Politische, ökonomische, soziale und ökologische Faktoren bestimmen das Flucht- und Migrationsgeschehen in und aus Afghanistan. Der Abzug internationaler Truppen, die Rückkehr der Taliban und der Rückgang der Entwicklungshilfe verschärfen die Situation. Viele Afghan*innen sind gezwungen,...

Vor der Machtübernahme durch die Taliban gab es für Frauen große Fortschritte in der Schulbildung, vor allem im Grundschulbereich. Auch bei politischen Entscheidungsprozessen waren Frauen in den letzten Jahren vertreten. Seit Mitte August 2021 sind die Taliban wieder an der Macht. Was...

The Venezuelan refugee crisis is one of the largest in the world. It is the most underfunded diaspora worldwide and stresses the already overstretched social protection systems in developing countries in the Latin American region. Colombia has been the main destination for many, but high poverty...

The pandemic has led to a spike in implementing education technologies around the globe. Now the educational sector might finally catch up with technological advancements in other industries. Do new technologies in the area of learning have the potential to achieve a more equitable education...

Afghanistan is one of the poorest countries in the world. In 2020, almost half of the population lived in poverty, and 19.1 million people were hungry. One in three children under the age of five is underdeveloped, and six in ten women experience physical and/or sexual violence in their...

Afghanistan is one of the most dangerous places for women in the world. During the Taliban's first rule from 1996 to 2001, the country became known for its degrading treatment of women. Since 2001, Afghanistan has made progress in gender equality, but major gaps remain. Although women's labor...

I exploit the staggered roll-out of a universal early childhood development program in Chile to assess the impact of a comprehensive approach to early childhood development on outcomes in middle childhood. Using variation across time and municipalities, I study outcomes such as school...

This paper asks whether social movements taking place on Twitter affect gender-based violence (GBV). Using Twitter data and machine learning methods, we construct a novel data set on the prevalence of Twitter conversations about GBV. We then link this data to weekly crime reports at the federal...