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The Silenced Women: Can Public Activism Stimulate Reporting of Violence against Women?

dc.contributor.authorSahay, Abhilasha
dc.date.accessioned2021-03-11T14:27:18Z
dc.date.available2021-03-11T14:27:18Z
dc.date.issued2021-03
dc.description.abstractAlthough violence against women is pervasive and can have severe adverse implications, it is considerably underreported. This paper examines whether public activism against such violence can stimulate disclosure of socially sensitive crimes such as rape and sexual assault. The analysis uses a quasi-experimental setting arising from an infamous gang rape incident that took place on a moving bus in Delhi in 2012. The incident sparked widespread protests demarcating a nationwide ‘social shock’. Exploiting regional variation in exposure to the shock, the analysis finds an increase of 27 percent in reported violence against women after the shock but no change in gender-neutral crimes such as murder, robbery and riots. Additional evidence -- generated from self-compiled high frequency crime data -- suggests that the increase can be attributed to a rise in reporting rather than an increase in occurrence.en
dc.identifierhttp://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/423501615214636393/The-Silenced-Women-Can-Public-Activism-Stimulate-Reporting-of-Violence-against-Women
dc.identifier.doi10.1596/1813-9450-9566
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10986/35245
dc.languageEnglish
dc.publisherWorld Bank, Washington, DC
dc.relation.ispartofseriesPolicy Research Working Paper;No. 9566
dc.rightsCC BY 3.0 IGO
dc.rights.holderWorld Bank
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo
dc.subjectVIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN
dc.subjectCRIME REPORTING
dc.subjectPUBLIC ACTIVISM
dc.subjectGENDER INNOVATION LAB
dc.subjectAFRICA GENDER POLICY
dc.subjectWOMEN AND SOCIAL NORMS
dc.titleThe Silenced Womenen
dc.title.subtitleCan Public Activism Stimulate Reporting of Violence against Women?en
dc.typeWorking Paperen
dc.typeDocument de travailfr
dc.typeDocumento de trabajoes
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okr.crossref.titleThe Silenced Women: Can Public Activism Stimulate Reporting of Violence against Women?
okr.date.disclosure2021-03-08
okr.date.doiregistration2025-04-10T09:12:04.467433Z
okr.doctypePublications & Research
okr.doctypePublications & Research::Policy Research Working Paper
okr.docurlhttp://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/423501615214636393/The-Silenced-Women-Can-Public-Activism-Stimulate-Reporting-of-Violence-against-Women
okr.guid423501615214636393
okr.identifier.doi10.1596/1813-9450-9566
okr.identifier.externaldocumentum090224b08837e0c2_1_0
okr.identifier.internaldocumentum32890938
okr.identifier.reportWPS9566
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okr.pdfurlhttp://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/423501615214636393/pdf/The-Silenced-Women-Can-Public-Activism-Stimulate-Reporting-of-Violence-against-Women.pdfen
okr.region.administrativeAfrica
okr.region.administrativeSouth Asia
okr.region.countryIndia
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okr.statistics.dr423501615214636393
okr.statistics.drstats1024
okr.topicGender::Gender and Development
okr.topicGender::Gender and Social Development
okr.topicSocial Development::Crime and Society
okr.topicSocial Development::Social Cohesion
okr.topicSocial Development::Social Conflict and Violence
okr.unitGender Innovation Lab, Africa Region
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