The Role of Men in the Economic and Social Development of Women : Implications for Gender Equality

This paper is a critical review of the literature on the issue of how male behavior affects female outcomes in the promotion of gender equality. It employs the family as the main unit of analysis because a large part of gender interactions occurs within this institution. This survey first summarizes recent studies on the distribution of power within the family and identifies several factors that have altered the bargaining position of men and women over the last decades. It then reviews empirical work on the contribution of men, as fathers and husbands, to the health and socioeconomic outcomes of women in both developed and developing countries. Finally, it discusses a set of economic policies that have intentionally or unintentionally affected men's attitudes and behaviors. The main implication is that policies meant to achieve gender equality should focus on men rather than exclusively target women.

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Main Author:	Farré, Lídia
Format:	Policy Research Working Paper biblioteca
Language:	English en_US
Published:	World Bank, Washington, DC 2013-01
Subjects:	ABORTION, ABUSE, ACCESS TO CONTRACEPTION, ACCESS TO CONTRACEPTIVES, ACCESS TO EDUCATION, ACCESS TO HEALTH CARE, AIDS EPIDEMIC, ALCOHOL ABUSE, ALLOCATION OF RESOURCES, ANTENATAL CARE, BOTH SEXES, CAPACITY BUILDING, CHILD CARE, CHILD LABOR, CHILD MORTALITY, CHILDBEARING, COMBAT GENDER, CONTRACEPTION, CONTRACEPTIVE METHODS, CONTRACEPTIVE USE, DELIVERY COMPLICATIONS, DEVELOPING COUNTRIES, DEVELOPMENT POLICY, DISCRIMINATION, DISCRIMINATION AGAINST WOMEN, DISEASES, DIVORCE, DOMESTIC ABUSE, DOMESTIC VIOLENCE, EARLY MARRIAGE, EARLY MARRIAGES, EARLY PREGNANCY, ECONOMIC EMPOWERMENT, ECONOMIC POLICIES, ECONOMIC RESOURCES, ECONOMIC RIGHTS, EDUCATED WOMEN, EDUCATION FOR GIRLS, EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT, EMPOWERING WOMEN, EMPOWERMENT OF WOMEN, EXPERIENCED VIOLENCE, FAMILY COMPOSITION, FAMILY FORMATION, FAMILY HEALTH, FAMILY MEMBERS, FAMILY PLANNING, FAMILY PLANNING EDUCATION, FAMILY PLANNING PROGRAMS, FAMILY PLANNING SERVICES, FAMILY RESOURCES, FAMILY SIZE, FEMALE CHILDREN, FEMALE EDUCATION, FEMALE LABOR FORCE, FERTILITY BEHAVIOR, FERTILITY CONTROL, FERTILITY DECLINE, FERTILITY PREFERENCES, FERTILITY REGULATION, FORMS OF DISCRIMINATION, GENDER BIAS, GENDER DIFFERENCES, GENDER DISCRIMINATION, GENDER DISPARITIES, GENDER EQUALITY, GENDER EQUITY, GENDER GAP, GENDER INEQUALITY, GENDER INEQUITY, GENDER NORMS, GENDER POLICY, GENDER RELATIONS, GENDER ROLES, GENDER STEREOTYPES, GIRL CHILDREN, HEALTH CARE, HEALTH EDUCATION, HEALTH INTERVENTIONS, HEALTH SERVICES, HIGH FERTILITY RATE, HIV, HOSPITAL, HOUSEHOLD INCOME, HOUSEHOLD WORK, HUMAN CAPITAL, HUMAN DEVELOPMENT, HUMAN RIGHTS, HUSBANDS, IMMUNIZATION, IMPACT ON GIRLS, IMPORTANCE OF EDUCATION, INCOME-GENERATING ACTIVITIES, INFANT, INHERITANCE, INTERNATIONAL FAMILY PLANNING, JOURNAL OF MARRIAGE, KINSHIP, LABOR MARKET, LABOR SUPPLY, LEVELS OF EDUCATION, LIFESTYLES, LOW FERTILITY, LOWER FERTILITY, MALE PARTNERS, MARITAL STATUS, MARRIED WOMEN, MASCULINITY, MATERNAL DEATH, MATERNAL HEALTH, MATERNAL HEALTH CARE, MATERNAL MORTALITY, MATERNITY LEAVE, MEN AT RISK, MINORITY, MODERN CONTRACEPTION, MONOGAMY, MOTHER, NUMBER OF WOMEN, NUTRITION, OBSTETRIC COMPLICATIONS, OLD AGE, ORAL CONTRACEPTIVES, PARENTAL LEAVE, PATERNITY LEAVE, PEACE, PENSIONS, POLICIES ON GENDER, POLICY ANALYSIS, POLICY DISCUSSIONS, POLICY LEVEL, POLICY MAKERS, POLICY RESEARCH, POLICY RESEARCH WORKING PAPER, POLITICAL PARTICIPATION, POOR GIRLS, POOR HEALTH, POPULATION AND DEVELOPMENT, POPULATION RESEARCH, POPULATION STUDIES, PREFERENCE FOR SONS, PREGNANCIES, PREGNANCY, PRENATAL SEX SELECTION, PREVENTION METHODS, PRIVATE LIFE, PROGRESS, PUBLIC EDUCATION, PUBLIC HEALTH, PUBLIC OPINION, PUBLIC SPHERE, RAPE, REGIONAL INEQUALITIES, REGULATORY BARRIERS, REPRODUCTIVE CYCLE, REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH, REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH CARE, REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH INTERVENTIONS, REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH POLICIES, REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH PROGRAMS, REPRODUCTIVE NEEDS, REPRODUCTIVE PREFERENCES, REPRODUCTIVE PROCESS, REPRODUCTIVE RIGHTS, REPRODUCTIVE ROLES, RESOURCE ALLOCATION, RESPECT, RESPONSIBILITY OF MEN, ROLE MODELS, ROLE OF WOMEN, RURAL AREAS, SECONDARY SCHOOL, SECONDARY SCHOOLS, SERVICE PROVIDERS, SEX, SEX RATIO, SEX RATIOS, SEX SELECTIVE ABORTIONS, SEX-SELECTIVE ABORTION, SEXUAL ASSAULT, SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, SEXUAL HARASSMENT, SEXUAL HEALTH, SOCIAL CHANGE, SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT, SOCIAL IMPACT, SOCIAL NORMS, SOCIAL PROGRESS, SOCIAL SCIENCE, SOCIAL SECURITY, SOCIAL STATUS, SOCIOECONOMIC PROGRESS, SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS, SON PREFERENCE, SPOUSE, SPOUSES, STATUS OF WOMEN, TEEN, TELEVISION, TRANSPORTATION, TV, UNEQUAL POWER, UNEQUAL POWER RELATIONS, UNITED NATIONS INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON POPULATION, UNMET CONTRACEPTIVE NEED, URBAN AREAS, USE OF CONTRACEPTION, VICIOUS CYCLE, VICTIMS, VIOLENCE AGAINST GIRLS, VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN, VULNERABILITY, WAR, WOMAN, WORLD ASSEMBLY, YOUNG CHILDREN,
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2013/01/17187094/role-men-economic-social-development-women-implications-gender-equality http://hdl.handle.net/10986/12171
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