Do Gender Norms Become Less Traditional with Displacement? The Case of Colombia

Conflict-induced displacement is associated with loss of human and physical capital and psychological trauma. Households and social structures that produce and reproduce gender norms are disrupted, providing opportunities for change. This paper ope...

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Main Author:	Rubiano-Matulevich, Eliana
Format:	Working Paper
Language:	English
Published:	World Bank, Washington, DC 2021
Subjects:	CONFLICT INTERNAL DISPLACEMENT GENDER NORMS VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN DISPLACED PERSONS FORCED DISPLACEMENT
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/undefined/311741635474477371/Do-Gender-Norms-Become-Less-Traditional-with-Displacement-The-Case-of-Colombia http://hdl.handle.net/10986/36473

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spelling	okr-10986-364732021-11-05T05:10:39Z Do Gender Norms Become Less Traditional with Displacement? The Case of Colombia Rubiano-Matulevich, Eliana CONFLICT INTERNAL DISPLACEMENT GENDER NORMS VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN DISPLACED PERSONS FORCED DISPLACEMENT Conflict-induced displacement is associated with loss of human and physical capital and psychological trauma. Households and social structures that produce and reproduce gender norms are disrupted, providing opportunities for change. This paper operationalizes a definition of gender norms that brings together the behaviors and attitudes of displaced and non-displaced women using household survey data for Colombia. The results of a two-step estimation involving kernel-based propensity score matching and multilevel linear regression models show that gender norms condoning violence against women relax with displacement, while those that limit women’s economic opportunities become more rigid. The findings also reveal a misalignment between attitudes and behaviors in other domains. Displaced women have less rigid patriarchal attitudes, but their ability to decide about contraception and their own earnings decreases following displacement. 2021-11-04T14:25:00Z 2021-11-04T14:25:00Z 2021-10 Working Paper http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/undefined/311741635474477371/Do-Gender-Norms-Become-Less-Traditional-with-Displacement-The-Case-of-Colombia http://hdl.handle.net/10986/36473 English Policy Research Working Paper;No. 9822 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 Latin America & Caribbean Colombia
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topic	CONFLICT INTERNAL DISPLACEMENT GENDER NORMS VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN DISPLACED PERSONS FORCED DISPLACEMENT
spellingShingle	CONFLICT INTERNAL DISPLACEMENT GENDER NORMS VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN DISPLACED PERSONS FORCED DISPLACEMENT Rubiano-Matulevich, Eliana Do Gender Norms Become Less Traditional with Displacement? The Case of Colombia
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description	Conflict-induced displacement is associated with loss of human and physical capital and psychological trauma. Households and social structures that produce and reproduce gender norms are disrupted, providing opportunities for change. This paper operationalizes a definition of gender norms that brings together the behaviors and attitudes of displaced and non-displaced women using household survey data for Colombia. The results of a two-step estimation involving kernel-based propensity score matching and multilevel linear regression models show that gender norms condoning violence against women relax with displacement, while those that limit women’s economic opportunities become more rigid. The findings also reveal a misalignment between attitudes and behaviors in other domains. Displaced women have less rigid patriarchal attitudes, but their ability to decide about contraception and their own earnings decreases following displacement.
format	Working Paper
author	Rubiano-Matulevich, Eliana
author_facet	Rubiano-Matulevich, Eliana
author_sort	Rubiano-Matulevich, Eliana
title	Do Gender Norms Become Less Traditional with Displacement? The Case of Colombia
title_short	Do Gender Norms Become Less Traditional with Displacement? The Case of Colombia
title_full	Do Gender Norms Become Less Traditional with Displacement? The Case of Colombia
title_fullStr	Do Gender Norms Become Less Traditional with Displacement? The Case of Colombia
title_full_unstemmed	Do Gender Norms Become Less Traditional with Displacement? The Case of Colombia
title_sort	do gender norms become less traditional with displacement? the case of colombia
publisher	World Bank, Washington, DC
publishDate	2021
url	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/undefined/311741635474477371/Do-Gender-Norms-Become-Less-Traditional-with-Displacement-The-Case-of-Colombia http://hdl.handle.net/10986/36473
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Do Gender Norms Become Less Traditional with Displacement? The Case of Colombia

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