Gender Norms in Flux : Bride Kidnapping and Women’s Civic Participation in the Kyrgyz Republic

This exploratory small-scale, qualitative study examines the apparent backsliding on gender norms as evidenced in the Kyrgyz Republic by two observable behaviors: the rise of bride kidnapping and low women’s civic participation. Each a reflection o...

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Main Authors:	Muldoon, Ryan, Casabonne, Ursula
Format:	Report
Language:	English
Published:	World Bank, Washington, DC 2017
Subjects:	GENDER WOMEN BRIDE POLICY CIVIC PARTICIPATION WOMEN'S AGENCY BRIDE KIDNAPPING
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/609321512627138423/Gender-norms-in-flux-bride-kidnapping-and-women-s-civic-participation-in-the-Kyrgyz-Republic http://hdl.handle.net/10986/28989

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spelling	okr-10986-289892021-06-18T09:02:30Z Gender Norms in Flux : Bride Kidnapping and Women’s Civic Participation in the Kyrgyz Republic Muldoon, Ryan Casabonne, Ursula GENDER WOMEN BRIDE POLICY CIVIC PARTICIPATION WOMEN'S AGENCY BRIDE KIDNAPPING This exploratory small-scale, qualitative study examines the apparent backsliding on gender norms as evidenced in the Kyrgyz Republic by two observable behaviors: the rise of bride kidnapping and low women’s civic participation. Each a reflection of women’s agency, in both their private and public lives. Each has also been impacted by legal changes including a reservation system in national politics and a criminal ban on bride kidnapping. The study developed a social norms-oriented survey instrument to obtain a more detailed understanding of individual and community behaviors to gain a nuanced understanding of the forces that sustain harmful practices, and helps identify opportunities for intervention. A total of 180 in-depth individual interviews were conducted (equal number of men and women, stratified by age group), in addition to two sets of focus group discussions were held with community participants and key informants in seven communities in three geographic regions – Chui, Osh, and Naryn – covering a mix of urban and rural locations. 2017-12-11T15:31:04Z 2017-12-11T15:31:04Z 2017-12-06 Report http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/609321512627138423/Gender-norms-in-flux-bride-kidnapping-and-women-s-civic-participation-in-the-Kyrgyz-Republic http://hdl.handle.net/10986/28989 English CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo World Bank World Bank, Washington, DC Economic & Sector Work :: Women in Development and Gender Study Economic & Sector Work Europe and Central Asia Kyrgyz Republic
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spellingShingle	GENDER WOMEN BRIDE POLICY CIVIC PARTICIPATION WOMEN'S AGENCY BRIDE KIDNAPPING Muldoon, Ryan Casabonne, Ursula Gender Norms in Flux : Bride Kidnapping and Women’s Civic Participation in the Kyrgyz Republic
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description	This exploratory small-scale, qualitative study examines the apparent backsliding on gender norms as evidenced in the Kyrgyz Republic by two observable behaviors: the rise of bride kidnapping and low women’s civic participation. Each a reflection of women’s agency, in both their private and public lives. Each has also been impacted by legal changes including a reservation system in national politics and a criminal ban on bride kidnapping. The study developed a social norms-oriented survey instrument to obtain a more detailed understanding of individual and community behaviors to gain a nuanced understanding of the forces that sustain harmful practices, and helps identify opportunities for intervention. A total of 180 in-depth individual interviews were conducted (equal number of men and women, stratified by age group), in addition to two sets of focus group discussions were held with community participants and key informants in seven communities in three geographic regions – Chui, Osh, and Naryn – covering a mix of urban and rural locations.
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author	Muldoon, Ryan Casabonne, Ursula
author_facet	Muldoon, Ryan Casabonne, Ursula
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title	Gender Norms in Flux : Bride Kidnapping and Women’s Civic Participation in the Kyrgyz Republic
title_short	Gender Norms in Flux : Bride Kidnapping and Women’s Civic Participation in the Kyrgyz Republic
title_full	Gender Norms in Flux : Bride Kidnapping and Women’s Civic Participation in the Kyrgyz Republic
title_fullStr	Gender Norms in Flux : Bride Kidnapping and Women’s Civic Participation in the Kyrgyz Republic
title_full_unstemmed	Gender Norms in Flux : Bride Kidnapping and Women’s Civic Participation in the Kyrgyz Republic
title_sort	gender norms in flux : bride kidnapping and women’s civic participation in the kyrgyz republic
publisher	World Bank, Washington, DC
publishDate	2017
url	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/609321512627138423/Gender-norms-in-flux-bride-kidnapping-and-women-s-civic-participation-in-the-Kyrgyz-Republic http://hdl.handle.net/10986/28989
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