in a patriarchal world whereas, as fathers, they were hurt by a system that afforded few rights to …

municipalities with women councilors devote more resources to social investments. In particular, women politicians prioritize …