This study establishes the influence of sex-based grammatical gender on gendered violence. We demonstrate a …, increasing the salience of gender distinctions and existing gender norms which legitimize gendered violence. … statistically significant relationship between gendered language and the incidence of intimate partner violence in a cross …

book in terms of both range and depth. The work examines the interlinkages between gender, empowerment, and the Sustainable … Development Goals in Africa…. A must-read for all those working in the field of sustainable development.” Michael Ngoasong, Gender … countries have made towards gender equality and offers strategies that can be used to empower African women to contribute to the …

exploring gender violence in different contexts and, given the variety of forms, to develop a viable definition for gender …These comments are transcripts from a plenary panel of discussants at Converge! Reimagining the Movement to End Gender … Violence, a conference held at the University of Miami School of Law, February 7-8, 2014. The theme of the discussion is …

The gender wage gap varies across countries. For example, among OECD nations women in Australia, Belgium, Italy and … important in gender wage gap studies that employ individual data. This paper explicitly concentrates on labor market … institutions that are related to female lifetime work that affect the gender wage gap across countries. Using ISSP (International …

This paper uses cross-country data to examine the long-term effect of trade openness on the gender gaps in wages …, education, political empowerment and health. Key findings are: trade openness since 1970 reduced the gender gaps in wages and … openness on the gender wage gap remained observable in later years (1980, 1990 and 2000), although it decreased in degree over …