Do Gender Norms Become Less Traditional with Displacement? The Case of Colombia
Conflict-induced displacement is associated with loss of human and physical capital and psychological trauma. Households and social structures that produce and reproduce gender norms are disrupted, providing opportunities for change. This paper ope...
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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/311741635474477371/Do-Gender-Norms-Become-Less-Traditional-with-Displacement-The-Case-of-Colombia http://hdl.handle.net/10986/36473 |
| Summary: | Conflict-induced displacement is
associated with loss of human and physical capital and
psychological trauma. Households and social structures that
produce and reproduce gender norms are disrupted, providing
opportunities for change. This paper operationalizes a
definition of gender norms that brings together the
behaviors and attitudes of displaced and non-displaced women
using household survey data for Colombia. The results of a
two-step estimation involving kernel-based propensity score
matching and multilevel linear regression models show that
gender norms condoning violence against women relax with
displacement, while those that limit women’s economic
opportunities become more rigid. The findings also reveal a
misalignment between attitudes and behaviors in other
domains. Displaced women have less rigid patriarchal
attitudes, but their ability to decide about contraception
and their own earnings decreases following displacement. |
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