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Women and Sustainable Human DevelopmentWeather Shocks and Women Empowerment

Women and Sustainable Human Development: Weather Shocks and Women Empowerment [Understanding whether adverse shocks have gender-differentiated effects is crucial for building the resilience of women. This chapter reviews the relationship between income shocks induced by extreme weather events in Africa and women empowerment as measured through human capital variables, marriage and fertility decisions, exposure to violence and economic independence. It also discusses the channels explaining the effect of weather shocks on women empowerment and provides policy recommendations on how to address the challenges this relationship poses.] http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png

Women and Sustainable Human DevelopmentWeather Shocks and Women Empowerment

Part of the Gender, Development and Social Change Book Series
Editors: Konte, Maty; Tirivayi, Nyasha

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Publisher
Springer International Publishing
Copyright
© The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2020
ISBN
978-3-030-14934-5
Pages
37 –49
DOI
10.1007/978-3-030-14935-2_3
Publisher site
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Abstract

[Understanding whether adverse shocks have gender-differentiated effects is crucial for building the resilience of women. This chapter reviews the relationship between income shocks induced by extreme weather events in Africa and women empowerment as measured through human capital variables, marriage and fertility decisions, exposure to violence and economic independence. It also discusses the channels explaining the effect of weather shocks on women empowerment and provides policy recommendations on how to address the challenges this relationship poses.]

Published: Jun 30, 2019

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