scholarly journals Religion and Gender Equality Worldwide: A Country-Level Analysis

2015 ◽  
Vol 129 (2) ◽  
pp. 893-907 ◽  
Author(s):  
Landon Schnabel
Keyword(s):  
Gender Equality ◽  
Country Level ◽  
Religion And Gender ◽  
And Gender ◽  
Level Analysis

scholarly journals Religion and Gender Equality Worldwide: A Country-Level Analysis

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Landon Schnabel
Keyword(s):  
Gender Equality ◽  
Gender Equity ◽  
Religious Groups ◽  
Multiple Sources ◽  
Instrumental Variable Analysis ◽  
Country Level ◽  
Level Data ◽  
Religion And Gender ◽  
And Gender ◽  
Equity Index

Does religion help or hinder gender equality worldwide? Are some major world religions more conducive to equality than others? This study answers these questions using country-level data assembled from multiple sources. Much of the research on religion and gender has focused on the relationship between individual religious belief and practice and gender attitudes. This study, alternatively, compares the macro effects of the proportion of religious adherents in a country on two indicators of material gender equality: the United Nations Gender Inequality Index and the Social Watch Gender Equity Index. Comparing the world’s four largest religious groups reveals that the largest distinction is not between any ofthe three largest faiths—Christianity, Islam, and Hinduism—but between the religious and the non-religious. The more non-religious people in a country, the more gender equal that country tends to be. This finding holds when accounting for human development and other country-level factors, as well as in instrumental variable analysis.

Gender equality and work–family conflict from a cross-national perspective

2019 ◽  
Vol 60 (6) ◽  
pp. 385-408 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gayle Kaufman ◽  
Hiromi Taniguchi
Keyword(s):  
Gender Equality ◽  
Gender Ideology ◽  
Logistic Models ◽  
Work Family Conflict ◽  
Individual Level ◽  
Gender Egalitarianism ◽  
Country Level ◽  
And Gender ◽  
Work Family ◽  
The Individual

This study examines the relationship between gender ideology at the individual level, gender equality at the country level, and women and men’s experiences of work interference with family (WIF) and family interference with work (FIW). We use data from the 2012 International Social Survey Programme as well as the 2011 to 2015 Human Development Reports. Our sample consists of 24,547 respondents from 37 countries. Based on multilevel mixed-effects logistic models, we find that women are more likely than men to experience WIF and FIW. At the individual level, traditional gender ideology positively predicts WIF and FIW. Women and men who reside in more gender-unequal countries have a higher likelihood of FIW while men in these contexts also are more likely to experience WIF. Societal gender inequality is more consequential for those who hold less traditional gender ideology. In conclusion, gender egalitarianism at the individual level and gender equality at the country level are both associated with less WIF and FIW. Policies that seek to address work–family balance should incorporate measures to promote gender equality.

Politics, Religion and Gender Equality in Contemporary Mexico: women's sexuality and reproductive rights in a contested secular state

2010 ◽  
Vol 31 (6) ◽  
pp. 989-1005 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ana Amuchástegui ◽  
Guadalupe Cruz ◽  
Evelyn Aldaz ◽  
María Consuelo Mejía
Keyword(s):  
Gender Equality ◽  
Reproductive Rights ◽  
Women's Sexuality ◽  
Women’S Sexuality ◽  
Religion And Gender ◽  
And Gender ◽  
Secular State

Gender Policies and Gender Inequalities in Health in Europe

2016 ◽  
Vol 47 (1) ◽  
pp. 61-82 ◽  
Author(s):  
Laia Palència ◽  
Deborah De Moortel ◽  
Lucía Artazcoz ◽  
María Salvador-Piedrafita ◽  
Vanessa Puig-Barrachina ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Gender Equality ◽  
Public Services ◽  
Family Policy ◽  
Gender Inequalities ◽  
Inequalities In Health ◽  
Country Level ◽  
Current Economic Crisis ◽  
Gender Regimes ◽  
Gender Policies ◽  
And Gender

The aim of this article is to explain the results of the SOPHIE project regarding the effect of gender policies on gender inequalities in health in Europe. We start with the results of a systematic review on how gender regimes and gender equality policies at the country level impact women’s health and gender inequalities in health. Then, we report on three empirical analyses on the relationship between different family policy models existing in Europe and gender inequalities in health. Finally we present four case studies on specific examples of gender policies or determinants of gender inequalities in health. The results show that policies that support women’s participation in the labor force and decrease their burden of care, such as public services and support for families and entitlements for fathers, are related to lower levels of gender inequality in terms of health. In addition, public services and benefits for disabled and dependent people can reduce the burden placed on family caregivers and hence improve their health. In the context of the current economic crisis, gender equality policies should be maintained or improved.

A Cross-National Examination of Food Insecurity and Gender Equality

2021 ◽  
pp. 1-29
Author(s):  
Amanda Wyant
Keyword(s):  
Food Insecurity ◽  
Gender Equality ◽  
Household Food Insecurity ◽  
Household Level ◽  
Country Level ◽  
Household Food ◽  
The World ◽  
And Gender ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Cross National

Women’s equality has been positively linked to household food security in many countries. Since women still do the bulk of food labor, women’s empowerment can lead to an increase in the allocation of resources toward food, improving food security. However, we do not know how country-level laws of gender equality intersect with household-level actions. This study examines household food insecurity from a cross-national and multilevel perspective. I explore the relationship between gender inequality (in terms of both opinions and laws) and household food insecurity. I use household data from the World Values Survey, Wave 6, collected in 2010 through 2014. The analytic sample includes 42 countries and 37,152 individuals. My country-level data come from the World Bank and the Social Institutions and Gender Index. I find that positive measures of women’s empowerment at the household level reduce a household’s likelihood of food insecurity. Surprisingly, I find that country-level policies do not always create the intended outcomes of increased equality. Legal equality between men and women at the country level (financial, legal, and land ownership) does not have a direct relationship with food insecurity. However, legal equality moderates the relationship between food insecurity and country-level variables (agricultural exports and urbanization) and household-level variables (income). The research suggests that the inclusion of gender equality complicates development theory.

scholarly journals PAHAM KEAGAMAAN DOSEN PAI UNIVERSITAS PASUNDAN BANDUNG

2014 ◽  
Vol 12 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
Suprapto Suprapto
Keyword(s):  
Human Rights ◽  
Gender Equality ◽  
The State ◽  
Islamic Studies ◽  
Tolerance Relation ◽  
Religion And Gender ◽  
Religion And State ◽  
And Gender ◽  
Religious Understanding

Religious understanding of Islamic studies lecturers in Pasundan University Bandung in this study is related to the relation between religion and state, relation between religion and tolerance, relation between religion and human rights, and relation between religion and gender equality. The findings include that the state should be involved in religious affairs in order to create order to avoid disharmony in inter-religious relations. The state has the authority to conduct enforcement in case of problems related to inter-religious relations. The conception of human rights in Islam is balance between rights and obligations. With regard to gender equality, there is atendency that leadership in politics or government must be held by men, not women because men are destined to become the leader on earth. Nevertheless, the informants believe that women can be made leaders if there is no man who is able to become a leader.

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