Conflict and Maternal Health: Linking the Gendered Causes and Gendered Consequences of War [Hardcover]

This Element demonstrates the interrelationship between inequality as a cause of conflict and a driver of women's consequences of conflict.War is far more likely to occur in countries where women lack equal standing in society. Focusing on gendered political inequality, this Element takes a large-N approach to exploring whether inequality variation in states at conflict leads to variation in women's health outcomes. It can account for the impact of political inequality.War is far more likely to occur in countries where women lack equal standing in society. Focusing on gendered political inequality, this Element takes a large-N approach to exploring whether inequality variation in states at conflict leads to variation in women's health outcomes. It can account for the impact of political inequality.What impact does war have on women's well-being? War is far more likely to occur in countries where women lack equal standing in society. When those wars occur, the effects are also gendered. If gender inequality is affected by both the causes and impacts of armed conflict, we need to think about the implications of this interrelationship. Focusing on gendered political inequality, this Element takes a large-N approach to exploring whether inequality variation in states at conflict leads to variation in women's health outcomes. By linking the two processes, the authors are able to directly account for the impact of political inequality on which countries participate in civil conflict when they estimate the impact of inequality on conflict consequences, particularly those relating to women's health.1. Introduction; 2. Gendered political inequality and life expectancy in conflict countries; 3. Maternal health consequences; 4. Women's experiences in Iraq at war: An in-depth look; 5. Concluding thoughts; References.