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 …

Empowering women and closing the gender gap are key issues for economic and social development. This paper explores … whether higher education expansion could empower women by influencing gender norms and the level of gender equality in both … results show that the reform significantly increases higher educational attainment for both women and men. However, women …