Violent Conflict and Gender Inequality : An Overview

Violent conflict, a pervasive feature of the recent global landscape, 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 date, a...

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Main Authors: Buvinic, Mayra, Das Gupta, Monica, Casabonne, Ursula, Verwimp, Philip
Language:en_US
Published: Oxford University Press on behalf of the World Bank 2014
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10986/19494