Sharing Responsibility through Joint Decision Making and Implications for Intimate-Partner Violence : Evidence from 12 Sub-Saharan African Countries

Sharing Responsibility through Joint Decision Making and Implications for Intimate-Partner Violence : Evidence from 12 Sub-Saharan African Countries

Intimate partner violence affects 36 percent of women in Sub-Saharan Africa. This paper examines the relationship between decision making within couples and the incidence of intimate partner violence across 12 African countries. Using the wife’s re...

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Main Authors: Donald, Aletheia, Doss, Cheryl, Goldstein, Markus P., Gupta, Sakshi
Format: Working Paper
Language:English
Published: World Bank, Washington, DC 2021
Subjects:
INTIMATE PARTNER VIOLENCE
INTRAHOUSEHOLD BARGAINING
DECISION MAKING PROCESS
GENDER INNOVATION LAB
AFRICA GENDER POLICY
WOMEN AND DEVELOPMENT
VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN
WOMEN AND SOCIAL NORMS
Online Access:http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/undefined/255851630330267060/Sharing-Responsibility-through-Joint-Decision-Making-and-Implications-for-Intimate-Partner-Violence-Evidence-from-12-Sub-Saharan-African-Countries
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/36225

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http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/undefined/255851630330267060/Sharing-Responsibility-through-Joint-Decision-Making-and-Implications-for-Intimate-Partner-Violence-Evidence-from-12-Sub-Saharan-African-Countries
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/36225

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