ERC Starting Grant · 2019
Harmful Traditions, Women Empowerment and Development
Harmful traditions (e.g. child marriage, female genital cutting (FGC), breast ironing) affect millions of girls in developing countries. These customs have a strong detrimental effect on women’s human capital accumulation, empowerment and wellbeing, thus perpetuating gender imbalance and the vicious circle of poverty. Yet we know remarkably little on why these norms persist and what policies are able to eradicate them. This project will help to fill this gap. I will address the following research questions: How have harmful traditions originated in the first place and why do they persist over time? Given that simply legislating against harmful traditions is often ineffective, can we design…
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