Violence against women and girls (VAWG) is a widely recognized human rights violation with serious consequences for the … health and well-being of women and their families. However, the wider ramifications of VAWG for businesses, communities …

subordinate position of women carpet weavers within the household; as a form of employment, it has hardly affected the social …

, turned out to be poor women. For a number of reasons that are explored below, the program was later reformed into a cash … relative impact of such policies on some of the most vulnerable members of society; namely, poor women. An examination of the … Argentine experience based on survey evidence and fieldwork reveals that poor women overwhelmingly want paid work opportunities …

Using data from the Bicol region of the Phillipines, we examine why women are more educated than men in a rural …, agricultural economy in which women are significantly less likely than men to participate in the labor market. We hypothesize that … educational homogamy in the marriage market and cross-productivity effects in the household allow Filipino women to reap …

for genderinformed public job creation in areas that mitigate the time-taxʺ burdens of women, and examines a South African …