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On Norms and Agency: Conversations about Gender Equality with Women and Men in 20 Countries

On Norms and Agency: Conversations about Gender Equality with Women and Men in 20 Countries

Turk, Carolyn
Petesch, Patti
Munoz Boudet, Ana Maria

Paperback

Series: Directions in Development - Human Development

EconomicsGeneral Gender Studies

ISBN10: 0821398628
ISBN13: 9780821398623
Publisher: World Bank Publications
Published: Apr 19 2013
Pages: 228
Weight: 0.89
Height: 0.48 Width: 7.00 Depth: 10.00
Language: English
Social norms, gender roles, beliefs about one's own capacity, and assets, as well as communities and countries, determine the opportunities available to women and men-and their ability to take advantage of them. World Development Report 2012 shows significant progress in many areas, but gender disparities still persist. Our study covered 20 countries in all world regions, where over 4,000 women and men, in remote and traditional villages and dense urban neighborhoods, in more than 500 focus groups, discussed the effects of gender differences and inequalities on their lives. Despite diverse social and cultural settings, traits and expectations of the ideal good woman and good man were remarkably similar across all sample urban and rural communities. Participants acknowledged that women are actively seeking equal power and freedom, but must constantly negotiate and resist traditional expectations about what they are to do and who they are to be.

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