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Violent Conflict and Gender Inequality : An Overview

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dc.contributor.authorBuvinic, Mayra
dc.contributor.authorDas Gupta, Monica
dc.contributor.authorCasabonne, Ursula
dc.contributor.authorVerwimp, Philip
dc.date.accessioned2013-12-02T15:31:47Z
dc.date.available2013-12-02T15:31:47Z
dc.date.issued2013-02
dc.description.abstractViolent conflict is a pervasive feature of the recent global landscape which has lasting impacts on human capital and these impacts are seldom gender neutral. Death and destruction alter the structure and dynamics of households, including their demographic profiles and traditional gender roles. To date, attention to the gender impacts of conflict has focused almost exclusively on sexual and gender-based violence. The authors show that a far wider set of gender issues must be considered to better document the human consequences of war and to design effective postconflict policies. The emerging empirical evidence is organized using a framework that identifies both the differential impacts of violent conflict on males and females (first-round impacts) and the role of gender inequality in framing adaptive responses to conflict (second-round impacts). War's mortality burden is disproportionately borne by males, whereas women and children constitute a majority of refugees and the displaced. Indirect war impacts on health are more equally distributed between the genders. Conflicts create households headed by widows who can be especially vulnerable to intergenerational poverty. Second-round impacts can provide opportunities for women in work and politics triggered by the absence of men. Households adapt to conflict with changes in marriage and fertility, migration, investments in children's health and schooling, and the distribution of labor between the genders. The impacts of conflict are heterogeneous and can either increase or decrease preexisting gender inequalities. Describing these gender differential effects is a first step toward developing evidence-based conflict prevention and postconflict policy.en
dc.identifier.doi10.1596/1813-9450-6371
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10986/16326
dc.language.isoen_US
dc.publisherWorld Bank, Washington, D.C.
dc.relation.ispartofseriesPolicy Research Working Paper;No.6371
dc.rightsCC BY 3.0 IGO
dc.rights.holderWorld Bank
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo
dc.subjectaccess to health care
dc.subjectadolescents
dc.subjectage at marriage
dc.subjectaged
dc.subjectaggressive
dc.subjectAgricultural production
dc.subjectanxiety
dc.subjectarmed conflict
dc.subjectArmed Conflicts
dc.subjectbabies
dc.subjectbattle
dc.subjectbeatings
dc.subjectBulletin
dc.subjectCapacity Building
dc.subjectchances of survival
dc.subjectchild development
dc.subjectChild Labor
dc.subjectchild mortality
dc.subjectChild Survival
dc.subjectchildbearing
dc.subjectChronic Poverty
dc.subjectcivic participation
dc.subjectcivil conflict
dc.subjectcivil war
dc.subjectcivil wars
dc.subjectCommunicable Diseases
dc.subjectconflict prevention
dc.subjectconflict research
dc.subjectconsensual unions
dc.subjectcrime
dc.subjectCultural Change
dc.subjectdeaths
dc.subjectDeaths of Children
dc.subjectdemographic changes
dc.subjectdemographic transition
dc.subjectdepression
dc.subjectdeveloping countries
dc.subjectdevelopment policy
dc.subjectdisability
dc.subjectdomestic abuse
dc.subjectdomestic violence
dc.subjectEarly Childhood
dc.subjecteconomic development
dc.subjecteconomic opportunities
dc.subjecteconomic policies
dc.subjecteconomic resources
dc.subjecteconomic status
dc.subjectEmergencies
dc.subjectemergency situations
dc.subjectEpidemiology
dc.subjectethnic cleansing
dc.subjectex-combatants
dc.subjectexcess mortality
dc.subjectexposure to violence
dc.subjectfamilies
dc.subjectfamily members
dc.subjectFamily Planning
dc.subjectFemale Labor Force
dc.subjectfertility
dc.subjectfertility behavior
dc.subjectFertility Decline
dc.subjectfertility patterns
dc.subjectFirst Birth
dc.subjectFood Security
dc.subjectForced Migration
dc.subjectgender differentials
dc.subjectgender equality
dc.subjectgender inequalities
dc.subjectGender Inequality
dc.subjectgender issues
dc.subjectgenocide
dc.subjectgirl children
dc.subjecthealth care
dc.subjecthealth consequences
dc.subjecthealth facilities
dc.subjecthealth outcomes
dc.subjecthealth services
dc.subjecthealth system
dc.subjectHIV
dc.subjecthospital
dc.subjecthospitals
dc.subjecthousehold income
dc.subjecthousehold poverty
dc.subjecthousehold surveys
dc.subjecthuman capital
dc.subjecthuman development
dc.subjectHuman Rights
dc.subjecthuman welfare
dc.subjectImmunization
dc.subjectimpact of conflict
dc.subjectincidence of poverty
dc.subjectinfant
dc.subjectinfant mortality
dc.subjectinfant mortality rate
dc.subjectinfectious diseases
dc.subjectinfrastructure destruction
dc.subjectinjuries
dc.subjectinterdependence
dc.subjectInternational Bank
dc.subjectInternational Cooperation
dc.subjectInternational Family Planning
dc.subjectInternational Family Planning Perspectives
dc.subjectInternational Journal of Epidemiology
dc.subjectIntervention
dc.subjectlabor force
dc.subjectlabor market
dc.subjectlabor markets
dc.subjectlabor supply
dc.subjectLabour Supply
dc.subjectland ownership
dc.subjectlarge numbers of people
dc.subjectloss of land
dc.subjectloss of men
dc.subjectlow-income countries
dc.subjectmalaria
dc.subjectmale mortality
dc.subjectmarital fertility
dc.subjectmaternal mortality
dc.subjectMedical Services
dc.subjectmental
dc.subjectmental health
dc.subjectmigration
dc.subjectmorbidity
dc.subjectmortality
dc.subjectmortality of men
dc.subjectnations
dc.subjectneonatal mortality
dc.subjectnumber of people
dc.subjectnumber of refugees
dc.subjectNutrition
dc.subjectnutritional status
dc.subjectobstetric fistula
dc.subjectolder people
dc.subjectopportunities for women
dc.subjectorphans
dc.subjectParenting
dc.subjectpeace
dc.subjectplaces of origin
dc.subjectpolice force
dc.subjectpolicy discussions
dc.subjectPolicy Implications
dc.subjectPolicy Research
dc.subjectPolicy Research Working Paper
dc.subjectPolitical Activity
dc.subjectpolitical participation
dc.subjectpolygamous marriages
dc.subjectpoor health
dc.subjectPopulation and Development
dc.subjectPopulation Change
dc.subjectPopulation Conference
dc.subjectPopulation Research
dc.subjectPopulation Studies
dc.subjectpostconflict reconstruction
dc.subjectpostconflict settings
dc.subjectpregnancy
dc.subjectprogress
dc.subjectPsychiatry
dc.subjectPublic Affairs
dc.subjectpublic health
dc.subjectPublic Health Problem
dc.subjectradio
dc.subjectrape
dc.subjectReconciliation
dc.subjectrefugee
dc.subjectrefugee camps
dc.subjectrefugee children
dc.subjectrefugee movements
dc.subjectrefugee status
dc.subjectRefugee Women
dc.subjectrefugees
dc.subjectReligious Beliefs
dc.subjectreligious groups
dc.subjectreproductive health
dc.subjectResearch Policy
dc.subjectResearch Program
dc.subjectresource allocation
dc.subjectreturnees
dc.subjectrole of gender
dc.subjectrural areas
dc.subjectrural infrastructure
dc.subjectrural population
dc.subjectrural women
dc.subjectsanitation
dc.subjectschool age
dc.subjectsecondary education
dc.subjectsecondary school
dc.subjectsecondary schooling
dc.subjectservice delivery
dc.subjectSex
dc.subjectsex ratios
dc.subjectsexual abuse
dc.subjectsexual violence
dc.subjectsexually transmitted infections
dc.subjectskilled workers
dc.subjectsocial networks
dc.subjectsocial services
dc.subjectspillover
dc.subjectspouse
dc.subjectteenage girls
dc.subjectteenagers
dc.subjecttraditional gender roles
dc.subjecttransportation
dc.subjecttrauma
dc.subjectTraumatic Stress Disorder
dc.subjectunions
dc.subjectUnited Nations Development Fund for Women
dc.subjectUnited Nations Population Division
dc.subjectunwanted pregnancies
dc.subjecturban migration
dc.subjectvaccination
dc.subjectvicious cycle
dc.subjectvictims
dc.subjectviolence
dc.subjectviolence against women
dc.subjectviolence victims
dc.subjectViolent Conflict
dc.subjectVulnerability
dc.subjectwar
dc.subjectwars
dc.subjectwartime rape
dc.subjectworkers
dc.subjectworkforce
dc.subjectWorld Health Organization
dc.subjectYoung adult
dc.subjectYoung Children
dc.subjectyoung men
dc.titleViolent Conflict and Gender Inequality : An Overviewen
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okr.crosscuttingsolutionareaGender
okr.crosscuttingsolutionareaFragility, Conflict, and Violence
okr.crossref.titleViolent Conflict and Gender Inequality: An Overview
okr.date.disclosure2013-02-21
okr.date.doiregistration2025-04-10T10:53:34.083189Z
okr.doctypePublications & Research::Policy Research Working Paper
okr.doctypePublications & Research
okr.globalpracticeHealth, Nutrition, and Population
okr.guid270811468327340654
okr.identifier.doi10.1596/1813-9450-6371
okr.identifier.reportWPS6371
okr.language.supporteden
okr.relation.associatedurlhttps://openknowledge.worldbank.org/handle/10986/19494
okr.topicConflict and Development
okr.topicGender
okr.topicHealth, Nutrition and Population
okr.unitDevelopment Research Group (DECRG)
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