Smriti Sharma – Gender discrimination and violence
Channel: UNU-WIDER
Date: 2016-11-03

Gender discrimination tends to be self-reinforcing. For instance, in India and China sons are preferred over daughters in terms of money, time, and attention as a result of patrilineal inheritance. Women face discrimination throughout their lives, resulting in poorer jobs and household discrimination.  

Smriti Sharma of UNU-WIDER introduces the Gender and development project and explains how it addresses issues of female autonomy and voice from the economic perspective.

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