US State Department Partners with Pardee School of Global Studies to Empower Afghan Women
September 20, 2022, BU Today: The dean says Rachel Brulé, a Pardee assistant professor of global development policy, was the “principal architect of, and energy behind, this initiative.”
Brulé Publishes Research Exploring Impact of Quotas on Promoting Social Change
July, 2022, Pardee School: Rachel Brulé published a working paper for the Global Development Policy Center‘s (GDP Center) Human Capital Initiative (HCI) exploring the impact of quotas in dismantling social hierarchy.
A Wider Lens on the MeToo Backlash: Who Pays for Societal Change?
June 8, 2022, The New York Times, The Interpreter: Rachel Brulé studies women’s rights and political participation in India. For years, she has been conducting research on the backlash against women…
Women Are More Likely to Get Elected to Local Bodies Than to National Parliaments
February 15, 2022, Ms. Magazine: Rachel Brulé … finds women have greater advantages over men in “stereotype congruent” contexts…
In India’s West Bengal state, backing women’s economic interests helped one party score a historic win
June 16, 2021, The Washington Post, The Monkey Cage: Policy support for financial well-being can remedy women’s inequality in politics.
Control over family wealth among Meghalaya women increases political activity, study finds
May 24, 2021, The Print: Researchers from Boston and Columbia Universities studied Meghalaya’s matrilineal tribes to find that women are more politically active than men when wealth passes from mother to daughter
Why do we need Inclusive Institutions?
May 20, 2021, Open Access Government: Assistant Professor Rachel Brulé, Global Development Policy at Boston University, says that COVID exposed existing inequalities and explains why gender inclusive institutions can help.
A Revolution in Local Politics
January 22, 2021, India Development Review: The changing landscape of women’s political representation, and its intersections with caste, property rights, and patriarchy.
How Recognizing Diversity Increases Social Equality
January 21, 2021, Diversity, Violence and Recognition: As we have presented Diversity, Violence, and Recognition, with an optimistic take on the promise of recognizing ethnic groups on peace and prosperity, audiences have asked about the prospects for gender-based recognition — a topic we do not cover in our study. But, we knew just where to turn. Rachel Brulé, Assistant Professor of Global Development Policy at Boston University, recently published an exciting new book, at the top of our reading lists, addressing related questions: Women, Power, and Property: The Paradox of Gender Equality Laws in India
Rachel Brulé: Political Equality and “Strongman Politics” in India
September 26, 2019, The Lakshmi Mittal and Family South Asia Institute, Harvard University Interview: Around the world, numerous nations have witnessed a resurgence of strongman politics — and with it, many governments are beginning to bypass democratic norms and embrace more populist ideals. We spoke with Rachel Brulé […]
Study blames Indian inheritance law reforms for spike in female foeticide
February 23, 2019, Business Standard: The findings are supported by the Economic Survey 2017-18, which found an estimated 63 million women–roughly the population of the United Kingdom–‘missing’ in India
Reforms Of India’s Inheritance Laws Inadvertently Increased Female Foeticide And Deaths In Infancy
February 22, 2019, IndiaSpend: Reforms over 20 years to India’s discriminatory and anti-women inheritance laws, which could have helped raise women’s socio-economic status, appear to have failed to mitigate society’s long-held preference for sons, according to a new study […]
Reform, Representation, and Resistance: The Politics of Property Rights’ Enforcement in India
January 28, 2019, India in Transition, CASI, University of Pennsylvania: Quotas for women in government have swept the world as a revolutionary tool to further female political inclusion. India is both the source of much evidence and contestation on quotas’ impact, particularly in economic domains. When do quotas ultimately benefit those they are meant to empower—women—in the crucial domain of land inheritance rights?
Women’s inheritance rights and son preference in India
October 29, 2018, Ideas for India: An important driver of India’s unnaturally male-biased population sex ratio is the desire among Indian parents to have sons. This article investigates the extent to which this desire is driven by the stronger economic position of sons, particularly their greater command over ancestral property vis-à-vis daughters. It finds that equalising the inheritance rights of women and men led to increases in female foeticide, indicating that social norms were at odds with the legal reform.
Resistance: Parental Care & Backlash
Spring 2018, Centre for Advanced Study of India on Soundcloud: “The Long Arm of Resistance: Gender-Equalizing Reform and Parental Care” featuring Rachel Brulé (Assistant Professor of Political Science, New York University Abu Dhabi) in conversation with Bilal Baloch (CASI Postdoctoral Research Fellow)
Are Women in India Hampered by ‘Hindu Rate’ of Gender Discrimination?
February 19, 2018, The Wire: The plight of women in the country has its roots in Hindu traditions, and a Reformation may be needed to fix it.