Voice and agency : empowering women and girls for shared prosperity / / Jeni Klugman [and five others]

• Pubblicazione: Washington, District of Columbia : , : The World Bank, , 2014; ©2014
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (239 p.)
• Disciplina: 305.409172/4
• Soggetto topico: Women - Developing countries - Economic conditions; Women - Developing countries - Social conditions; Economic development - Developing countries; Women's rights - Developing countries
• Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
• Persona (resp. second.): KlugmanJeni
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Cover; Contents; Foreword; Acknowledgments; About the Authors; Abbreviations; OVERVIEW; Why voice and agency?; Context; Where do we stand?; Determinants and drivers; MAPS; 0.1 Share of ever-partnered women who have experienced physical or sexual violence or both by an intimate partner; Overlapping disadvantages and agency deprivations; Overarching policies and measuring progress; FIGURES; 0.1 Share of women experiencing overlapping agency deprivations in three domains; 0.2 Share of women experiencing overlapping agency deprivations in three domains in Niger ; 0.3 Correlation between education levels and deprivations in control over resources, child marriage, and condoning of wife beatingPromising interventions targeting agency deprivations; Data gaps and the way ahead; References; CHAPTER 1 FRAMING THE CHALLENGE: NORMS, CONSTRAINTS, AND DEPRIVATIONS; Introduction; Why agency?; BOXES; 1.1 What is agency?; Why does agency matter for development?; 1.2 Women's mobility: Evidence on freedom of movement; Our conceptual framework; 1.1 Agency, endowments, economic opportunities, and drivers of change; Overlapping disadvantages and deprivations ; Overlapping disadvantages1.2 Share of 15- to 19-year-olds completing school grades (current cohort), by wealth quintile and gender; 1.3 Multiple disadvantages among adolescent Hmong girls; Multiple deprivations; 1.3 Share of women experiencing overlapping agency deprivations in three domains; 1.4 Share of women experiencing overlapping agency deprivations in three domains in Niger; 1.5 Correlation between education levels and deprivations in control over resources, child marriage, and condoning of wife beating; 1.6 Correlation between women's work and lack of control over household resources ; 1.7 Correlation between women's level of education and lack of sexual autonomyFocus on key drivers: Social norms and the law; Social norms; 1.4 Norms about masculinity shape men's behavior; Norms and the law; TABLES; 1.1 Legal restrictions on married women's agency; Notes; References; CHAPTER 2 ENHANCING WOMEN'S AGENCY: A CROSS-CUTTING AGENDA; The role of cross-cutting public actions; Changing social norms; Changing norms by working with men and boys, households, and communities; 2.1 Selected illustrations of programs to enhance agency; Using broadcast media; 2.1 In Tostan's footsteps ; A progressive legal frameworkEvolving constitutions and principles of equality; 2.2 New African constitutions reshaping gender norms: South Africa and Kenya; Supporting effective implementation and enforcement; Expanding access to justice through customary processes; Increasing women's agency through sectoral policies and programs; Expanding economic opportunities and training; 2.3 How the Adolescent Girls Initiative is helping to overcome agency constraints; B2.3.1 The Adolescent Girls Initiative: Lessons Learned; Designing gender-responsive social protection ; Increasing gender equality in education
• Sommario/riassunto: Despite recent advances in important aspects of the lives of girls and women, pervasive challenges remain. These challenges reflect widespread deprivations and constraints and include epidemic levels of gender-based violence and discriminatory laws and norms that prevent women from owning property, being educated, and making meaningful decisions about their own lives--such as whether and when to marry or have children. These often violate their most basic rights and are magnified and multiplied by poverty and lack of education. This groundbreaking book distills vast data and hundreds of studie
• Titolo autorizzato: Voice and agency
• ISBN: 1-4648-0360-9
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910463499303321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II