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As a result of widespread mistreatment and overt discrimination, women in the developing world often lack autonomy. Towards Gender Equity in Development brings together leading scholars working on gender issues to explore key sources of female empowerment and discuss the current challenges and opportunities for the future.
Exploring three key domains, this book adopts a clear multi-disciplinary approach to present different perspectives from gender-focused economics and social research. It covers marriage and women's relative bargaining position within the household; the options available to women outside of marriage and in the context of their community; and overarching discriminatory laws and cultural norms. It engages with questions of how marriage, divorce, and remarriage practices have evolved and with what effects for women; how female empowerment can benefit from improving options and economic and collective action opportunities; and how the government can act as a lawmaker to contribute to modifying norms and practices that disadvantage women.
Contents
1: Siwan Anderson, Lori Beaman, and Jean-Philippe Platteau: Introduction
Part I: Marriage
2: Sylvie Lambert, Dominique van de Walle, and Paola Villar: Marital trajectories and women's wellbeing in Senegal
3: Rebecca L. Thornton and Hans-Peter Kohler: Making marriages last: trust is good, but credible information is better
4: Jean-Marie Baland and Roberta Ziparo: Intra-household bargaining in poor countries
5: Selim Gulesci: Forced migration and attitudes towards domestic violence: Evidence from Turkey
6: Sara Lowes and Nathan Nunn: Bride price and the wellbeing of women
Part II: Outside Options
7: Lars Ivar Oppedal Berge, Kjetil Bjorvatn, Amina Mohamed Maalim, Vincent Somville, and Bertil Tungodden: Reducing early pregnancy in low-income countries: A literature review and new evidence
8: Francisco Campos, Markus Goldstein, Laura McGorman, Ana Maria Munoz Boudet, and Obert Pimhidzai: Breaking the metal ceiling: Female entrepreneurs who succeed in male-dominated sectors
9: Ina Ganguli, Ricardo Hausmann, and Martina Viarengo: Career dynamics and gender gaps among employees in the microfinance sector
10: James Fearon and Macartan Humphreys: Why do women co-operate more in women's groups?
11: Xavier Giné, Salma Khalid, and Ghazala Mansuri: The impact of social mobilization on health service delivery and health outcomes: Evidence from rural Pakistan
Part III: Laws and Cultural Norms
12: Jocelyn Viterna, José Santos Guardado Bautista, Silvia Ivette Juarez Barrios, and Alba Evelyn Cortez: Governance and the reversal of women's rights: The case of abortion in El Salvador
13: John R. Bowen: Gender, Islam, and law
14: Nancy Qian: The effect of China's One Child Policy on sex selection, family size, and the school enrolment of daughters
15: Jean-Philippe Platteau, Giulia Camilotti, and Emmanuelle Auriol: Eradicating women-hurting customs: What role for social engineering?
16: Shareen Joshi, Nishtha Kochhar, and Vijayendra Rao: Are caste categories misleading? The relationship between gender and jati in three Indian states
17: Siwan Anderson and Debraj Ray: Excess female mortality in Africa
