leads to a reduction in episodes of gender violence. The effect is particularly strong when focusing on incidents of …This paper studies the effect of female political representation on violence against women. Using a Regression … Discontinuity design for close mayoral elections between female and male candidates in Brazil, we find that electing female mayors …

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 …