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Violent Conflict and Gender Inequality : An Overview

Violent conflict is a pervasive feature of the recent global landscape which has lasting impacts on human capital and these impacts are seldom gender neutral. Death and destruction alter the structure and dynamics of households, including their demographic profiles and traditional gender roles. To d...

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Main Authors:	Buvinic, Mayra, Das Gupta, Monica, Casabonne, Ursula, Verwimp, Philip
Language:	en_US
Published:	World Bank, Washington, D.C. 2013
Subjects:	access to health care adolescents age at marriage aged aggressive Agricultural production anxiety armed conflict Armed Conflicts babies battle beatings Bulletin Capacity Building chances of survival child development Child Labor child mortality Child Survival childbearing Chronic Poverty civic participation civil conflict civil war civil wars Communicable Diseases conflict prevention conflict research consensual unions crime Cultural Change deaths Deaths of Children demographic changes demographic transition depression developing countries development policy disability domestic abuse domestic violence Early Childhood economic development economic opportunities economic policies economic resources economic status Emergencies emergency situations Epidemiology ethnic cleansing ex-combatants excess mortality exposure to violence families family members Family Planning Female Labor Force fertility fertility behavior Fertility Decline fertility patterns First Birth Food Security Forced Migration gender differentials gender equality gender inequalities Gender Inequality gender issues genocide girl children health care health consequences health facilities health outcomes health services health system HIV hospital hospitals household income household poverty household surveys human capital human development Human Rights human welfare Immunization impact of conflict incidence of poverty infant infant mortality infant mortality rate infectious diseases infrastructure destruction injuries interdependence International Bank International Cooperation International Family Planning International Family Planning Perspectives International Journal of Epidemiology Intervention labor force labor market labor markets labor supply Labour Supply land ownership large numbers of people loss of land loss of men low-income countries malaria male mortality marital fertility maternal mortality Medical Services mental mental health migration morbidity mortality mortality of men nations neonatal mortality number of people number of refugees Nutrition nutritional status obstetric fistula older people opportunities for women orphans Parenting peace places of origin police force policy discussions Policy Implications Policy Research Policy Research Working Paper Political Activity political participation polygamous marriages poor health Population and Development Population Change Population Conference Population Research Population Studies postconflict reconstruction postconflict settings pregnancy progress Psychiatry Public Affairs public health Public Health Problem radio rape Reconciliation refugee refugee camps refugee children refugee movements refugee status Refugee Women refugees Religious Beliefs religious groups reproductive health Research Policy Research Program resource allocation returnees role of gender rural areas rural infrastructure rural population rural women sanitation school age secondary education secondary school secondary schooling service delivery Sex sex ratios sexual abuse sexual violence sexually transmitted infections skilled workers social networks social services spillover spouse teenage girls teenagers traditional gender roles transportation trauma Traumatic Stress Disorder unions United Nations Development Fund for Women United Nations Population Division unwanted pregnancies urban migration vaccination vicious cycle victims violence violence against women violence victims Violent Conflict Vulnerability war wars wartime rape workers workforce World Health Organization Young adult Young Children young men
Online Access:	http://hdl.handle.net/10986/16326

Violent Conflict and Gender Inequality : An Overview

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