
Sofia Amaral
Economist, South Asia Gender Innovation Lab at The World Bank
Sofia Amaral is an Economist at the South Asia Gender Innovation Lab (SAR GIL), The World Bank Group.Prior to joining SAR-GIL she was an Economist at the Center for Labor Economics of the ifo Institute at the Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich. She is also holder of a Leibniz Junior Research Groups Grant under the project "The Economics of Violence Against Women: Understanding Causes and Identifying Remedies". She is also a CESifo Research Affiliate and an Affiliate of the Center for Crime, Justice and Policing of the University of Birmingham, UK. Her research interests include Violence against Women and Children, Development, Gender, and Economics of Crime. The context of her research has been India, UK, El Salvador, Mozambique, and Colombia.
Recent work by Sofia Amaral
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How police patrols reduced severe street harassment in India
Deploying frequent and unpredictable visible police patrols in the streets of Hyderabad, India, led to a 27% drop in severe harassment cases. Such data-driven public safety interventions can improve women’s safety, educational choices and labour forc...
Published 26.11.24
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Training teachers on gender-based violence helps keep girls safe in school
Can targeted interventions reduce school-based gender-based violence? Teacher and student training on gender-based violence in Mozambique leads to a reduction in teacher-led violence and greater school retention for girls.
Published 25.11.24
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Can at-scale parenting interventions effectively reduce violence towards children?
A free intervention in El Salvador aimed at addressing stress-management and parenting for caregivers, and delivered through SMS, lowered women’s use of violence towards children but worsened male caregiver’s mental health and lowered their interacti...
Published 12.02.24