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Driver Category 5.4

Harmful social and cultural norms that limit access to, and control over, resources for certain groups

This driver category relates mainly to the gender imbalance in relation to access to food in the household and control over household budgets.

Guiding Questions

General questions

  • Are women given equal access to family resources?
  • Does women's access to family financial resources vary by population sub-groups?
  • Do women have an equal say as men within families on how household financial resources are spent?
  • Does women's say about how household financial resources are spent vary by population sub-group?
  • In your country are there cultural norms that result in women and girls having uneqal access to food in the household and does this vary by population sub-groups?
  • Are there social or cultural norms in your country which prevent women from holding assets in their own name?

Indicators

Potential indicators to monitor the drivers of inequalities in this main driver category

  • % of population who believe that women should have equal control over resources as men
  • Amount of public spending on information campaigns regarding discrimination
  • Number of staff employed by equality body and annual budget
  • % of population who believe that boys/men should eat first, and have first choice at meal times

Candidate Policies

To see related Candidate Policies in this main driver category please click here.