Lori Heise reviews the empirical evidence of what works in low-and middle-income
countries to prevent violence against women by their husbands and other male partners …

Globalization theories have proliferated over the past two decades. However, global
developments have yet to be systematically incorporated into theories around violence …

The prevalence of physical domestic violence–violence against women perpetrated by
husbands–is staggeringly high across the Indian subcontinent. Although gender-based …

Background Intimate partner violence (IPV) is a widespread problem affecting all cultures
and socioeconomic groups. This study explored the trends in prevalence and risk factors …

Defining and measuring women's economic empowerment (WEE) has been at the centre of
the current debates among international development scholars and practitioners. The lack of …

Este trabajo analiza la relevancia de la disponibilidad de recursos económicos, sociales y
educativos en la definición de los niveles de poder de decisión de las mexicanas en el …

We provide evidence that dowry costs motivate son-preferring behaviors in India. Since gold
is an integral part of dowry, we study parental responses to shocks in the world gold price …

Women's empowerment and child stunting remain key development challenges in
Bangladesh. The objective of this study is to analyse the influence of female empowerment …

This article explores how women empowerment affects Intimate Partner Violence (IPV) in
Bangladesh using a cross-sectional investigation of currently married women (n= 4,181) …

Background There are few population-based studies from low-and middle-income countries
that have described the association of socio-economic, gender and health factors with …