Gender and the global economy
... Regardless ofthe economic sector in which they are involved, women's low wages relative to men's have been widely documented across countries. Although the wage gap does not result simply from discrimination practices, discrinamation based on gender is universal, even though it may take different fo ...
... Regardless ofthe economic sector in which they are involved, women's low wages relative to men's have been widely documented across countries. Although the wage gap does not result simply from discrimination practices, discrinamation based on gender is universal, even though it may take different fo ...
Women in AfghAnistAn`s Justice sector
... Finally, in a traditional society like Afghanistan, it will take time to demolish gender stereotypes. And as our report makes clear, for things to change – dramatically, irreversibly – political will is essential. As Afghanistan prepares for a new phase in its political life, investing in the talent ...
... Finally, in a traditional society like Afghanistan, it will take time to demolish gender stereotypes. And as our report makes clear, for things to change – dramatically, irreversibly – political will is essential. As Afghanistan prepares for a new phase in its political life, investing in the talent ...
General Recommendation no 28 - International Disability Alliance
... 17. States parties also have an obligation to ensure that women are protected against discrimination committed by public authorities, the judiciary, organizations, enterprises or private individuals, in the public and private spheres. This protection shall be provided by competent tribunals and othe ...
... 17. States parties also have an obligation to ensure that women are protected against discrimination committed by public authorities, the judiciary, organizations, enterprises or private individuals, in the public and private spheres. This protection shall be provided by competent tribunals and othe ...
Women empowerment – challenging patriarchy
... equality, and the empowerment of women is agreed as a single most important goal for achieving other development targets. At the same time however, women are denied of life with justice and dignity. Internationally agreed goals and commitments towards gender equality, like the Beijing Platform of Ac ...
... equality, and the empowerment of women is agreed as a single most important goal for achieving other development targets. At the same time however, women are denied of life with justice and dignity. Internationally agreed goals and commitments towards gender equality, like the Beijing Platform of Ac ...
CARE International Position Paper: World Humanitarian Summit – a
... action which can include and empower national gender’s networks and grassroots women’s organisations to work with humanitarian responders. Existing national gender spaces are limited in scope (Gender-Based Violence Sub-Cluster), in membership (UN Gender Task Force) or do not have a humanitarian remi ...
... action which can include and empower national gender’s networks and grassroots women’s organisations to work with humanitarian responders. Existing national gender spaces are limited in scope (Gender-Based Violence Sub-Cluster), in membership (UN Gender Task Force) or do not have a humanitarian remi ...
Women in the Australian Defence Force
... • were ‘uneconomical’ because too many left to get married • were limited in their employment overseas by ‘climatic factors’ and unsatisfactory amenities and • could not complete the full range of military tasks, such as guard and defence base duties. It was also thought that men might resent being ...
... • were ‘uneconomical’ because too many left to get married • were limited in their employment overseas by ‘climatic factors’ and unsatisfactory amenities and • could not complete the full range of military tasks, such as guard and defence base duties. It was also thought that men might resent being ...
PLAYING THE `MASCULINE/FEMININE`
... Women participating in traditionally associated male sports can reinforce and/or challenge the ways in which we think about femininity, masculinity and the body. In this vein, Balsamo (1994: 345) argues that “technologically recrafted female bodies are delegitimated as cultural markers of proper fem ...
... Women participating in traditionally associated male sports can reinforce and/or challenge the ways in which we think about femininity, masculinity and the body. In this vein, Balsamo (1994: 345) argues that “technologically recrafted female bodies are delegitimated as cultural markers of proper fem ...
Maddy Coy Children Childhood and Sexualised Popular
... an explicitly gendered approach, exploring existing research on links between exposure to sexualised material (including pornography) and attitudes to violence against women. The key conclusion was that sexualised media reinforces heteronormative gender stereotyping by portraying women and girls as ...
... an explicitly gendered approach, exploring existing research on links between exposure to sexualised material (including pornography) and attitudes to violence against women. The key conclusion was that sexualised media reinforces heteronormative gender stereotyping by portraying women and girls as ...
exhibit brochure
... and spread over time to the lands of the Phoenicians, Egyptians and Greeks — the basis for what would become the earliest Western civilizations. Medical arts may also have had a cradle in India, and it is possible that Hippocrates, the father of medicine, may have been trained there in the arts of c ...
... and spread over time to the lands of the Phoenicians, Egyptians and Greeks — the basis for what would become the earliest Western civilizations. Medical arts may also have had a cradle in India, and it is possible that Hippocrates, the father of medicine, may have been trained there in the arts of c ...
"If you want to win, you`ve got to play it like a man.” Music, Gender
... people between nineteen and usually forty-five. Then there was a class for them to go in, if they really weren't Open class caliber. So that's when you started to see the Ladies class converted. It wasn't that it was eliminated, as such, it was just changed to be more encompassing. (Norris 1999) Kar ...
... people between nineteen and usually forty-five. Then there was a class for them to go in, if they really weren't Open class caliber. So that's when you started to see the Ladies class converted. It wasn't that it was eliminated, as such, it was just changed to be more encompassing. (Norris 1999) Kar ...
Pre-Budget Submission 2012 - The National Women`s Council of
... work and atypical employment, and they are more likely to be low paid and on reduced hours. Provision for systematic short time workers is extremely complex and rigid, excluding more workers than it covers. To claim an unemployment payment, a person must have lost at least one day’s work, and be une ...
... work and atypical employment, and they are more likely to be low paid and on reduced hours. Provision for systematic short time workers is extremely complex and rigid, excluding more workers than it covers. To claim an unemployment payment, a person must have lost at least one day’s work, and be une ...
gad-issue91
... will have her baby. She is not pregnant but she knows that Bahrain's maternity hospitals will not admit her because she is HIV positive. The 26 year old who refuses to allow HIV to stop her from living her life to the fullest, is bothered by the prospect of being forced to deliver her baby in a coun ...
... will have her baby. She is not pregnant but she knows that Bahrain's maternity hospitals will not admit her because she is HIV positive. The 26 year old who refuses to allow HIV to stop her from living her life to the fullest, is bothered by the prospect of being forced to deliver her baby in a coun ...
gender and families: feminist perspectives and family research
... activities, legitimates this area of the professional literature. It also illustrates a central component of feminist thought on the artificiality of role segregation into professional and personal spheres. A Central Focus on Process A third characteristic of feminist research is its concern with pr ...
... activities, legitimates this area of the professional literature. It also illustrates a central component of feminist thought on the artificiality of role segregation into professional and personal spheres. A Central Focus on Process A third characteristic of feminist research is its concern with pr ...
The Changing Roles of Women in The People`s Republic of China
... "x I must bind your feet because I love you. If I do not bind your feet I shall not be doing the right thing by you. ...
... "x I must bind your feet because I love you. If I do not bind your feet I shall not be doing the right thing by you. ...
Borderland Themes in Sandra Cisneros`s Woman Hollering Creek
... prom who's to know she has a damaged foot "so long as you don't lift her dress, right ... ?" (16). Though the adult reader can detect the barriers and social restrictions already surrounding these children, as in most Bildungs of girls, self-awareness or knowledge of limitations does not come until ...
... prom who's to know she has a damaged foot "so long as you don't lift her dress, right ... ?" (16). Though the adult reader can detect the barriers and social restrictions already surrounding these children, as in most Bildungs of girls, self-awareness or knowledge of limitations does not come until ...
Gender and Climate Change in the Hindu Kush Himalayas of Nepal
... A National Climate Change Policy is also in the process of elaboration. Five regional consultation workshops are being conducted; these will contribute to educating the population about the issues of climate change and will also gather people’s perceptions and responses from different regions of the ...
... A National Climate Change Policy is also in the process of elaboration. Five regional consultation workshops are being conducted; these will contribute to educating the population about the issues of climate change and will also gather people’s perceptions and responses from different regions of the ...
The Collapse of the Nuclear Family
... looking after their daughter, Rhoda, while her husband is away on business. She reflects the women of the 1950s who, “by virtue of their sex,” were “automatically cast as wives ...
... looking after their daughter, Rhoda, while her husband is away on business. She reflects the women of the 1950s who, “by virtue of their sex,” were “automatically cast as wives ...
UNH-Nonsexist Language Guidelines-President`s
... creation of an environment that avoids the reinforcement of demeaning attitudes and stereotypes about sex roles. Consequently, in 1984, the Academic Senate, the Faculty Caucus, and both the Operating and PAT Staff Councils adopted a nonsexist language policy. Language may convey meanings that are di ...
... creation of an environment that avoids the reinforcement of demeaning attitudes and stereotypes about sex roles. Consequently, in 1984, the Academic Senate, the Faculty Caucus, and both the Operating and PAT Staff Councils adopted a nonsexist language policy. Language may convey meanings that are di ...
CLAS 311: Women in Classical Antiquity
... how to approach essays in Classical Studies, and it does reflect what I look for in a student‟s paper. Please note that you should be using articles in addition to monographs; if you need any guidance in this (or in anything else), please don‟t hesitate to contact me. The following is a list of sugg ...
... how to approach essays in Classical Studies, and it does reflect what I look for in a student‟s paper. Please note that you should be using articles in addition to monographs; if you need any guidance in this (or in anything else), please don‟t hesitate to contact me. The following is a list of sugg ...
Invisible Masculinity
... category itself is defined as that aspect of social relations based on difference between the sexes in which the standard has always been man,” writes historian Thomas Lacquer. As the Chinese proverb has it, the fish are the last to discover the ocean. This fact was made clear to me in a seminar on ...
... category itself is defined as that aspect of social relations based on difference between the sexes in which the standard has always been man,” writes historian Thomas Lacquer. As the Chinese proverb has it, the fish are the last to discover the ocean. This fact was made clear to me in a seminar on ...
A Review of the Challenges Militating Against Women Chinonye Love Moses
... their social contexts or the circle of individuals they interact with (Hansen 1995). Thus an individual’s network provides the necessary support vital to engaging in entrepreneurial activities successfully (Matthews and Moser, 1995). However women particularly in developing nations generally have lo ...
... their social contexts or the circle of individuals they interact with (Hansen 1995). Thus an individual’s network provides the necessary support vital to engaging in entrepreneurial activities successfully (Matthews and Moser, 1995). However women particularly in developing nations generally have lo ...
Reflections - Lynne Rienner Publishers
... It is difficult to ignore the prevailing sense of loss expressed in many of the poems in this anthology—even in the poems that deal primarily with love, understanding, and progress. Nevertheless, whatever their focus, the poems assert the fact that African women ...
... It is difficult to ignore the prevailing sense of loss expressed in many of the poems in this anthology—even in the poems that deal primarily with love, understanding, and progress. Nevertheless, whatever their focus, the poems assert the fact that African women ...
The Issue of Gender and Woman`s Rights
... would focus on decision-making, strategy planning, budgeting and process when sexual equality is concerned. ...
... would focus on decision-making, strategy planning, budgeting and process when sexual equality is concerned. ...
Challenges to concepts from the chivalry thesis: Judiciary sentence
... Observations were carried out during sentence matters as this is when sentence remarks and submissions are made. Other matters observed involved applications, mentions, jury selections, and trials to further analyse how femininity is constructed for Indigenous and white women appearing throughout co ...
... Observations were carried out during sentence matters as this is when sentence remarks and submissions are made. Other matters observed involved applications, mentions, jury selections, and trials to further analyse how femininity is constructed for Indigenous and white women appearing throughout co ...
Beyond an Epistemology of Bread, Butter, Culture and Power
... theory originated in the West, where men and women are conceived oppositionally and projected as embodied, genetically driven social categories...On what basis are Western conceptual categories exportable or transferable to other cultures that have a different cultural logic? This question is raised ...
... theory originated in the West, where men and women are conceived oppositionally and projected as embodied, genetically driven social categories...On what basis are Western conceptual categories exportable or transferable to other cultures that have a different cultural logic? This question is raised ...