... gender could also be seen as socio-economic variables which aid the analysis of roles, responsibilities, constraints and opportunities of both men and women. Gender which is commonly used interchangeably with ‘sex’ within the academic fields of cultural studies, gender studies and the social science ...
News Links for 18 March 2016
... A year after a limited easing of the parade's prohibition on gay groups, organizers opened the lineup more broadly to include activists who protested the ban for years. "I never thought I'd see the day when I could march up Fifth Avenue in the St. Patrick's Day Parade with my husband," said Brendan ...
... A year after a limited easing of the parade's prohibition on gay groups, organizers opened the lineup more broadly to include activists who protested the ban for years. "I never thought I'd see the day when I could march up Fifth Avenue in the St. Patrick's Day Parade with my husband," said Brendan ...
1943 Guide To Hiring Women (U.S.)
... factories to shut down due to lack of fuel, Cuba had the lowest rate of joblessness in Latin America. But even workers who were laid off because of plant closings continued to receive 60 percent of their wages. Inequalities In the standard of living were dramatically reduced from the days of Batista ...
... factories to shut down due to lack of fuel, Cuba had the lowest rate of joblessness in Latin America. But even workers who were laid off because of plant closings continued to receive 60 percent of their wages. Inequalities In the standard of living were dramatically reduced from the days of Batista ...
Challenging and negotiating the myths: Gender
... comedy in any other national context apart from the United States (and Britain to a certain degree). Such an account needs to be set within the confines of the material available, in itself a methodological limitation. Having said that, even by following the steps of US situation comedy towards gene ...
... comedy in any other national context apart from the United States (and Britain to a certain degree). Such an account needs to be set within the confines of the material available, in itself a methodological limitation. Having said that, even by following the steps of US situation comedy towards gene ...
Sample Chapter
... “Western” culture was consumed, rejected, or modulated to fit national and/or cultural contexts. After all, that culture was decidedly white, middle class, and English speaking. Even within Canada, such a cultural behemoth could be complicated by cultural and linguistic differences. The internationa ...
... “Western” culture was consumed, rejected, or modulated to fit national and/or cultural contexts. After all, that culture was decidedly white, middle class, and English speaking. Even within Canada, such a cultural behemoth could be complicated by cultural and linguistic differences. The internationa ...
Reading Chatelaine: Dr. Marion Hilliard and 1950s Women`s Healt
... based doctor, who wrote eight articles for Chatelaine magazine between 1954 and 1956, as well as a book, A Woman Doctor Looks at Love and Life (1957). Her writings are significant because they offer clear, straightforward information about private matters such as health and psychology—topics that we ...
... based doctor, who wrote eight articles for Chatelaine magazine between 1954 and 1956, as well as a book, A Woman Doctor Looks at Love and Life (1957). Her writings are significant because they offer clear, straightforward information about private matters such as health and psychology—topics that we ...
The impact on women`s health of climatic and economic disaster
... Barriers to women’s financial recovery emerge because of women’s lower savings base, compounded by barriers to income production which exist because of women’s socially constructed gender role of caring and discrimination (39). ...
... Barriers to women’s financial recovery emerge because of women’s lower savings base, compounded by barriers to income production which exist because of women’s socially constructed gender role of caring and discrimination (39). ...
The G20 and Gender Equality
... In its „World Development Report 2012: Gender Equality and Development‟, the World Bank asserted that gender equality was a core development objective in its own right and also „smart economics‟. The same year, in their Los Cabos Declaration, G20 leaders committed to tackling the barriers to women‟s ...
... In its „World Development Report 2012: Gender Equality and Development‟, the World Bank asserted that gender equality was a core development objective in its own right and also „smart economics‟. The same year, in their Los Cabos Declaration, G20 leaders committed to tackling the barriers to women‟s ...
Less Talk, More Action: Why gender mainstreaming is so difficult to
... one policy or one voice emanating from Brussels, a common policy is the coordination of the 28 separate, but similar member state policies: in other words, a chorus of 28 singing from the same page. As a result, there is no single bureaucratic entity as in the case of the Commission, but a de facto ...
... one policy or one voice emanating from Brussels, a common policy is the coordination of the 28 separate, but similar member state policies: in other words, a chorus of 28 singing from the same page. As a result, there is no single bureaucratic entity as in the case of the Commission, but a de facto ...
PREJUDICE:
... the cultural stereotype is not far from reality. Research has shown that compared to men, women do tend to manifest behaviors that can best be described as more socially sensitive, friendlier, and more concerned with the welfare of others, while men tend to behave in ways that are more dominant, con ...
... the cultural stereotype is not far from reality. Research has shown that compared to men, women do tend to manifest behaviors that can best be described as more socially sensitive, friendlier, and more concerned with the welfare of others, while men tend to behave in ways that are more dominant, con ...
CHAPTER 1 INTRODUCTION AND PERSONAL LOCATIONS
... Do women strategise with and deploy contradictions to maintain and improve their position? ...
... Do women strategise with and deploy contradictions to maintain and improve their position? ...
An Application of Rational Choice Theory to
... identity should be a component in the explanation of social action. These two statements can be implied that there is a connection between individual rationality and social identifications or social movements. From the perspective of rational choice theory, people form a group to attain self-interes ...
... identity should be a component in the explanation of social action. These two statements can be implied that there is a connection between individual rationality and social identifications or social movements. From the perspective of rational choice theory, people form a group to attain self-interes ...
The Great Depression: Before & Beyond PowerPoint
... government). Also the recall, where voters could have an official removed from office. ...
... government). Also the recall, where voters could have an official removed from office. ...
Gender differences in mental health
... In 2002, World Health Organisation (WHO) passed its first Gender Policy, acknowledging the gender issue as important on its own. At about the same time, WHO began using the UN’s Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), which go beyond the Health for All framework’s focus on equity in general, specifying ...
... In 2002, World Health Organisation (WHO) passed its first Gender Policy, acknowledging the gender issue as important on its own. At about the same time, WHO began using the UN’s Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), which go beyond the Health for All framework’s focus on equity in general, specifying ...
Moser Gender Analysis Framework (contd….)
... Ordinarily, gender-analysis frameworks do not tend to be used to plan interventions, which target men or boys. However, a gender analysis should take place for all interventions, because they all have potential impact on gender relations and therefore on both sexes Also understanding gender relation ...
... Ordinarily, gender-analysis frameworks do not tend to be used to plan interventions, which target men or boys. However, a gender analysis should take place for all interventions, because they all have potential impact on gender relations and therefore on both sexes Also understanding gender relation ...
Unsentimental Reformer: The Life of Josephine
... reform in the Gilded Age, and placing it in changing historical contexts, Waugh presents a complex, sophisticated portrait. The balance between private and public varies. Coverage of Lowell's private life is rich through the Civil Waryears, revealing intellectual and social factors that would shape ...
... reform in the Gilded Age, and placing it in changing historical contexts, Waugh presents a complex, sophisticated portrait. The balance between private and public varies. Coverage of Lowell's private life is rich through the Civil Waryears, revealing intellectual and social factors that would shape ...
In India, patriarchal perceptions of women are often the
... Ronagh McQuigg asserts that India is a ‘deeply patriarchal’13 society, whilst one member of the UN Human Rights Committee opined in 1997 that Indian women are ‘expendable’14. None so better exemplified by the gang-rape of a student in Delhi on 16 December, 2012. That evening, young women, returning ...
... Ronagh McQuigg asserts that India is a ‘deeply patriarchal’13 society, whilst one member of the UN Human Rights Committee opined in 1997 that Indian women are ‘expendable’14. None so better exemplified by the gang-rape of a student in Delhi on 16 December, 2012. That evening, young women, returning ...
Sexism in Joseph Conrad`s Heart of Darkness
... statement, the “enthusiastic soul” not only affirms that she is oblivious to the miserable situation in Africa but also indicates that she is extremely anxious to please. Marlow, less impressed by her generosity than by her giddiness, pompously declares, “She was determined to make no end of fuss to ...
... statement, the “enthusiastic soul” not only affirms that she is oblivious to the miserable situation in Africa but also indicates that she is extremely anxious to please. Marlow, less impressed by her generosity than by her giddiness, pompously declares, “She was determined to make no end of fuss to ...
Assessing the feminist revolution: The presence and absence of
... (Roos and Jones 1993), from the mid-1980s on, men’s numbers of PhD appear to have stabilized at around 250/year while women’s numbers began again to rise (from about 220/year throughout the 1980s to 325350/year in the late 1990s and early 2000s). Thus, although a first wave of women broke into socio ...
... (Roos and Jones 1993), from the mid-1980s on, men’s numbers of PhD appear to have stabilized at around 250/year while women’s numbers began again to rise (from about 220/year throughout the 1980s to 325350/year in the late 1990s and early 2000s). Thus, although a first wave of women broke into socio ...
UNESCO: Mainstreaming the Needs of Women
... Conference on Women (Beijing, China, 1995), invites international and intergovernmental organizations, especially the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization, at the global level [to]: (a) Contribute to the evaluation of progress achieved, using educational indicators genera ...
... Conference on Women (Beijing, China, 1995), invites international and intergovernmental organizations, especially the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization, at the global level [to]: (a) Contribute to the evaluation of progress achieved, using educational indicators genera ...
Blurred lines: Exploring contemporary attitudes to gender portrayal
... e.g. from misogynistic lyrics in pop songs (e.g. Robin Thicke's Blurred Lines) to rape jokes on social media to real world examples of sexual harassment on public transport ...
... e.g. from misogynistic lyrics in pop songs (e.g. Robin Thicke's Blurred Lines) to rape jokes on social media to real world examples of sexual harassment on public transport ...
Precision Medicine - The Boston Foundation
... health equity and driving innovation in their research. NIH should make reporting on the inclusion of women and racial/ethnic minorities in preclinical and clinical research one of the criteria of the NIH research review process and a stipulation of funding. Data on the inclusion of women and minori ...
... health equity and driving innovation in their research. NIH should make reporting on the inclusion of women and racial/ethnic minorities in preclinical and clinical research one of the criteria of the NIH research review process and a stipulation of funding. Data on the inclusion of women and minori ...
the impact of male migration from morocco to europe on women
... the implementation of the visa-waiver and the Schengen agreement that reinforced control over migrants coming from Morocco to Europe. This resulted in a spectacular spread of new forms of illegal migration that rendered migration more complex. For example, illegal or clandestine migration is encoura ...
... the implementation of the visa-waiver and the Schengen agreement that reinforced control over migrants coming from Morocco to Europe. This resulted in a spectacular spread of new forms of illegal migration that rendered migration more complex. For example, illegal or clandestine migration is encoura ...
Women with shaved heads: Western Buddhist nuns and Haredi
... represent, on one side, bliss (for the Buddhist nun for whom it is a symbol of libertation and spiritual engagement), and on the other side, horror (for her family and sometimes, out of a Buddhist context, society). And in the case of those Jewish women, the polysemy of this body treatment is made e ...
... represent, on one side, bliss (for the Buddhist nun for whom it is a symbol of libertation and spiritual engagement), and on the other side, horror (for her family and sometimes, out of a Buddhist context, society). And in the case of those Jewish women, the polysemy of this body treatment is made e ...
Bringing Equality Home: Implementing the
... In promoting the realisation of women’s human rights, UNIFEM has developed an array of initiatives around the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW). The CEDAW framework can be tremendously useful in working for legal and policy changes at local, national, ...
... In promoting the realisation of women’s human rights, UNIFEM has developed an array of initiatives around the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW). The CEDAW framework can be tremendously useful in working for legal and policy changes at local, national, ...
Feminism in the United States
Feminism in the United States refers to the collection of movements and ideologies aimed at defining, establishing, and defending a state of equal political, economic, cultural, and social rights for women in the United States. Feminism in the United States is often divided chronologically into first-wave, second-wave, and third-wave feminism.As of the most recent Gender Gap Index measurement of countries by the World Economic Forum in 2014, the United States is ranked 20th on gender equality.