Unheard Voices : The Challenge of Inducing Women's Civic Speech
Deliberative institutions have gained popularity in the developing world as a means by which to make governance more inclusive and responsive to local needs. However, a growing body of evidence suggests that persistent gender inequality may limit w...
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okr-10986-276232021-06-08T14:42:47Z Unheard Voices : The Challenge of Inducing Women's Civic Speech Parthasarathy, Ramya Rao, Vijayendra Palaniswamy, Nethra CIVIC SPEECH VOICE GENDER DELIBERATION VILLAGE DEMOCRACY PARTICIPATION GOVERNANCE CIVIC PARTICIPATION EMPOWERMENT Deliberative institutions have gained popularity in the developing world as a means by which to make governance more inclusive and responsive to local needs. However, a growing body of evidence suggests that persistent gender inequality may limit women's ability to participate actively and influence outcomes in these forums. In response, policy makers have tried to induce women's participation by leveraging the group-based format of self-help groups, which can build women's social capital and develop their sense of political efficacy and identity. This paper evaluates the impact of one such intervention, known as the Pudhu Vaazhvu Project, on women's civic participation in rural Tamil Nadu. Using text-as-data methods on a matched sample of transcripts from village assembly meetings, the analysis finds that the Pudhu Vaazhvu Project significantly increases women's participation in the gram sabha along several dimensions -- meeting attendance, propensity to speak, and the length of floor time they enjoy. Although women in the Pudhu Vaazhvu Project villages enjoy greater voice, the study finds no evidence that they are more likely than women in control villages to drive the broader conversational agenda or elicit a relevant response from government officials. 2017-07-18T22:17:03Z 2017-07-18T22:17:03Z 2017-06 Working Paper http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/216591498569537722/Unheard-voices-the-challenge-of-inducing-womens-civic-speech http://hdl.handle.net/10986/27623 English en_US Policy Research Working Paper;No. 8120 CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo World Bank World Bank, Washington, DC Publications & Research Publications & Research :: Policy Research Working Paper South Asia India |
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CIVIC SPEECH VOICE GENDER DELIBERATION VILLAGE DEMOCRACY PARTICIPATION GOVERNANCE CIVIC PARTICIPATION EMPOWERMENT Parthasarathy, Ramya Rao, Vijayendra Palaniswamy, Nethra Unheard Voices : The Challenge of Inducing Women's Civic Speech |
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Deliberative institutions have gained
popularity in the developing world as a means by which to
make governance more inclusive and responsive to local
needs. However, a growing body of evidence suggests that
persistent gender inequality may limit women's ability
to participate actively and influence outcomes in these
forums. In response, policy makers have tried to induce
women's participation by leveraging the group-based
format of self-help groups, which can build women's
social capital and develop their sense of political efficacy
and identity. This paper evaluates the impact of one such
intervention, known as the Pudhu Vaazhvu Project, on
women's civic participation in rural Tamil Nadu. Using
text-as-data methods on a matched sample of transcripts from
village assembly meetings, the analysis finds that the Pudhu
Vaazhvu Project significantly increases women's
participation in the gram sabha along several dimensions --
meeting attendance, propensity to speak, and the length of
floor time they enjoy. Although women in the Pudhu Vaazhvu
Project villages enjoy greater voice, the study finds no
evidence that they are more likely than women in control
villages to drive the broader conversational agenda or
elicit a relevant response from government officials. |
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Parthasarathy, Ramya Rao, Vijayendra Palaniswamy, Nethra |
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Parthasarathy, Ramya Rao, Vijayendra Palaniswamy, Nethra |
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Unheard Voices : The Challenge of Inducing Women's Civic Speech |
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Unheard Voices : The Challenge of Inducing Women's Civic Speech |
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Unheard Voices : The Challenge of Inducing Women's Civic Speech |
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Unheard Voices : The Challenge of Inducing Women's Civic Speech |
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Unheard Voices : The Challenge of Inducing Women's Civic Speech |
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unheard voices : the challenge of inducing women's civic speech |
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World Bank, Washington, DC |
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