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In memory of Ela Ramesh Bhatt — The gentle revolutionary
Ela Ramesh Bhatt, the founder of the Self-Employed Women’s Association ( SEWA ) of India, passed away on 2 November 2022...
Informality Labour unions Labour movementJournal Article
Changing male perceptions of gender equality: Evidence from a randomised controlled trial studyIn this study, we use a randomized control trial to examine whether asking Vietnamese men to reflect on gender equality can reduce their gender bias...
Gender Inequality Male perceptionWorking Paper
The political economy of women’s empowerment policies in India: Understanding it through the beginning and end of the Mahila Samakhya programmeThis paper analyses the political economy of women’s-empowerment-related policy-making in India through a re-examination of the context of both the genesis and closure of a major programme, Mahila Samakhya...
Women's empowerment Feminism CollectivizationBlog
Bride price or dowry?
Why is it that in some countries the parents of a bride pay dowry, whereas in some others the groom has to pay for the bride? What is the impact of different traditions on women’s lives?...
Marriage payments Women's empowerment Psychological aspects (Economics)Journal Article
Do gender wage differences within households influence women's empowerment and welfare?: Evidence from GhanaUsing household data from the latest wave of the Ghana Living Standards Survey, this paper utilizes machine learning techniques – IV LASSO – that allows for the treatment of unconfoundedness in the selection of observables and unobservabl...
Wage gap Households Women's empowermentBlog
Is sexual violence a driver of the early marriage of girls in India?
Marriage at a younger age, generally before the legal age of marriage, is a pervasive practice in many parts of the world...
Child Marriage Women's empowerment CrimeBlog
Persistent gender roles in South Africa deprive women of leisure time
In most countries, traditional gender roles within the household are still common due to the prevalence and persistence of patriarchal systems...
South Africa Women's empowerment Female labour force participationWorking Paper
Do gender wage differences within households influence women’s empowerment and welfare?: Evidence from GhanaUsing household data from the latest wave of the Ghana Living Standards Survey, this paper utilizes machine learning techniques to examine the effect of gender wage differences within households on women’s empowerment and welfare in Ghana...
Wage gap Households Women's empowermentBlog
COVID-19 intensifies global need to support informal workers in their struggle: Three guiding principles for a better deal The world is facing an existential crisis that poses challenging questions: whether to put people and nature before owners of capital and technology; whether to protect the rights of the disadvantaged or the interests of the elite...
Decent Work Informality Women's workBlog
Meet the women behind the Southern Africa – Towards Inclusive Economic Development programme
Globally, women are under-represented in the field of economics. Only a third of all academic research staff in the field of economics in Europe are women. In the US the share is even lower ...
Gender Women's empowerment Women's workJournal Article
Contract Farming in Mozambique: Implications for Gender Inequalities Within and Across Rural HouseholdsPart of Journal Special Issue Inequalities in the least developed countries
Contract farming Gender inequality MozambiqueJournal Article
Women’s Empowerment and Child Malnutrition: The Case of MozambiquePart of Journal Special Issue Inequalities in the least developed countries
Alkire and Foster Demographic and health survey Fuzzy approach to poverty measurementJournal Article
Introduction to Special Issue on: ‘Inequalities in the Least Developed Countries – Some Lessons from Africa’Part of Journal Special Issue Inequalities in the least developed countries
Economic inequality Multidimensional poverty Inequality and Well-beingJournal Special Issue
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Changing male perceptions of gender equality: Evidence from an experimental studyReducing gender inequality is a critically important development challenge, especially in countries with widespread and deep-rooted prejudices against women...
Gender Inequality Male perceptionPolicy Brief
Toward gender equity and women’s empowermentThere are three main channels of women’s empowerment: legal or policy reforms, outside economic opportunities, and collective action...
Gender Equality Discrimination