01963cas a2200253 a 4500 AALejournalIMF015830 230101c9999 xx r poo 0 0eng d 5.00 USD 9781513510545 1018-5941 BD-DhAAL BD-DhAAL Ouedraogo, Rasmane. Gender Equality and Electoral Violence in Africa : Unlocking the Peacemaking Potential of Women / Rasmane Ouedraogo, Idrissa Ouedraogo. Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, 2019. 1 online resource (39 pages) IMF Working Papers <strong>Off-Campus Access:</strong> No User ID or Password Required <strong>On-Campus Access:</strong> No User ID or Password Required Electronic access restricted to authorized BRAC University faculty, staff and students We examine the impact of gender equality on electoral violence in Africa using micro-level data from the sixth round of Afrobarometer surveys. The sample covers 30 countries. We find that gender equality is associated with lower electoral violence. Quantitatively, our estimates show that an increase in female-to-male labor force participation ratio by 1 percentage point is correlated with a reduction of the probability of electoral violence across the continent by around 4.2 percentage points. Our results are robust to alternative ways to measure electoral violence and gender equality, as well as to alternative specifications. The findings of this paper support the long-standing view that women empowerment contributes to the reduction of violence and underscore the urgency of addressing gender inequality in Africa. Mode of access: Internet Ouedraogo, Idrissa. IMF Working Papers; Working Paper ; No. 2019/174 Full text available on IMF http://elibrary.imf.org/view/journals/001/2019/174/001.2019.issue-174-en.xml IMF e-Library