Student Research
Analyzing the participation of women in peace process
Feminicide is a pervasive problem in Mexico as well as many LATAM countries. Two researchers look at how we can work to alleviate it without a widespread data set.
Rurality as a factor in police violence
Little is currently known about how institutionalized police violence may or may not vary with spatial differences such as rurality or regionality. In this thesis, Burgmeier and Thompson partner with Campaign Zero’s Mapping Police Violence project to determine what effects rurality has on incidents of death related to police interactions and to see whether the …
Conditional Cash Transfer Programs and Women’s Empowerment in Colombia
The conditional cash transfer program Familias en Acción is the cornerstone poverty alleviation strategy of Colombia. Conceived as a cash grant to lift low income families out of poverty, it is a demand-side program aimed at increasing parents’ investment in their children’s well-being. One of its core components is targeting mothers as the beneficiaries. Two …
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