The endogeneity of domestic violence: Understanding women empowerment through autonomy

Fakir, Adnan M. S.; Anjum, Anika; Bushra, Fabiha; Nawar, Nabilah

doi:10.1016/j.wdp.2016.09.002

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“…Research studies explored that the rural women of the least developed countries (LDCs) are economically, financially, and socially vulnerable due to existing patriarchal norms of the society and are subject to multi-dimensional exploitation (Mahmud et al 2017;Fakir, Anjum, Bushra, & Nawar, 2016;Goetz & Gupta, 1996;Hashemi et al, 1996;Kabeer, 2001;Kabeer & Mahmud, 2004). Under the maledominated society, rural women are dependent on the male members for their living (Hashemi et al, 1996;Kabeer, 2001;Salway, Rahman, & Jesmin, 2003).…”

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Role of social business in women entrepreneurship development in Bangladesh: perspectives from Nobin Udyokta projects of Grameen Telecom Trust

Ferdousi

Mahmud

2019

J Glob Entrepr Res

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Social business is a growing phenomenon in the emerging economy due to its appeal toward reducing social problems from the society. Women’s, especially rural women’s, economic activities are mainly confined to the household chores because of the existing patriarchal norms of the society. Social businesses, through providing equity funds, are creating opportunities for the women to pursue entrepreneurial career. This study attempted to analyze the role of social business for developing women entrepreneurship. Primary data were collected from 28 women Nobin Udyokta (new entrepreneurs) and four key informant interviews. The study showed that social business fund plays an important role toward women entrepreneurship development through providing financial (social business fund), human (formal or informal training), and social capital (network) to the women entrepreneurs which is necessary for sustainable entrepreneurship development. Therefore, government and non-government organizations as well as private sectors were suggested to come forward to provide more social business funds and build supportive environment for the women entrepreneurs.

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Section: Status Of Rural Women In Bangladeshmentioning

confidence: 99%

Role of social business in women entrepreneurship development in Bangladesh: perspectives from Nobin Udyokta projects of Grameen Telecom Trust

Ferdousi

Mahmud

2019

J Glob Entrepr Res

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“…Indices of a woman’s autonomy/mobility, decision-making power, and control of resources were found to be positively associated with past-year physical violence in a region of Bangladesh that is known to be socially conservative in terms of adherence to longstanding gender norms (Koenig et al, 2003), whereas, in another study in rural Bangladesh, women's autonomy was found to be associated with a lower risk of past-year physical violence (Hadi, 2005). A study using data from the 2007 Bangladesh Demographic and Health Survey (BDHS) found that violence against women increased with their greater involvement in household decision-making (Rahman et al, 2011), as did a recent analysis controlling for endogeneity which used the same data set (Fakir et al, 2016), but another analysis also using the same data set found that an autonomy index comprised of 11 items related to decision-making, attitudes about IPV, and freedom of movement (Rahman et al, 2013) was associated with a reduced risk of IPV.…”

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Does Intimate Partner Violence Decline as Women’s Empowerment Becomes Normative? Perspectives of Bangladeshi Women

Schuler¹,

Nazneen

2018

World Development

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Studies addressing the relationship between women's empowerment and intimate partner violence (IPV) have yielded conflicting findings. Some suggest that women's economic and social empowerment is associated with an increased risk of intimate partner violence (IPV), arguably because men use often IPV to enforce their dominance and reassert inegalitarian gender norms when patriarchal norms are challenged; other studies suggest the converse. It is important to understand why these findings are contradictory to create a more sound basis for designing both women's empowerment interventions and anti-violence interventions. The aim of this study is to clarify the relationship between women's empowerment and IPV in a setting where gender roles are rapidly changing and IPV rates are high. We examine some of the ways in which the nature of women's empowerment evolved in six villages in rural Bangladesh during a 12-year period in which surveys have documented a decline of 11 points in the percentage of married women experiencing IPV in the prior year. The paper is based on data from 74 life history narratives elicited from 2011 to 2013 with recently married Bangladeshi women from the six villages, whom other community residents identified as empowered. Our findings suggest that women's empowerment has evolved in several ways that may be contributing to reductions in IPV: in its magnitude (for example, many women are earning more income than they previously did), in women's perceived exit options from abusive marriages, in the propensity of community members to intervene when IPV occurs, and in the normative status of empowerment (it is less likely to be seen as transgressive of gender norms). The finding that community-level perceptions of empowered women can evolve over time may go a long way in explaining the discrepant results in the literature.

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“…Inconsistent results have also been found within countries. For instance, using nationally representative data from Bangladesh, Rahman et al (2013) found that women who had high levels of autonomy and decision-making power were less likely to report all forms of IPV, while two studies in the same country (Koenig et al 2003;Fakir et al 2016) found that greater autonomy was associated with increased risk.…”

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Female autonomy and intimate partner violence: findings from the Zimbabwe demographic and health survey, 2015

Bengesai

Khan

2020

Culture, Health & Sexuality

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Intimate partner violence (IPV) is a persistent social problem in Zimbabwe and has been linked to dominant patriarchal attitudes that promote the superiority of men in marital relationships while denying women agency. Using the 2015 Zimbabwe Demographic and Health Survey data, we examined the influence of female autonomy on IPV. Our analysis was restricted to 2847 women who were in some form of sexual union. Consistent with earlier studies, our results show that more than 40% of the women had experienced some form of IPV. The most prevalent forms of IPV was emotional violence, followed by physical violence and sexual violence. Low levels of economic autonomy and supportive attitudes towards wife-beating increased the risk of IPV, while late marriage reduced the risk of all forms of IPV. The findings provide a basis for interventions that may increase economic control and improve decision making for women, although the association between economic violence and economic decision making requires further research that examines the possibility of reverse causality.

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The endogeneity of domestic violence: Understanding women empowerment through autonomy

Cited by 33 publications

References 25 publications

Role of social business in women entrepreneurship development in Bangladesh: perspectives from Nobin Udyokta projects of Grameen Telecom Trust

Role of social business in women entrepreneurship development in Bangladesh: perspectives from Nobin Udyokta projects of Grameen Telecom Trust

Does Intimate Partner Violence Decline as Women’s Empowerment Becomes Normative? Perspectives of Bangladeshi Women

Female autonomy and intimate partner violence: findings from the Zimbabwe demographic and health survey, 2015

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