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The Women’s Wage Gap: How Does It Affect Us All?
Prompted by Amazon’s parody of the gender wage gap and actress Patricia Arquette’s impassioned plea for equal rights for women at the 87th Academy Awards, we—in honor of International Women’s...
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The Effect of Violence on Intangible Outcomes
Sleeping with the Enemy Violence has a striking gender pattern. Men are more likely to be attacked by a stranger, while women are “sleeping with the enemy” experiencing violence mostly from their...
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Climate Change Can Harm Your Health
2015 was without a doubt a year for raising awareness, at least as far as the environment is concerned. We closed the year with the Climate Change Summit in Paris, where 195 countries reached an...
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The Hidden Traumas of Natural Disasters
On May 31, 1970, an earthquake measuring 7.9 on the Richter scale rifled across the regions of Ancash and La Libertad in northern Peru, collapsing roads, homes and schools and unleashing an avalanche...
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Can Women Break the Glass Ceiling in Latin America and the Caribbean?
Over the last 20 years, Latin America and the Caribbean has made large strides to close the gender gap in education and employment. Since the early 1990s, more women than men in the region have been...
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Pride and Frustration on Women’s Day
Latin America and the Caribbean celebrate International Women’s Day March 8 with a mixture of pride and frustration. Pride, because women have dramatically increased their level of education and their...
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Can Women Change Politics?
Hillary Clinton’s June 14th victory in the Washington D.C. Democratic Party primary brings an end to a primary season that will see her coronated as the first woman to lead a major political party in...
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Who’s the BO$$? What Lies Behind Women’s Economic Empowerment
Women have been consolidating their economic power in the region, increasing their autonomy within the family and commanding the attention of banking and other marketing sectors. In our newly released...
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Are Female Politicians More Honest than Male Politicians?
Numerous studies show that female politicians on the whole are associated with less corruption than male ones. But Ugo Troiano and I were able to demonstrate the phenomenon with convincing evidence in...
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