We study the roots of violence against women, and propose that it partly originates in cultural norms that derive from … large degree of spatial variation in both attitudes and actions of violence against women. Using rich individual survey and … high-resolution georeferenced data, we find systematically less violence against women in traditionally sea-fishing areas …

recruitment efforts brought more women on board, but some critics regarded the related fast-track program as misguided or … ineffective. The specialized unit increased awareness about and response to gender-based violence, but was impeded by a broken …

This paper examines the impact of gender based violence against women and girls (GBV), in the environment the children … partner violence, early marriage, and female genital mutilations - negatively affect the schooling of boys and girls …

We study the impact of electoral gender quotas in post-war Burundi and Rwanda on women's political representation … ordinary women, before, during, and after the introduction of gender quotas. We find that, both in Rwanda and Burundi … women in parliament and ministries consistently exceeding 30 per cent. While women still disproportionally end up in …

Women have historically been overlooked in research on social mobility. In contrast, new research focuses on the … intergenerational transmission of gender attitudes and norms as determinants of women's labour force participation in industrialized … pervasive and could potentially have greater impact in shaping women's labour force participation. The paper concludes with a …

This paper discusses cultural barriers to women's participation and success in the labor market in developing countries … more detail specific gender-related social norms and how they constrain women’s employment. I present examples of policies …

cent of the missing women are 'missing' from Africa. This paper employs a novel methodology to determine how the phenomenon … of missing women is distributed across Africa. Moreover, it provides estimates of the extent of excess female mortality … mortality for women in Africa. …

Based on primary data from India, this paper analyses the reasons underlying women's low labour force participation. In … developing countries, women engaged in unpaid economic work in family enterprises are often not counted as workers. Women are … leads to mismeasurement of women's work. Religion and visible markers such as veiling are not significant determinants of …