Using a new dataset, we investigate the determinants of violence against women in Africa. We focus on cultural factors … contemporary violence. Second, women’s contemporary economic role affects violence in a complex way which is itself related to … determine social norms about gender roles, family structures and intrafamily violence which persist even when the initial …

Using a new dataset, we investigate the determinants of violence against women in Africa. We focus on cultural factors … contemporary violence. Second, women's contemporary economic role affects violence in a complex way which is itself related to … determine social norms about gender roles, family structures and intrafamily violence which persist even when the initial …

in 33 ethnic civil conflicts in Africa between 1989 and 2009 and their use of sexual violence. After exploiting ancestral … the appropriate role of men and women in society: sexual violence increases when the perpetrator is more gender …This paper examines the role of ethnic-based gender norms in explaining the occurrence and intensity of sexual violence …

We study the roots of violence against women, and propose that it partly originates in cultural norms that derive from … large degree of spatial variation in both attitudes and actions of violence against women. Using rich individual survey and … high-resolution georeferenced data, we find systematically less violence against women in traditionally sea-fishing areas …

Gendered norms about women's behavior include that of nurturers, caregivers and peacemakers. In fact, in times of intra …- and interstate conflict, women often make a conscious choice to work for peace as a form of political activism. Sometimes … these actions are driven by feminist goals, defined as promoting political, social and economic equality of women and men …

for 28 European countries from the 2012 EU survey on violence against women, and focus on first- and second …We study the relevance of gender norms in accounting for the incidence and intensity of domestic violence. We use data …-generation immigrant women. We find that, after controlling for country-of-residence fixed effects, as well as demographic characteristics …