'Missing Women' in the South Caucasus : Local Perceptions and Proposed Solutions
This report, Europe and Central Asia - Missing Women in the South Caucasus : Local perceptions and proposed solutions, discusses research conducted on skewed sex ratios in the South Caucasus. It discusses (i) the factors that encourage sex selectio...
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okr-10986-225062021-06-14T10:19:29Z 'Missing Women' in the South Caucasus : Local Perceptions and Proposed Solutions Dudwick, Nora ABORTION ABORTIONS DIVORCE FAMILIES FUNDAMENTAL RIGHT GENDER GENDER EQUALITY GENDER ISSUES HOME HUSBAND HUSBANDS MARITAL STATUS MARRIAGES PREGNANCIES PREGNANCY SEX WILL WIVES WOMAN WOMEN HEALTH CARE PROVIDERS EMPOWERMENT BENEFIT CRIMINALITY FERTILITY BEHAVIOR COURT GENDER INEQUALITY HOUSE FAMILY VIOLENCE KINSHIP OLD AGE RELIGIOUS LEADERS FAMILY PROPERTY CRIMINAL LAWS SEXES LEGAL LITERACY SOCIAL RESEARCH ABDUCTION DISCRIMINATION INEQUALITIES HEALTH CARE FOCUS GROUP DISCUSSIONS SANCTIONS PROSTITUTION CORRUPTION CRIME WILL SEX SELECTIVE ABORTIONS BATTERED WOMEN ACCESS TO ABORTION HOME INEQUITIES WOMEN’S RIGHTS DEMOGRAPHERS LITERACY SOCIAL TENSIONS COURTS GENDER BALANCE SOCIAL CONDITIONS PREGNANCIES ABORTIONS DIVORCES GENDER BIASES KIDNAPPING WIVES POPULATION DIVISION FERTILITY RATES FAMILY SIZE RAPE MALE DOMINANCE SOCIAL PROGRESS MARRIAGES DISSEMINATION GENDER INEQUALITIES LEGISLATION COERCION MARRIAGE EXTENDED FAMILIES COMPENSATION PRISON STATE UNIVERSITY GENDER ISSUES TV RULE OF LAW DOUBLE STANDARD SOCIAL SUPPORT ELDERLY SEX RATIOS PROGRESS ROLE REVERSAL PROPERTY LAW GIRLFRIENDS DOMESTIC VIOLENCE YOUNG AGE IUDS CONTRACEPTIVES BASIC NEEDS WOMAN WEDDINGS FAMILY ADULTERY PENSIONS CRIMES DIVORCE GENDER HOMES UNMARRIED MAN FAMILY FORMATION VICTIMS PUBLIC AWARENESS FAMILY PLANNING DAMAGE PROPERTY SELECTIVE ABORTIONS POPULATIONS MOTHER WORKSHOPS REPRODUCTIVE CHOICES BREADWINNERS POLICY CITIZENS COMMON PROPERTY LARGE FAMILIES SMALLER FAMILIES HEAD OF THE FAMILY HUSBANDS SOCIAL CONSEQUENCES SOCIAL AFFAIRS BABIES JUSTICE SEX DOMINANCE HUMAN RIGHTS PREGNANT WOMEN MINORITY CRIMINALS NUMBER OF GIRLS SEXUAL HARASSMENT BREADWINNER HOMOSEXUALITY CHILDREN FEMALES HUSBAND WAR CHILD FUNDAMENTAL RIGHT WORLD POPULATION EQUALITY VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN RURAL AREAS PARTNERS NUMBER OF CHILDREN GENDER INEQUITIES YOUNG PEOPLE VITAL STATISTICS POPULATION LAW MARITAL STATUS HOUSES ELDERLY MEN UNFPA HARASSMENT LOW FERTILITY SEX RATIO FERTILITY FAMILIES WOMEN INHERITANCE NEWBORN FEMALE WIFE WEDDING PREGNANCY ABORTION ARMED CONFLICTS BENEFITS GENDER EQUALITY HUMAN DEVELOPMENT INEQUALITY SON PREFERENCE This report, Europe and Central Asia - Missing Women in the South Caucasus : Local perceptions and proposed solutions, discusses research conducted on skewed sex ratios in the South Caucasus. It discusses (i) the factors that encourage sex selection in Armenia, Azerbaijan and Georgia, (ii) whether and how these might be changing; (iii) public awareness of and attitudes regarding skewed sex rations; and to propose potential policy responses. The report examines the following: factors contributing to smaller families and unbalanced sex rations in the South Caucasus, the reasons for underlying son preference, attitudes toward daughters, factors that make women vulnerable to pressures to produce sons. It also describes how intergenerational and gender relationships are starting to change and proposes some recommendations for addressing the factors that underlie unbalanced sex rations. 2015-08-19T16:25:06Z 2015-08-19T16:25:06Z 2015-02 Report http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2015/07/24087119/europe-central-asia-missing-women-south-caucasus-local-perceptions-proposed-solutions http://hdl.handle.net/10986/22506 English en_US CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/ World Bank World Bank, Washington, DC Publications & Research Publications & Research :: Working Paper Europe and Central Asia Armenia Azerbaijan Georgia |
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ABORTION ABORTIONS DIVORCE FAMILIES FUNDAMENTAL RIGHT GENDER GENDER EQUALITY GENDER ISSUES HOME HUSBAND HUSBANDS MARITAL STATUS MARRIAGES PREGNANCIES PREGNANCY SEX WILL WIVES WOMAN WOMEN HEALTH CARE PROVIDERS EMPOWERMENT BENEFIT CRIMINALITY FERTILITY BEHAVIOR COURT GENDER INEQUALITY HOUSE FAMILY VIOLENCE KINSHIP OLD AGE RELIGIOUS LEADERS FAMILY PROPERTY CRIMINAL LAWS SEXES LEGAL LITERACY SOCIAL RESEARCH ABDUCTION DISCRIMINATION INEQUALITIES HEALTH CARE FOCUS GROUP DISCUSSIONS SANCTIONS PROSTITUTION CORRUPTION CRIME WILL SEX SELECTIVE ABORTIONS BATTERED WOMEN ACCESS TO ABORTION HOME INEQUITIES WOMEN’S RIGHTS DEMOGRAPHERS LITERACY SOCIAL TENSIONS COURTS GENDER BALANCE SOCIAL CONDITIONS PREGNANCIES ABORTIONS DIVORCES GENDER BIASES KIDNAPPING WIVES POPULATION DIVISION FERTILITY RATES FAMILY SIZE RAPE MALE DOMINANCE SOCIAL PROGRESS MARRIAGES DISSEMINATION GENDER INEQUALITIES LEGISLATION COERCION MARRIAGE EXTENDED FAMILIES COMPENSATION PRISON STATE UNIVERSITY GENDER ISSUES TV RULE OF LAW DOUBLE STANDARD SOCIAL SUPPORT ELDERLY SEX RATIOS PROGRESS ROLE REVERSAL PROPERTY LAW GIRLFRIENDS DOMESTIC VIOLENCE YOUNG AGE IUDS CONTRACEPTIVES BASIC NEEDS WOMAN WEDDINGS FAMILY ADULTERY PENSIONS CRIMES DIVORCE GENDER HOMES UNMARRIED MAN FAMILY FORMATION VICTIMS PUBLIC AWARENESS FAMILY PLANNING DAMAGE PROPERTY SELECTIVE ABORTIONS POPULATIONS MOTHER WORKSHOPS REPRODUCTIVE CHOICES BREADWINNERS POLICY CITIZENS COMMON PROPERTY LARGE FAMILIES SMALLER FAMILIES HEAD OF THE FAMILY HUSBANDS SOCIAL CONSEQUENCES SOCIAL AFFAIRS BABIES JUSTICE SEX DOMINANCE HUMAN RIGHTS PREGNANT WOMEN MINORITY CRIMINALS NUMBER OF GIRLS SEXUAL HARASSMENT BREADWINNER HOMOSEXUALITY CHILDREN FEMALES HUSBAND WAR CHILD FUNDAMENTAL RIGHT WORLD POPULATION EQUALITY VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN RURAL AREAS PARTNERS NUMBER OF CHILDREN GENDER INEQUITIES YOUNG PEOPLE VITAL STATISTICS POPULATION LAW MARITAL STATUS HOUSES ELDERLY MEN UNFPA HARASSMENT LOW FERTILITY SEX RATIO FERTILITY FAMILIES WOMEN INHERITANCE NEWBORN FEMALE WIFE WEDDING PREGNANCY ABORTION ARMED CONFLICTS BENEFITS GENDER EQUALITY HUMAN DEVELOPMENT INEQUALITY SON PREFERENCE |
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ABORTION ABORTIONS DIVORCE FAMILIES FUNDAMENTAL RIGHT GENDER GENDER EQUALITY GENDER ISSUES HOME HUSBAND HUSBANDS MARITAL STATUS MARRIAGES PREGNANCIES PREGNANCY SEX WILL WIVES WOMAN WOMEN HEALTH CARE PROVIDERS EMPOWERMENT BENEFIT CRIMINALITY FERTILITY BEHAVIOR COURT GENDER INEQUALITY HOUSE FAMILY VIOLENCE KINSHIP OLD AGE RELIGIOUS LEADERS FAMILY PROPERTY CRIMINAL LAWS SEXES LEGAL LITERACY SOCIAL RESEARCH ABDUCTION DISCRIMINATION INEQUALITIES HEALTH CARE FOCUS GROUP DISCUSSIONS SANCTIONS PROSTITUTION CORRUPTION CRIME WILL SEX SELECTIVE ABORTIONS BATTERED WOMEN ACCESS TO ABORTION HOME INEQUITIES WOMEN’S RIGHTS DEMOGRAPHERS LITERACY SOCIAL TENSIONS COURTS GENDER BALANCE SOCIAL CONDITIONS PREGNANCIES ABORTIONS DIVORCES GENDER BIASES KIDNAPPING WIVES POPULATION DIVISION FERTILITY RATES FAMILY SIZE RAPE MALE DOMINANCE SOCIAL PROGRESS MARRIAGES DISSEMINATION GENDER INEQUALITIES LEGISLATION COERCION MARRIAGE EXTENDED FAMILIES COMPENSATION PRISON STATE UNIVERSITY GENDER ISSUES TV RULE OF LAW DOUBLE STANDARD SOCIAL SUPPORT ELDERLY SEX RATIOS PROGRESS ROLE REVERSAL PROPERTY LAW GIRLFRIENDS DOMESTIC VIOLENCE YOUNG AGE IUDS CONTRACEPTIVES BASIC NEEDS WOMAN WEDDINGS FAMILY ADULTERY PENSIONS CRIMES DIVORCE GENDER HOMES UNMARRIED MAN FAMILY FORMATION VICTIMS PUBLIC AWARENESS FAMILY PLANNING DAMAGE PROPERTY SELECTIVE ABORTIONS POPULATIONS MOTHER WORKSHOPS REPRODUCTIVE CHOICES BREADWINNERS POLICY CITIZENS COMMON PROPERTY LARGE FAMILIES SMALLER FAMILIES HEAD OF THE FAMILY HUSBANDS SOCIAL CONSEQUENCES SOCIAL AFFAIRS BABIES JUSTICE SEX DOMINANCE HUMAN RIGHTS PREGNANT WOMEN MINORITY CRIMINALS NUMBER OF GIRLS SEXUAL HARASSMENT BREADWINNER HOMOSEXUALITY CHILDREN FEMALES HUSBAND WAR CHILD FUNDAMENTAL RIGHT WORLD POPULATION EQUALITY VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN RURAL AREAS PARTNERS NUMBER OF CHILDREN GENDER INEQUITIES YOUNG PEOPLE VITAL STATISTICS POPULATION LAW MARITAL STATUS HOUSES ELDERLY MEN UNFPA HARASSMENT LOW FERTILITY SEX RATIO FERTILITY FAMILIES WOMEN INHERITANCE NEWBORN FEMALE WIFE WEDDING PREGNANCY ABORTION ARMED CONFLICTS BENEFITS GENDER EQUALITY HUMAN DEVELOPMENT INEQUALITY SON PREFERENCE Dudwick, Nora 'Missing Women' in the South Caucasus : Local Perceptions and Proposed Solutions |
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Europe and Central Asia Armenia Azerbaijan Georgia |
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This report, Europe and Central Asia -
Missing Women in the South Caucasus : Local perceptions and
proposed solutions, discusses research conducted on skewed
sex ratios in the South Caucasus. It discusses (i) the
factors that encourage sex selection in Armenia, Azerbaijan
and Georgia, (ii) whether and how these might be changing;
(iii) public awareness of and attitudes regarding skewed sex
rations; and to propose potential policy responses. The
report examines the following: factors contributing to
smaller families and unbalanced sex rations in the South
Caucasus, the reasons for underlying son preference,
attitudes toward daughters, factors that make women
vulnerable to pressures to produce sons. It also describes
how intergenerational and gender relationships are starting
to change and proposes some recommendations for addressing
the factors that underlie unbalanced sex rations. |
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Dudwick, Nora |
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Dudwick, Nora |
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Dudwick, Nora |
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'Missing Women' in the South Caucasus : Local Perceptions and Proposed Solutions |
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'Missing Women' in the South Caucasus : Local Perceptions and Proposed Solutions |
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'Missing Women' in the South Caucasus : Local Perceptions and Proposed Solutions |
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'Missing Women' in the South Caucasus : Local Perceptions and Proposed Solutions |
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'Missing Women' in the South Caucasus : Local Perceptions and Proposed Solutions |
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'missing women' in the south caucasus : local perceptions and proposed solutions |
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World Bank, Washington, DC |
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2015 |
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http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2015/07/24087119/europe-central-asia-missing-women-south-caucasus-local-perceptions-proposed-solutions http://hdl.handle.net/10986/22506 |
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