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Luca Maria Pesando

Assistant Professor in Demography and Sociology, Department of Sociology and Centre on Population Dynamics, McGill University. • Personal webpage lucamaria.pesando(at)mcgill.ca
Gender issues

Mobile phones protect women from intimate partner violence (in low- and middle-income countries)

May 9, 2022 Luca Maria Pesando
Africa, Gender issues, woman

In low- and middle-income countries, mobile phones can be viewed as empowering devices for women, says Luca Maria Pesando. Among other advantages, they frequently, although not always, protect women from … Read more

Gender issues

Putting mobile phones in women’s hands spurs sustainable development

March 12, 2021July 13, 2020 Francesco Billari, Ridhi Kashyap, Luca Maria Pesando, Valentina Rotondi and Jenny Trinitapoli
developement, Gender issues, sustainable development, woman, Work

For billions of people, mobile phones provide a means to communicate effectively, to obtain information, and to access vital services for health, education, society, and the economy. Francesco C. Billari, … Read more

Environment and development

Global family change: persistent diversity with development

June 3, 2021March 25, 2019 Luca Maria Pesando
Family, Migration, mobility

Decades of sweeping demographic, economic, and social change have radically transformed structures, gender roles, and intergenerational bonds of families worldwide, initially in high‐income countries (HICs), and more recently in low‐ … Read more

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