Effect of Armed Conflict on Intimate Partner Violence : Evidence from the Boko Haram Insurgency in Nigeria
Intimate partner violence is the most common form of violence against women in conflict and non-conflict settings, but in conflict settings it often receives less attention than other forms of gender-based violence, such as conflict-related sexual...
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| Format: | Working Paper |
| Language: | English |
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World Bank, Washington, DC
2020
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| Online Access: | http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/807641583160047607/Effect-of-Armed-Conflict-on-Intimate-Partner-Violence-Evidence-from-the-Boko-Haram-Insurgency-in-Nigeria http://hdl.handle.net/10986/33411 |
| Summary: | Intimate partner violence is the most
common form of violence against women in conflict and
non-conflict settings, but in conflict settings it often
receives less attention than other forms of gender-based
violence, such as conflict-related sexual violence. Using
data from the 2008 and 2013 Domestic Violence module of the
Nigerian Demographic and Health Survey spatially linked to
the Boko Haram actor file of the Armed Conflict Location and
Events Database, this paper employs a kernel-based
difference-in-difference model to examine the effect of the
Boko Haram insurgency on women's experience of physical
and sexual intimate partner violence. It also examines the
effect of the Boko Haram insurgency on women's
experience of controlling behavior from a husband or
partner, women's autonomy in household decision making,
and their control over their own earnings. The paper finds
that the Boko Haram insurgency is associated with slower
progress toward preventing and eliminating women's
experiences of physical and sexual intimate partner
violence. Controlling behaviors from husbands/partners and
reductions in women's autonomy in household decision
making are heightened in locations that are impacted by the
Boko Haram insurgency, indicating that the Boko Haram
insurgency adversely affects women's agency and
exacerbates behaviors that are often precursors to intimate
partner violence. |
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