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Changing social institutions to improve the status of women in developing countries (pdf 827kb)

Recent research has shown that social institutions are key to
understanding the economic role of women in developing countries, however, this framework remains poorly understood.

This policy brief summarises the research findings into this area to answer three questions:

  • First, why are social institutions so important for gender equality?
  • Second, what obstacles impede reforms of discriminatory social institutions, and why is progress so limited?
  • Thirdly, what policy lessons emerge for donors?
 

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