Religious Terrorism, Forced Migration, and Women’s Empowerment
This paper examines the link between violent attacks of the Islamic extremist group Boko Haram, forced migration, and the empowerment of women in host communities. The paper finds positive effects of distant attacks on the economic well-being of women, their use of modern contraceptive methods, and rejection of traditional gender views. At the same time, however, the findings show an increase in the risk that women experience domestic violence. The paper then extensively examines forced displacement as an effect channel and its importance relative to other possible channels for explaining the spatial dispersion of the effects. Compared with Boko Haram attacks, the results are remarkably different for Fulani pastoralist-farmer clashes over natural resources.
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| Format: | Working Paper biblioteca |
| Language: | English English |
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World Bank, Washington, DC
2023-08-29
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| Subjects: | VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN AND GIRLS (VAWG), BOKO HARAM, FULANI CONFLICT, FORCED DISPLACEMENT, SOCIAL NORMS, GENDER-BASED VIOLENCE (GBV), FERTILITY CHOICES, WOMEN'S AGENCY, |
| Online Access: | http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/099849108222346867/IDU0b05294830843f04de30bab00ffebb49275a0 https://openknowledge.worldbank.org/handle/10986/40292 |
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| Summary: | This paper examines the link between
violent attacks of the Islamic extremist group Boko Haram,
forced migration, and the empowerment of women in host
communities. The paper finds positive effects of distant
attacks on the economic well-being of women, their use of
modern contraceptive methods, and rejection of traditional
gender views. At the same time, however, the findings show
an increase in the risk that women experience domestic
violence. The paper then extensively examines forced
displacement as an effect channel and its importance
relative to other possible channels for explaining the
spatial dispersion of the effects. Compared with Boko Haram
attacks, the results are remarkably different for Fulani
pastoralist-farmer clashes over natural resources. |
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