Intimate Partner Violence and Household Decision Making Autonomy : Effects of the Malian Conflict on Women
Rates of intimate partner violence vary widely across regions. Evidence suggests that some of this variation can be attributed to exposure to armed conflict. This study exploits variation in the timing and location of conflict events related to the...
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| Format: | Working Paper |
| Language: | English |
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World Bank, Washington, DC
2021
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| Online Access: | http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/undefined/478241635473536616/Intimate-Partner-Violence-and-Household-Decision-Making-Autonomy-Effects-of-the-Malian-Conflict-on-Women http://hdl.handle.net/10986/36472 |
| Summary: | Rates of intimate partner violence
vary widely across regions. Evidence suggests that some of
this variation can be attributed to exposure to armed
conflict. This study exploits variation in the timing and
location of conflict events related to the war in Mali to
examine the effect of conflict on intimate partner violence
and some women’s empowerment outcomes. The study used data
from the Demographic and Health Survey spatially linked to
conflict data from the Armed Conflict Location and Events
Database. Wartime conflict increases the prevalence of
women’s experiences of intimate partner violence. It also
increases women’s household decision making autonomy but
decreases women’s ability to decide how their earnings are
deployed. The results imply that to be successful, programs
to mitigate these adverse effects of conflict on women need
to be context specific and rely on data-driven evidence from
situations of conflict whenever possible. Policy makers are
called to design programs that address harmful gender norms
and intimate partner violence at the individual/household
and community levels, especially for women residing in areas
with high-intensity conflict. Measurement of women’s
empowerment should consistently include several domains of
women’s lives to gauge progress in voice and agency,
financial autonomy, and violence reduction. |
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