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Eradicating women-hurting customs: What role for social engineering?

From the book: Towards Gender Equity in Development

Social norms Harmful customs Gender
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Eradicating women-hurting customs: What role for social engineering?

Social engineering refers to deliberate attempts, often under the form of legislative moves, to promote changes in customs and norms that hurt the interests of marginalized population groups...

Social norms Harmful customs Gender
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Polygamy and female labour supply in Senegal

In this paper, we explore the links between polygyny and female labour supply in Senegal using a nationally representative survey...

Collective model Intra-household allocation Polygyny
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