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Many are appalled by this trollingI agree, it glosses over poverty wages, harassment, corporate impunity & obscures differences btwn E & S AsiaBut there is a kernel of truthPaid work

Indian women rarely claim inheritance, for fear of alienating kin. This sustains dependence on husbands (even if abusive).Quotas that increase women's local political representation help women secure inheritance rights instead

Percentage of Indian women who report that they had a say in choose their husbandI used the data from https://www.icpsr.umich.edu/icpsrweb/IFSS/studies/36151/datasets/0003/sdaxml/table To pre-empt replies, the map template omits disputed re

Are inheritance rights bad for women?- More sati in C19 Bengal where widows had property rights- More foeticide & cousin marriage w/ female inheritance in - Islamic inheritance rights, high

My next blog is on why southern India is more gender equal than the north,more girls survive, go to school, & women have more autonomy & labour force participation.I have

Women* in Christian-majority developing countries (eg Uganda) are 11% MORE LIKELY to have been assaulted by their partner than those in Muslim-majority countries (eg Bangladesh)*Why?more Christian -> more alcohol ->

Women’s paid work is often championed bc it increases her *economy autonomy*.Tho I’ve always stressed another aspect: expanding her *social networks*.Otherwise women may seldom gather to share experiences, critique unfairness,

these two articles on women leaders have been widely shared, but perhaps omit a key point...these leaders have been risk-averse. they forced early closures & thereby helped flatten the curve.

far too much attention is paid to individual leaders, omitting their support bases, & structural forces - generallybut leadership clearly matters in the case of covid & forced closuresin SF,

When citizens perceive government as responsive, they're more likely to make claims. https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/british-journal-of-political-science/article/escaping-the-disengagement-dilemma-two-field-experiments-on-motivating-citiz