Women's Wealth and Intimate Partner Violence: Insights from Ecuador and Ghana

Oduro, Abena D.; Deere, Carmen Diana; Catanzarite, Zachary B.

doi:10.1080/13545701.2014.997774

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“…Oduro, Deere & Catanzarite (2015) found that women's share of couple wealth is significantly associated with lower odds of physical violence in Ecuador and emotional violence in Ghana. The effect of poverty on IPV is mediated through stress (Jewkes, 2002).…”

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Kinship and Intimate Partner Violence Against Married Women in Ghana: A Qualitative Exploration

Sedziafa

Tenkorang

Owusu

2016

J Interpers Violence

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In African societies, kinship ties determine how women are socialized, their access to power and wealth, as well as custody of children, often considered important factors in married women's experience of intimate partner violence (IPV). Yet studies that examine how kinship norms influence IPV are scant. Using in-depth interviews collected from women identifying with both matrilineal and patrilineal descent systems, we explored differences in Ghanaian women's experiences of IPV in both kin groups. Results show that while IPV occurs across matrilineal and patrilineal societies, all women in patrilineal societies narrated continuous pattern of emotional, physical, and sexual assault, and their retaliation to any type of violence almost always culminated in more experience of violent attacks and abandonment. In matrilineal societies, however, more than half of the women recounted frequent experiences of emotional violence, and physical violence occurred as isolated events resulting from common couple disagreements. Sexual violence against matrilineal women occurred as consented but unwanted sexual acts, but patrilineal women narrated experiencing violent emotional and physical attack with aggressive unconsented sexual intercourse. Contextualizing these findings within existing literature on IPV against women suggests that policies aimed at addressing widespread IPV in Ghanaian communities should appreciate the dynamics of kinship norms.

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Kinship and Intimate Partner Violence Against Married Women in Ghana: A Qualitative Exploration

Sedziafa

Tenkorang

Owusu

2016

J Interpers Violence

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“…Assets bestow on women greater agency and bargaining power, which could be leveraged to put money aside and accumulate it in the form of formal savings. Increasing evidence suggests that women’s individual asset ownership positively affects their personal welfare and overall household well‐being in many ways, including increasing their areas of decision‐making (Swaminathan, Lahoti, & Suchitra, ; Friedemann‐Sánchez, ), improving child nutrition (Allendorf, ), affecting household expenditure allocations (Doss, ) and reducing the incidence of intimate partner violence (IPV) (Oduro, Deere, & Catanzarite, ; Panda & Agarwal, ).…”

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Women, assets, and formal savings: A comparative analysis of Ecuador, Ghana and India

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Swaminathan

Deere

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Development Policy Review

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Motivation: Savings are an important but often overlooked component of financial inclusion. While women are less active than men in the formal financial sector there is little understanding about their ability to accumulate savings. Purpose: We hypothesize that a woman's individual economic status, measured by her property ownership, is an important driver of her ability to save. Approach and Methods: Women are considered as savers in the formal sector only if they have savings above a minimum threshold. Three measures of women's asset ownership are used: two capture their absolute property status and one their relative status in the household. The data are obtained from three large-scale surveys that collected individual-level asset data in Ecuador, Ghana and the Indian state of Karnataka. Logistic regression models are employed to examine the relationship between women's property ownership and accumulation of savings. Findings: The absolute value of a woman's physical assets and her share of household physical wealth are correlated with being able to accumulate formal savings. Women's relative wealth status is more strongly related to their savings, along with education, paid employment and group membership. Conclusions: Women's intrahousehold status, defined by their relative wealth, is critical to determining their ability to save in formal accounts. Policy Implications: Interventions that boost women's bargaining power, by increasing their property ownership, should be encouraged, along with greater efforts to improve girls' access to quality education. Functional literacy training for older women can both reduce barriers to accessing financial institutions and create awareness of their benefits. Constraints to women's participation in the labour force should be removed in tandem with interventions to reduce gender earnings gaps. K E Y W O R D Sfinancial institutions, formal savings, gender, immoveable property | 181 DOSS et al.

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“…Growing evidence suggests that having assets in the hands of women is correlated with their empowerment; decision-making capabilities (Allendorf, 2007;Swaminathan et al, 2012); improved health and welfare of children (Allendorf, 2007;Park, 2007); and higher well-being at the individual, household, and community levels. A few studies suggest it may also reduce women's experience of domestic violence (ICRW, 2005;Panda and Agarwal, 2005;Bhattacharyya et al, 2011;Oduro et al, 2015). In addition, when households dissolve, through either death, divorce or abandonment, women typically have fewer claims on assets and are more vulnerable to falling into poverty (Peterman, 2012).…”

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The Gender Asset and Wealth Gaps

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Oduro³

et al. 2014

Development

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Studies of gender inequality have usually focused on income, employment and education. This study, drawing on individual-level asset data for Ecuador, Ghana, and Karnataka, India, analyses the patterns of asset ownership between men and women. The gender gaps in assets and wealth differ from country to country depending on the type of asset examined, but generally favour men. In Ghana and Karnataka not only are women less likely to own assets, but they generally own assets that are less valuable, leading to a large gender wealth gap in favour of men. In Ecuador, where joint ownership of property acquired during marriage is the norm, the gender wealth gap is minimal. This study suggests that data on asset ownership is a useful measure of gender inequality and should be collected on a regular basis.

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Women's Wealth and Intimate Partner Violence: Insights from Ecuador and Ghana

Cited by 77 publications

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Kinship and Intimate Partner Violence Against Married Women in Ghana: A Qualitative Exploration

Kinship and Intimate Partner Violence Against Married Women in Ghana: A Qualitative Exploration

Women, assets, and formal savings: A comparative analysis of Ecuador, Ghana and India

The Gender Asset and Wealth Gaps

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