War is Peace : A Study of Relationship Between Gender Equality and Peacefulness of a State

• Main Author: Ostrowska, Alicja
• Format: Others
• Language: English
• Published: Högskolan för lärande och kommunikation, Högskolan i Jönköping, HLK, Globala studier 2015
• Subjects: peace; peacefulness; gender; gender equality; conflict; bivariate; multivariate; linear; regression; analysis; state; GPI; GII; HDI; index; international relations; SPSS; fred; konflikt; genus; jämställdhet; internationella relationer; bivariat; multivariat; regressionsanalys; Globalisation Studies; Globaliseringsstudier; Gender Studies; Genusstudier; Social Sciences Interdisciplinary; Tvärvetenskapliga studier inom samhällsvetenskap; Political Science (excluding Public Administration Studies and Globalisation Studies); Statsvetenskap (exklusive studier av offentlig förvaltning och globaliseringsstudier)
• Online Access: http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:hj:diva-27663

Based on the previous studies, the hypothesis of this research is that the higher the level of gender equality in a state, the higher level of its peacefulness. It is a quantitative study using linear regression analysis with three variables, namely Global Peace Index (GPI) as a dependent variable, Gender Inequality Index (GII) as an independent variable and Human Development Index (HDI) as a control variable. The data of 139 states from year 2013 were submitted into Statistical Package for Social Sciences (SPSS) software. The result shows a significant and positive linear relationship between gender inequality and a high level of conflict, which confirms the hypothesis. However, HDI shows to be less reliable as a control variable due to issues with multicollinearity (heavily related independent variables). Further studies should replace the HDI with another control variable.