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for Women Empowerment in Africa Initiative, Nigeria This edited volume assesses the progress that sub-Saharan African … Tutelage for Women Empowerment in Africa Initiative. … Development Goals in Africa…. A must-read for all those working in the field of sustainable development.” Michael Ngoasong, Gender …
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We examine the impact of gender equality on electoral violence in Africa using micro-level data from the sixth round of … violence and underscore the urgency of addressing gender inequality in Africa … Afrobarometer surveys. The sample covers 30 countries. We find that gender equality is associated with lower electoral violence …
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We examine the impact of gender equality on electoral violence in Africa using micro-level data from the sixth round of … violence and underscore the urgency of addressing gender inequality in Africa … Afrobarometer surveys. The sample covers 30 countries. We find that gender equality is associated with lower electoral violence …
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Violence against women is increasingly recognized as a threat to democracy, a barrier to lasting peace, a burden on … the field of gender violence underscore that violence against women and girls is the manifestation of structural … Elimination of Violence Against Women and Girls - EVAWG programming. Outcomes of processes on the MDGs and now Sustainable …
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To understand laws pertaining to gender-based violence (GBV) in countries with high HIV prevalence particularly among … adolescent girls and young women (AGYW), we reviewed GBV laws and regulations from initial ten eastern and southern African … countries (Eswatini, Kenya, Lesotho, Malawi, Mozambique, South Africa, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia, and Zimbabwe) have GBV …
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This paper investigates the explanatory power of social convention theory for explaining the persistence of female genital cutting (FGC) in a broad sample of African countries. While influential in policy circles, the idea that FGC is best described as a bad equilibrium in a social coordination...
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