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Gender Balance From Civil Strife, Wyndi Shaffner
Gender Balance From Civil Strife, Wyndi Shaffner
Boise State University Theses and Dissertations
The purpose of this study is to examine the effect of conflict on the sociopolitical status of women in several affected countries. The conflicts analyzed within this work are both violent and non-violent. I infer that conflict acts as an impetus to propel gender equity. I utilize the Global Gender Gap Index (GGGI) dataset to determine which movements in women’s equality have been made over the preceding twelve years and reinforce that data analysis with qualitative information through case analysis to add context and meaning to the quantitative findings.
This work focuses on two of the four primary indicators of …