Foreign Aid and Institutional Quality towards Reducing Gender-Based Violence
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 13027683 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Abiola John Asaleye (0000-0002-8391-3774, Walter Sisulu University, corresponding author), Kariena Strydom (0000-0001-8141-7673, Walter Sisulu University) |
| Year | 2023 |
| Volume | 12 |
| Issue | 11 |
| Pages | 612-612 |
| Publication date | 2023-11-02 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Social Sciences (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 2076-0760 • E-ISSN: 2076-0760 |
| Publisher | MDPI AG (PUBLISHER • IT) |
| DOI | 10.3390/socsci12110612 |
| OpenAlex | W4388295843 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 53 |
Studies have shown a possible link between women achieving some degree of economic independence through empowerment and a decline in gender-based violence (GBV). However, inadequate funding has been a major challenge in developing economies, while foreign aid has been seen as an alternative funding source. Foreign aid for promoting women’s rights and gender equality is improving in African countries. Yet, according to official statistics, the frequency of GBV in Africa is among the highest in the world. Given this, this paper examines the impact of women’s aid and institutional quality on factors that can reduce GBV using both cross-sectional autoregressive lags to investigate short- and long-run implications and the Panel Vector Correction Model to examine the shock effect of aid on other variables. Also, the mediating role of institutional quality and women’s aid are considered. The metrics used for the factors that reduce GBV are female children out of school, the secondary school gender parity index, the genital mutilation prevalence rate, and the metrics for institutional quality are the rules of law and government effectiveness. The implications from the findings show that enhancing the legal structure is very important in Africa, given the low coefficient values to reduce discrimination against the right to education; more should be done to increase the enrolment of female students through the maximisation of women’s aid in order to achieve the short- and long-term objectives of reducing gender violence. The findings also show that the rule of law significantly aids in the reduction of female genital mutilation in the short and long run; government effectiveness is insignificant. Also, they show that women’s aid also reduces female genital mutilation, albeit at a low rate. The results of this study call for strong enhanced government support and funding to end the practice of female genital mutilation and discrimination against female education in the short and long run
Demographic economics · Domestic violence · Economic growth · Economics · Empowerment · Environmental health · Government (linguistics · Poison control · Quality (philosophy · Shock (circulatory · Gender Politics and Representation · Gender, Labor, and Family Dynamics · Human Factors and Ergonomics · Medicine · Migration and Labor Dynamics
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| Citation span | 2024 - 2024 (1) |
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