Although women?s police centers have been gaining popularity as a measure to address domestic violence, to date no … been done. This paper estimates the effects of women?s police stations in Brazil on female homicides, as a measure of the … most severe form of domestic violence. Given that a high fraction of female deaths among women ages 15 to 49 years can be …

This paper investigates a women's self-help group program with more than 1.5 million participants in one of the poorest …

This paper seeks to fill a knowledge gap relative to the low uptake of services for women living in situations of … protect women from domestic violence. Through qualitative research, this paper explores the experience of women survivors of … violence against women (VAW) in seeking help to exit abusive relationships, with the aim of identifying avenues to strengthen …

since 2001, women's employment participation across South Asian countries has been low and broadly unchanged; (ii) the … some countries, and; (v) women with mid-level education tend to have lower employment rates than those with both lower and …

This article investigates the causal relationship between women's schooling and fertility by exploiting variation … model finds that the removal of school fees led to an increase in schooling for Ethiopian women and that each additional … women's ideal number of children …

Recent studies have suggested that women's business decisions are influenced by members of their household, especially …-depth qualitative study among microentrepreneurs in urban Ghana sought to understand the connections between women's businesses and … their households' management of economic resources. The findings show that women?s business decisions are influenced by: (1 …

In patriarchal societies, sticky norms affect married women's social circles, their autonomy, and the outcomes of intra …-household bargaining. This paper uses primary data on women's social networks in Uttarakhand, India; the modal woman has only three friends … significant peer effects on only a few of the examined measures of women's autonomy. In contrast, peer effects exist on all …