Gender
Gender norms and biases continue to constrain human potential around the world. J-PAL’s Gender sector produces cross-cutting insights on promoting gender equality and women and girls’ empowerment, and on how norms related to gender affect the outcomes of social programs.
In addition to supporting policymakers in applying evidence from randomized evaluations to their work, sector chairs and staff write policy insights that synthesize general lessons emerging from the research and condense results from evaluations in policy publications and evaluation summaries. See all evaluations in the Gender sector.
Blog
Launching a practical guide to measuring women's and girls’ empowerment
As part of the formative research that my research team and I (Rachel) conducted for a randomized evaluation on adolescent girls’ empowerment in Bangladesh, we interviewed young women about their...
News
We Can’t Measure Women’s Empowerment the Same Way Everywhere—But Should We Try?
Pamela Jakiela, Senior Fellow at the Center for Global Development, reflects on J-PAL’s Practical Guide to Measuring Women’s and Girls’ Empowerment in Impact Evaluations.
Évaluation
Teaching Girls Negotiation Skills in Zambia
In Zambia, researchers examined the impact of teaching negotiation skills to schoolgirls on their health and education outcomes.
Blog
What does women’s labor force participation really tell us about women’s empowerment?
Women continue to participate in the labor market—or as non-economists would put it, “work”—at different rates than men.
Évaluation
Evaluation of a School-Based Gender Attitude Change Campaign in India
Researchers are evaluating the impact of a school-based program promoting gender equity on youths’ attitudes and subsequent fertility decisions.
Blog
Is it time to rethink how we measure women’s household decision-making power in impact evaluations?
One of the first rules of thumb you learn about developing survey questions is that they should be specific and time-bound. In other words, it’s better if a question is about a specific event or...
