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Madhuri Agarwal
Madhuri Agarwal is a Senior Education Specialist on the evidence translation and synthesis team at the What Works Hub for Global Education. Her research focuses on policies to improve access, quality, and inclusion in education. Her most recent work investigates the impact of primary school expansion on domestic violence in India. Previously, she was an Economist at NFER in the Centre for International Development, where she specialised in designing and analysing evaluation projects using a range of quantitative and qualitative methods, including quasi-experimental designs. Additionally, she provided support for planning and implementing Monitoring and Evaluation (MEL) frameworks for international clients. She was also a guest teacher at the Department of International Development at the London School of Economics and Political Science, where she taught econometric methods for policy analysis.
She holds a BA (Hons) in Economics from Delhi University, an MSc in Economics from TERI University, New Delhi, and a PhD in Economics from NOVA SBE, Lisbon, and Bielefeld University.
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कैसे लड़कियों की शिक्षा में निवेश से भारत में घरेलू हिंसा कम हो सकती है
भारत में 15 से 49 वर्ष की आयु की लगभग एक तिहाई महिलाएँ घरेलू हिंसा का सामना करती हैं। यह लेख जिला प्राथमिक शिक्षा कार्यक्रम, बड़े पैमाने के एक स्कूल विस्तार कार्यक्रम, के कारण लड़कियों की शिक्षा में वृद्धि के उस प्रभाव की जाँच करता है जो वयस्क जीवन में घरेलू हिंसा पर पड़ता है। इसमें महिलाओं के प्रति लैंगिक दृष्टिकोण में सकारात्मक बदलाव, साथी की गुणवत्ता में सुधार और सूचना तक पहुँच में वृद्धि के माध्यम से घरेलू हिंसा में उल्लेखनीय कमी पाई गई है।
How investing in girls’ education can reduce domestic violence in India
One-third of women in India aged 15-49 report experiencing domestic violence. This article examines the impact of an increase in education among girls due to the District Primary Education Programme – a large-scale school expansion programme – on domestic violence in adulthood. It finds a significant decline in domestic violence, via pathways such as positive shifts in gender attitudes among women, improvements in partner quality, and increased access to information.