achieved by empowering women and reducing gender disparities, and by changing norms and attitudes which foster violence …"Morrison, Ellsberg, and Bott present an overview of gender-based violence (GBV) in Latin America, with special … violence and sexual coercion are the most common forms of GBV, and these are the types of GBV that they analyze. GBV has …

women against domestic violence. Using a simple model of choice of conflict resolution technology among spouses, we find … of women experiencing domestic violence, possibly reflecting traditional gender roles in Philippine society. …Using data from the 2008 National Demographic and Health Survey, we ask whether women's economic empowerment -defined …

Is unemployment the overwhelming determinant of domestic violence that many commentators expect it to be? The … abuse: an increase in male unemployment decreases the incidence of intimate partner violence, while an increase in female … unemployment increases domestic abuse. Combining data on intimate partner violence from the British Crime Survey with locally …