Despite rapid economic growth, gender disparities in women's economic participation have remained deep and persistent … in India. What explains these huge gender disparities? Is it poor infrastructure, limited education, and gender … female entrepreneurs?This paper analyzes the spatial determinants of female entrepreneurship in India in the manufacturing …

selection, result in the excess mortality of girls, and skew child sex ratios in favor of boys. Every year, 1.8 million girls … use of such practices is reflective of the striking inequities girls face today, and it also has negative implications for … efforts to improve women's status in the long term. Consequently, governments of countries in these regions have employed …

) program in Nimba County, Liberia. GE seeks to help 13 to 14 year-old girls make healthy life choices and decrease their risk … of sexual abuse. The program centers on weekly meetings between girls and trained local mentors, during which the girls … this group, 29 percent indicated that their first sexual act was non-consensual. Among all GE girls, 37 percent reported …

This study examines the medium-term effects of a two-year cash transfer program targeted to adolescent girls and young … women. Significant declines in HIV prevalence, teen pregnancy, and early marriage among recipients of unconditional cash … women …

the relationship between the presence of domestic violence legislation and women-to-men adult mortality rates. Using panel … lower women-to-men adult mortality rates. According to conservative estimations, domestic violence legislation would have … saved about 33 million women between 1990 and 2012. The negative relationship between domestic violence legislation and …

This paper draws on history, anthropology, and economics to examine the dynamics and extent of women's contribution to …. Women's economic activities in the informal economy largely represent the commercialization of domestic skills and …. Although women's contribution to growth and economic development seems to be positive and significant in predominantly …

-making or attitudes toward the general role of women in society …

Bringing together history and economics, this paper presents a historical and processual understanding of women …'s economic marginalization in Sub-Saharan Africa from the pre-colonial period to the end of colonial rule. It is not that women … major arguments. First, it discusses the historical processes through which the labor of women was increasingly appropriated …

Empowering women to engage in productive employment is not only critical to achieving gender equality but also critical … the Indian manufacturing and services sectors. Although the share of women entrepreneurs and employees is larger in … as investment in Golden Quadrilateral (GQ) highways, trade liberalization and domestic reforms that India undertook since …

-disaggregated data set on India. Empowerment is measured by women's decision-making ability, mobility, financial autonomy, reproductive …Electrification has been shown to accelerate opportunities for women by moving them into more productive activities …. This paper investigates the causal link between electricity access and women's empowerment, using a large gender …