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Gender and development
Short description
UNU-WIDER, in collaboration with the University of Namur (UNamur), Belgium, is organizing a project focusing on core issues in gender and development. The project aims to generate high-quality, high-impact research by engaging academics, researchers, and policy-makers.
While substantial progress toward gender equality and women’s empowerment has occurred over the past decades, key gaps, both in opportunity and capability, persist between males and females across various domains in all countries. Development economics continues to struggle with putting an effective gender dimension into analytical frameworks and national policy. The evidence base on gender equity in the broader concern of inclusion is still not sufficient for policy. The project aims to help fill this gap.
Offer
UNU-WIDER and UNamur invite proposals for papers exploring various themes related to gender and development. Submissions using different analytical methods such as quantitative and qualitative empirical methods, mixed methods, historical analyses, experiments, and theoretical analyses are welcome. The aim is that these papers will culminate in articles for a special issue of a journal or chapters in a book volume with a reputable publishing house.
Some examples of potential topics of interest include (but are not limited to):
- Barriers preventing women from seizing new opportunities (education, employment, etc.)
- Women’s instrumentalization in situations of conflicts
- Gender wage differentials: historical trends in developing countries
- Women’s status and its transformation under migration
- Determinants of women’s bargaining power
Proposals from individuals (or groups of individuals) as well as non-profit organizations/universities are welcome. Applications from suitably qualified early-career researchers, women, and developing country nationals are particularly encouraged.
