Frontiers Of Gender Equality

Author : Rebecca J. Cook
Publisher : University of Pennsylvania Press
Page : 617 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 2023-05-30
Category : Law
ISBN : 9781512823578

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Frontiers of Gender Equality by Rebecca J. Cook Pdf

In Frontiers of Gender Equality, editor Rebecca Cook enlarges the chorus of voices to introduce new and different discourses about the wrongs of gender discrimination and to explain the multiple dimensions of gender equality. This volume demonstrates that the wrongs of discrimination can best be understood from the perspective of the discriminated, and that gender discrimination persists and grows in new and different contexts, widening the gap between the principle of gender equality and its realization, particularly for subgroups of women and LGBTQ+ peoples. Frontiers of Gender Equality provides retrospective views of the struggles to eliminate gender discrimination in national courts and international human rights treaties. Focusing on gender equality enables comparisons and contrasts among these regimes to better understand how they reinforce gender equality norms. Different regional and international treaties are examined, those in the forefront of advancing gender equality, those that are promising but little known, and those whose focus includes economic, social, and cultural rights, to explore why some struggles were successful and others less so. The book illustrates how gender discrimination continues to be normalized and camouflaged, and how it intersects with other axes of subordination, such as indigeneity, religion, and poverty, to create new forms of intersectional discrimination. With the benefit of hindsight, the book's contributors reconstruct gender equalities in concrete situations. Given the increasingly porous exchanges between domestic and international law, various national, regional, and international decisions and texts are examined to determine how better to breathe life into equality from the perspectives, for instance, of Indigenous and Muslim women, those who were violated sexually and physically, and those needing access to necessary health care, including abortion. The conclusion suggests areas of future research, including how to translate the concept of intersectionality into normative and institutional settings, which will assist in promoting the goals of gender equality.

Author : Gita Sen,Piroska Östlin
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 341 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 2009-10-16
Category : Health & Fitness
ISBN : 9781135238162

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Gender Equity in Health by Gita Sen,Piroska Östlin Pdf

This volume brings together leading researchers from a variety of disciplines to examine three areas: health disparities and inequity due to gender, the specific problems women face in meeting the highest attainable standards of health, and the policies and actions that can address them.

Author : Klarsfeld, Alain,Knappert, Lena,Kornau, Angela,Ng, Eddy S.,Ngunijiri, Faith W.
Publisher : Edward Elgar Publishing
Page : 272 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 2022-01-18
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781800888302

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Research Handbook on New Frontiers of Equality and Diversity at Work by Klarsfeld, Alain,Knappert, Lena,Kornau, Angela,Ng, Eddy S.,Ngunijiri, Faith W. Pdf

Spanning five continents, this cutting-edge book provides a thorough international overview of equality, diversity and inclusion at work. Analysing the demographics of the workplace and the economic outcomes achieved by different segments of the population, it offers readers a better understanding of diverse work environments and how they are influenced by legislation and populations.

Author : Cathi Albertyn,Meghan Campbell,Helena Alviar García,Sandra Fredman,Marta Rodriguez de Assis Machado
Publisher : Edward Elgar Publishing
Page : 319 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 2023-02-14
Category : Law
ISBN : 9781803923796

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Feminist Frontiers in Climate Justice by Cathi Albertyn,Meghan Campbell,Helena Alviar García,Sandra Fredman,Marta Rodriguez de Assis Machado Pdf

This is an open access title available under the terms of a CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 License. It is free to read, download and share on Elgaronline.com. Feminist Frontiers in Climate Justice provides a compelling demonstration of the deeply gendered and unequal effects of the climate emergency, alongside the urgent need for a feminist perspective to expose and address these structural political, social and economic inequalities. Taking a nuanced, multidisciplinary approach, this book explores new ways of thinking about how climate change interacts with gender inequalities and feminist concerns with rights and law, and how the human world is bound up with the non-human, natural world.

Author : Lorraine Greaves,Nancy Poole
Publisher : FriesenPress
Page : 115 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 2017-03-22
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781460299715

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Gender Unchained by Lorraine Greaves,Nancy Poole Pdf

Equity remains elusive in contemporary global society. Gendered inequities abound and persist but are typically overlooked in our responses to difficult problems such as climate change, poverty, or economic crisis. Despite this blind spot, gender matters more than ever for achieving social and economic progress. Gender Unchained is a revelatory and tightly argued book that offers two ways forward. First, that we embrace the smashing of the gender binary and second, that we develop gender transformative approaches to solving the larger issues of our time. Inspirational and informational in equal measure, Gender Unchained is a well-reasoned call to action that examines many facets of gender inequity and offers realworld solutions for tackling it at the root.

Author : Laurel Richardson,Verta A. Taylor
Publisher : McGraw-Hill Companies
Page : 560 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 1993
Category : Feminism
ISBN : 0070522987

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Feminist Frontiers III by Laurel Richardson,Verta A. Taylor Pdf

Author : Siwan Anderson,Lori Beaman,Lori A. Beaman,Jean-Philippe Platteau
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 438 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 2018
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9780198829591

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Towards Gender Equity in Development by Siwan Anderson,Lori Beaman,Lori A. Beaman,Jean-Philippe Platteau Pdf

As a result of widespread mistreatment and overt discrimination, women in the developing world often lack autonomy. This book explores key sources of female empowerment and discusses the current challenges and opportunities for the future.

Author : Shirin M. Rai,Georgina Waylen
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 240 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 2013-11-07
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781134649136

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New Frontiers in Feminist Political Economy by Shirin M. Rai,Georgina Waylen Pdf

This volume brings together the work of outstanding feminist scholars who reflect on the achievements of feminist political economy and the challenges it faces in the 21st century. The volume develops further some key areas of research in feminist political economy – understanding economies as gendered structures and economic crises as crises in social reproduction, as well as in finance and production; assessing economic policies through the lens of women’s rights; analysing global transformations in women’s work; making visible the unpaid economy in which care is provided for family and communities, and critiquing the ways in which policy makers are addressing ( or failing to address) this unpaid economy.

Author : Laurel Richardson,Verta A. Taylor,Nancy Whittier
Publisher : McGraw-Hill Humanities, Social Sciences & World Languages
Page : 588 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 1997
Category : Social Science
ISBN : STANFORD:36105029111858

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Feminist Frontiers IV by Laurel Richardson,Verta A. Taylor,Nancy Whittier Pdf

A collection of classic feminist readings, this text presents the full diversity of women's issues and experiences, exploring their similarities as well as their differences. It offers analyses of the causes and consequences of gender inequality and introduces students to feminist theory and methodology. A sociological analysis opens each of the four parts and 11 sections of the book.

Author : Lomazzi, Vera,Crespi, Isabella
Publisher : Policy Press
Page : 160 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 2019-10-01
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781447317722

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Gender mainstreaming and gender equality in Europe by Lomazzi, Vera,Crespi, Isabella Pdf

With gender equality so prominent in public debate, this timely book reviews the impacts of gender mainstreaming on political, social and cultural issues around Europe. It explores the origins and evolution of mainstreaming, the theory’s contribution to gender legislation so far and its potential to drive change in the future. Drawing on extensive data, the book compares and contrasts progress in various European countries and considers the limits of gender mainstreaming amid economic and migration challenges. This important book is a welcome contribution to discussions about society’s attitudes to men and women.

Author : Thera Mjaaland
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 307 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 2021-07-27
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781498594660

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Revolutionary Struggles and Girls’ Education by Thera Mjaaland Pdf

Revolutionary Struggles and Girls' Education: At the Frontiers of Gender Norms in North-Ethiopia argues that at the base of girls’ poorer performance than boys at secondary school level when puberty has set in, is the “symbolic violence” entailed in sanctioned femaleness. Informed by the modesty of Virgin Mary in Orthodox Christian veneration, it instructs girls to internalize a “holding back” which impinges on her self-efficacy and ability to be an active learner. Neoliberally-informed educational policies and plans which have co-opted liberal feminism also in Ethiopia, do not address “hard-lived” gender norms and the power and domination dynamics entailed when parity between boys and girls in school continues to be the dominant measure for equity. Despite women’s courageous contribution at a literal “frontier” during the Tigrayan liberation struggle (1975-91) where they fought on equal terms with men, and despite the tendency that girls’ outnumber boys at secondary level in the present context, sanctioned femaleness constitutes a “frontier” for girls’ educational success and transition to higher education. In fact, when teaching-learning continues to be based on memorization rather than critical thinking, the very transformative potential of education is undermined - also in a gendered sense.

Author : Delfín Ortega-Sánchez,Esther Sanz De La Cal,Jaime Ibáñez Quintana,Beatrice Borghi
Publisher : Frontiers Media SA
Page : 173 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 2022-02-23
Category : Science
ISBN : 9782889745067

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Gender Equality and Women's Empowerment in Education by Delfín Ortega-Sánchez,Esther Sanz De La Cal,Jaime Ibáñez Quintana,Beatrice Borghi Pdf

Author : Verta Taylor,Leila Rupp,Nancy Whittier
Publisher : McGraw-Hill Humanities/Social Sciences/Languages
Page : 652 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 2009
Category : Social Science
ISBN : UOM:39015080893012

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Feminist Frontiers by Verta Taylor,Leila Rupp,Nancy Whittier Pdf

The most widely used anthology of feminist writings and the first to incorporate issues of sexual identity and sexual diversity, Feminist Frontiers has stood the test of time. With both classic and contemporary readings on cutting-edge topics that cut across disciplinary and generational lines, this text presents the full diversity of women's lives, exploring commonalities as well as interconnected differences. Feminist Frontiers offers analyses of the causes and consequences of gender inequality in interaction with class, race, ethnicity, sexuality, ability, and nationality. This anthology also introduces students to feminist theory and methodology. This edition maintains consistent coverage of diverse ethnicities and a global perspective, with greater attention to transgender issues and disability.

Author : Samantha Van Schalkwyk
Publisher : Cambridge Scholars Publishing
Page : 250 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 2016-01-14
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781443887571

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A Reflexive Inquiry into Gender Research by Samantha Van Schalkwyk Pdf

Questions that concern gender and violence against women have been placed firmly on the agenda of interdisciplinary research within the humanities in recent years. Gender-based violence against women has increased exponentially in South Africa and in other countries on the African continent, particularly those with a history of political conflict. Researchers who explore such gender issues have paid limited attention to the intersection between the social contexts of the researched, the positionality of the researcher and the research product. This book brings together an interdisciplinary group of scholars and scholar-activists to explore new terrains of knowledge production, interrogating the connection between the intellectual project of this kind of research and the process of its production. Some chapters draw on theoretical insights and provide new ways of thinking about the kinds of questions that should be asked when conducting research in the field of gender. Other authors grapple with an acknowledgement of their multiple social positions in the world, the ways in which they experience these ever-shifting boundaries, and how this influences their theoretical and practical work. Some contributions go further, discussing the ways in which the researcher and the researched influence each other, and the link between feminist research and social change. These chapters contribute to an understanding of how social movement activism can be developed. Overall, this book represents an important combination of scholarly insights, and provides multiple reflections about practical aspects of conducting gender research in the African context. The work of the contributors to the volume is situated within a post-structural feminist agenda, and, collectively, the chapters link scholarship and activism in a way that pursues a social change agenda in research on gender and gender-based violence.

Author : Anna Elomäki,Johanna Kantola,Paula Koskinen Sandberg
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 324 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 2021-12-01
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9783030811785

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Social Partners and Gender Equality by Anna Elomäki,Johanna Kantola,Paula Koskinen Sandberg Pdf

This book breaks new ground in gender and politics research by studying the multiple ways in which gender and intersectional equalities shape and are shaped by social partners representing employers and employees in Europe, as well as the relationships between those social partners. Little critical attention has been paid to these organizations, yet, as this volume illustrates, social partners are important actors in relation to gender and other inequalities at the level of both individual European countries and the European Union. The chapters in this volume explore the impact of social partners on (in)equalities in a variety of 21st-century political contexts, taking into account phenomena such as neoliberalisation, austerity, and the COVID-19 crisis. This volume adds a crucial dimension to studies on gender inequalities in the labour market, contributing to research on issues such as domestic work, the gender pay gap, and the persistent undervaluation of women’s labour and feminized reproductive labour, in particular care work. It also represents a significant contribution to the literature on gender equality policy. The book’s focus on social partners provides important insights that help to explain the persistence of gender inequalities and the difficulties of adopting and implementing policies to combat them. This volume should appeal to students and researchers of gender studies, politics, European politics, employment relations, and international relations, as well as to policymakers engaged in addressing gender inequalities in the labour market.