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Women’s Empowerment, Extended Families, and Male Migration in Nepal: Insights from Mixed Methods Analysis

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Date

Tuesday, September 28, 2021

Time

12:30pm

Event Location

Hesburgh Center C103

Notre Dame, IN 46556

United States

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Cheryl Doss
Senior Departmental Lecturer in Development Economics and Associate Professor
University of Oxford

Using qualitative ethnographic fieldwork and quantitative survey data that includes that Women’s Empowerment in Agriculture Index, this talk explores a range of issues regarding women’s empowerment in Nepal. Using mixed methods provides key insights regarding the impacts of patriarchy and poverty, the role of her husband, and control over time.

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Cheryl Doss

Cheryl Doss is an associate professor of development studies and a senior lecturer in development economics at the University of Oxford. Her research focuses on issues related to assets, agriculture, and gender with a regional focus on sub-Saharan Africa. Much of her current work focuses on understanding both joint and individual ownership and decision-making within rural households...