Do Gender Norms Relax with Displacement?

doi:10.1080/00220388.2024.2376401

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Do Gender Norms Relax with Displacement?

creativework.datePublished	Published online: 05 Nov 2024
dc.contributor.author	Rubiano-Matulevich, Eliana
dc.date.accessioned	2025-01-15T17:46:17Z
dc.date.available	2025-01-15T17:46:17Z
dc.date.issued	2025-01-15
dc.description.abstract	Conflict-induced displacement is associated with loss of human and physical capital as well as psychological trauma. Households and social structures that produce and reproduce gender norms are disrupted. This paper investigates the extent to which gender norms relax in situations of displacement using predetermined indicators in the Colombia Demographic and Health Survey. 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 relaxed with displacement, while those that limit women’s economic opportunities became more rigid. Findings also reveal a misalignment between attitudes and behaviors in specific domains of gender norms. Displaced women expressed lower support for patriarchy than non-displaced women, but they had less ability to make independent decisions over the use of contraceptives and over their own earnings. This implies that attitudes and behaviors do not always shift together, and, in displacement settings, do not always progress towards greater gender equality.	en
dc.identifier.citation	The Journal of Development Studies
dc.identifier.doi	10.1080/00220388.2024.2376401
dc.identifier.doi	10.1596/42691
dc.identifier.issn	1743-9140
dc.identifier.uri	https://hdl.handle.net/10986/42691
dc.language.iso	en_US
dc.publisher	Taylor and Francis
dc.rights	CC BY-NC-ND 3.0 IGO
dc.rights.holder	World Bank
dc.rights.uri	https://www.creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/igo/
dc.subject	GENDER NORMS
dc.subject	CONFLICT
dc.subject	STATE POLICY
dc.subject	IDEOLOGIES
dc.subject	INTERNAL DISPLACEMENT
dc.title	Do Gender Norms Relax with Displacement?	en
dc.type	Journal Article
dspace.entity.type	Publication
okr.associatedcontent	https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/00220388.2024.2376401 Journal website (version of record)
okr.date.disclosure	2025-01-15
okr.date.doiregistration	2025-04-14T12:00:46.562655Z
okr.doctype	Publications & Research
okr.doctype	Publications & Research::Publication
okr.externalcontent	External Content
okr.identifier.doi	10.1080/00220388.2024.2376401
okr.pagenumber	1932–1963
okr.peerreview	Academic Peer Review
okr.region.administrative	Latin America & Caribbean
okr.region.country	Colombia
okr.topic	Gender::Gender Monitoring and Evaluation
okr.topic	Conflict and Development::Conflict and Fragile States
okr.volume	60(12)