@article {Ben-NunBloom2016,
	title = {State-Level Restriction of Religious Freedom and Women{\textquoteright}s Rights: A Global Analysis},
	journal = {Political Studies},
	volume = {64},
	year = {2016},
	month = {dec},
	pages = {832{\textendash}853},
	abstract = {The literature is divided on the nature of the relationship between state-level restriction of religious freedom and women{\textquoteright}s rights, as religious freedom can empower members of marginalized groups or advance gender-discriminatory practices. Employing a time-series cross-sectional analysis of data for two decades from 153 nations, this study shows that the relationship between religious regulation and women{\textquoteright}s rights depends on the type of regulation, with regulation of the majority religion improving state-level women{\textquoteright}s rights and discriminatory regulation specifically targeting minority religions impairing them. Furthermore, the effect of regulation is moderated by the context. Even relatively small regulatory steps promote women{\textquoteright}s rights in patriarchal and non-democratic regimes by weakening the religion-state fusion and patriarchal values. However, in liberal democracies, the beneficial effects of regulation wane or even backfire, as religious institutions may rally around the religion. Consequently, this article advocates a multidimensional view of religious freedom, and warns against viewing secularization as inherently promoting gender equality.},
	issn = {0032-3217},
	doi = {10.1111/1467-9248.12212},
	url = {http://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1111/1467-9248.12212},
	author = {Ben-Nun Bloom, Pazit}
}
