Gender And Insecurity

Author : Thanh-Dam Truong,Des Gasper,Jeff Handmaker,Sylvia I. Bergh
Publisher : Springer
Page : 408 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 2013-09-06
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9783642280122

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Migration, Gender and Social Justice by Thanh-Dam Truong,Des Gasper,Jeff Handmaker,Sylvia I. Bergh Pdf

This book is the product of a collaborative effort involving partners from Africa, Asia, Europe and Latin America who were funded by the International Development Research Centre Programme on Women and Migration (2006-2011). The International Institute of Social Studies at Erasmus University Rotterdam spearheaded a project intended to distill and refine the research findings, connecting them to broader literatures and interdisciplinary themes. The book examines commonalities and differences in the operation of various structures of power (gender, class, race/ethnicity, generation) and their interactions within the institutional domains of intra-national and especially inter-national migration that produce context-specific forms of social injustice. Additional contributions have been included so as to cover issues of legal liminality and how the social construction of not only femininity but also masculinity affects all migrants and all women. The resulting set of 19 detailed, interconnected case studies makes a valuable contribution to reorienting our perceptions and values in the discussions and decision-making concerning migration, and to raising awareness of key issues in migrants’ rights. All chapters were anonymously peer-reviewed. This book resulted from a series of projects funded by the International Development Research Centre (IDRC), Canada.

Author : Bronwyn Winter
Publisher : Syracuse University Press
Page : 412 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 2017-03-23
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780815654025

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Women, Insecurity, and Violence in a Post-9/11 World by Bronwyn Winter Pdf

September 11 has become a temporal and symbolic marker of the world’s brutal entry into the third millennium. Nearly all discussions of world politics today include a tacit, if not overt, reference to that historical moment. A decade and a half on, Winter considers the impact of 9/11 on women around the world. How were women affected by the events of that day? Were all women affected in the same way? Based on theoretical reflection, empirical research, and field work in different parts of the world, each chapter of the book considers a different post-9/11 issue in relation to women: global governance, human security, globalized militarism, identity, and sexuality in transnational feminist movements.

Author : Kate Bezanson
Publisher : University of Toronto Press
Page : 257 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 2006-01-01
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780802090652

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Gender, the State, and Social Reproduction by Kate Bezanson Pdf

Many of the neo-liberal policies implemented in the mid to late 1990s in Ontario by Mike Harris's Progressive Conservative government have had major repercussions for the population of that province. In Gender, the State, and Social Reproduction, Kate Bezanson considers the implications of those policies for gender relations - that is, how women and men, families, and households have coped with these changes, and how the division of labour and standard of living within these households were affected. Bezanson also considers the implications of neo-liberalism more generally on the lives of people living under such regimes.

Author : Navtej K. Purewal,Sophia Dingli
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 189 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 2020-06-05
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780429515668

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Gendering Security and Insecurity by Navtej K. Purewal,Sophia Dingli Pdf

Security studies and international relations have conventionally relegated gendered analysis to the margins of academic concern, most commonly through the ‘women in’ or ‘women and’ politics and IR discourse. This comprehensive volume contributes to debates which seek to move feminist scholarship away from the reification of the war/peace and security/economy divides. By foregrounding the empirical reality of the breakdown of these traditional divisions, the authors pay particular attention to frameworks which query their very existence. In doing so, the collection as a whole troubles the ubiquitous concept and practices of ‘(in)security’ and their effects on differentially positioned subjects. By gendering (in)securities in ‘states of exception’ and other paradigms of government related to it, especially in postcolonial and neocolonial contexts, the book provides an approach that allows us to study the complex and interrelated security logics, which constitute the messy realities of different – and particularly vulnerable – subjects’ lives. In other words, it suggests that these frameworks are ripe for feminist interventions and analysis of the logics and production of (in)securities as well as of resistance and hybridisation. This book was originally published as an online special issue of the journal Third World Thematics.

Author : Liv Purvis
Publisher : Seven Dials
Page : 256 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 2020-02-06
Category : Self-Help
ISBN : 9781841883892

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The Insecure Girl's Handbook by Liv Purvis Pdf

'This book shows there's insecurity in all of us and that it doesn't diminish our power. That, in fact, accepting it is transformative.' - Gina Martin, author of Be the Change Welcome to the Insecure Girls' Club! At some point or another, we all feel insecure. Whether it's about our body image, friendships, workplace politics or comparison more generally, it's something we all have in common. But we don't have to let it rule our lives. A reassuring hug when you're having a bad day, The Insecure Girl's Handbook is for anyone who wants to manage their anxiety better, stop imposter syndrome in its tracks or halt those unwelcome waves of self-doubt. Offering tips, coping mechanisms and small pearls of wisdom, Olivia Purvis is here to guide you through those feelings that hold you back and empower you to put yourself first and make a change.

Author : Caron E. Gentry,Laura J. Shepherd,Laura Sjoberg
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 939 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 2018-09-03
Category : History
ISBN : 9781315525075

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Routledge Handbook of Gender and Security by Caron E. Gentry,Laura J. Shepherd,Laura Sjoberg Pdf

This handbook provides a comprehensive look at the study of gender and security in global politics. The volume is based on the core argument that gender is conceptually necessary to thinking about central questions of security; analytically important for thinking about cause and effect in security; and politically important for considering possibilities of making the world better in the future. Contributions to the volume look at various aspects of studying gender and security through diverse lenses that engage diverse feminisms, with diverse policy concerns, and working with diverse theoretical contributions from scholars of security more broadly. It is grouped into four thematic sections: Gendered approaches to security (including theoretical, conceptual, and methodological approaches); Gendered insecurities in global politics (including the ways insecurity in global politics is distributed and read on the basis of gender); Gendered practices of security (including how policy practice and theory work together, or do not); Gendered security institutions (across a wide variety of spaces and places in global politics). This handbook will be of great interest to students of gender studies, security studies and IR in general.

Author : Aili Mari Tripp,Myra Marx Ferree,Christina Ewig
Publisher : NYU Press
Page : 337 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 2013-11-15
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780814764909

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Gender, Violence, and Human Security by Aili Mari Tripp,Myra Marx Ferree,Christina Ewig Pdf

The nature of human security is changing globally: interstate conflict and even intrastate conflict may be diminishing worldwide, yet threats to individuals and communities persist. Large-scale violence by formal and informal armed forces intersects with interpersonal and domestic forms of violence in mutually reinforcing ways. Gender, Violence, and Human Security takes a critical look at notions of human security and violence through a feminist lens, drawing on both theoretical perspectives and empirical examinations through case studies from a variety of contexts around the globe. This fascinating volume goes beyond existing feminist international relations engagements with security studies to identify not only limitations of the human security approach, but also possible synergies between feminist and human security approaches. Noted scholars Aili Mari Tripp, Myra Marx Ferree, and Christina Ewig, along with their distinguished group of contributors, analyze specific case studies from around the globe, ranging from post-conflict security in Croatia to the relationship between state policy and gender-based crime in the United States. Shifting the focus of the term “human security” from its defensive emphasis to a more proactive notion of peace, the book ultimately calls for addressing the structural issues that give rise to violence. A hard-hitting critique of the ways in which global inequalities are often overlooked by human security theorists, Gender, Violence, and Human Security presents a much-needed intervention into the study of power relations throughout the world.

Author : Jane Freedman
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 208 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 2017-07-05
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781351773171

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Gender and Insecurity by Jane Freedman Pdf

Cover -- Half Title -- Dedication -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Table of Contents -- List of Contributors -- 1 Introduction: A Gendered Analysis of Migration in Europe -- Part I: Political Insecurities: The Gendered Effects of Immigration and Asylum Policies -- 2 Ignored and Isolated: Women and Asylum Policy in the United Kingdom -- 3 Women Migrants and Asylum Seekers in France: Inequality and Dependence -- 4 Mechanisms for Colombian and Ecuadorian Women's Entry into Spain: From Spontaneous Migration to Trafficking of Women -- Part II: The Gendered Labour Market and Economic Insecurities -- 5 The Globalisation of Domestic Work: Women Migrants and Neo-Domesticity -- 6 The Integration of Immigrant Women into the Spanish Labour Market -- 7 Women, Migration and the Labour Market: The Case of France -- 8 Selling Sex: Trafficking, Prostitution and Sex Work amongst Migrant Women in Europe -- Part III: Negotiating Social and Political Identities -- 9 Living with HIV: The Experiences of Migrant Women from Africa in the UK -- 10 The Politics of Identity and Community: Migrant Women from Turkey in Germany -- 11 From Maids to Entrepreneurs: Immigrant Women in Greece -- Index

Author : Sharon Hodde Miller
Publisher : Baker Books
Page : 208 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 2017-10-03
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781493409457

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Free of Me by Sharon Hodde Miller Pdf

We live in a culture that's all about self, becoming the best "me" I can be instead of becoming like Jesus. This me-centered message affects every area of our lives--our friendships, our marriages, even our faith--and it breaks each one in different ways. The self-focused life robs our joy, shrinks our souls, and is the reason we never quite break free of insecurity. In this book, Sharon Hodde Miller invites us into a bigger, Jesus-centered vision--one that restores our freedom and inspires us to live for more. She helps readers - identify the secret source of insecurity - understand how self-focus sabotages seven areas of our lives - learn four practical steps for focusing on God and others - experience freedom from the burden of self-focus Anyone yearning for a purpose bigger than "project me" will cherish this paradigm-shifting message of true fulfillment.

Author : Jacqueline Leckie
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 266 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 2016-04-22
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781317151753

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Development in an Insecure and Gendered World by Jacqueline Leckie Pdf

The Millennium Declaration was adopted by the United Nations General Assembly in 2000 and explicit targets were set to eradicate key problems in human development by 2015. This collection focuses specifically on the goals relating to gender issues that are problematic for women. The most relevant and contentious is that of promoting gender equality and empowering women. The book provides an overview of this and investigates literature that considers how gender is central to achieving the other goals. The contributors distinctively consider gender in the context of human security (or insecurity); the reduction and elimination of conflict would seem to be central to achieving targets. One of the major themes of this collection is whether gender insecurity has been exacerbated in an increasingly insecure world. The book considers not only military and civilian conflict in the contemporary era but also security in the broader sense of human development, such as environmental, reproductive and economic security.

Author : Jane Freedman
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 339 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 2017-07-05
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781351773164

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Gender and Insecurity by Jane Freedman Pdf

This title was first published in 2003. Migration is a phenomenon which is at the heart of global politics and, within the EU, governments are continually trying to reinforce their controls of migration. These controls, designed to increase the security of European populations may, however, have the adverse effect of increasing the insecurity of migrants. This is particularly true for the many women who migrate to Europe and find themselves in insecure positions because of their lack of independent legal status, the difficulty of access to adequate health and social security provision and their particular vulnerability to both domestic and institutional forms of violence. They are often in economically weak positions, either unemployed or in badly paid part-time or domestic jobs with no forms of social protection. Gender and Insecurity addresses these various forms of insecurity and details ways in which they might be addressed. Further, it looks at the ways in which immigrant women have themselves tried to fight against these insecurities through their own political mobilisation.

Author : Vicky Lovell,Heidi I. Hartmann,Claudia Williams,Institute for Women's Policy Research
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 17 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 2008
Category : Economic security
ISBN : 1933161167

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Women at Greater Risk of Economic Insecurity by Vicky Lovell,Heidi I. Hartmann,Claudia Williams,Institute for Women's Policy Research Pdf

Author : Tarah Brookfield
Publisher : Wilfrid Laurier Univ. Press
Page : 270 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 2012-05-01
Category : History
ISBN : 9781554586356

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Cold War Comforts by Tarah Brookfield Pdf

Cold War Comforts examines Canadian women’s efforts to protect children’s health and safety between the dropping of the first atomic bomb in Hiroshima in 1945 and the end of the Vietnam War in 1975. Amid this global insecurity, many women participated in civil defence or joined the disarmament movement as means to protect their families from the consequences of nuclear war. To help children affected by conflicts in Europe and Asia, women also organized foreign relief and international adoptions. In Canada, women pursued different paths to peace and security. From all walks of life, and from all parts of the country, they dedicated themselves to finding ways to survive the hottest periods of the Cold War. What united these women was their shared concern for children’s survival amid Cold War fears and dangers. Acting on their identities as Canadian citizens and mothers, they characterized with their activism the genuine interest many women had in protecting children’s health and safety. In addition, their activities offered them a legitimate space to operate in the traditionally male realms of defence and diplomacy. Their efforts had a direct impact on the lives of children in Canada and abroad and influenced changes in Canada’s education curriculum, immigration laws, welfare practices, defence policy, and international relations. Cold War Comforts offers insight into how women employed maternalism, nationalism, and internationalism in their work, and examines shifting constructions of family and gender in Cold War Canada. It will appeal to scholars of history, child and family studies, and social policy.

Author : Jane Frankland
Publisher : Rethink Press
Page : 348 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 2017-10-20
Category : Computers
ISBN : 178133269X

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Insecurity by Jane Frankland Pdf

Women matter in cybersecurity because of the way they view and deal with risk. Typically, women are more risk embracing of organisational controls and technology. They're also extremely intuitive which enables them to remain calm during times of turbulence. This book is essential reading for anyone in cybersecurity.

Author : Howard Stein,Amal Hassan Fadlalla
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 2016-11-08
Category : Economic development
ISBN : 1138224979

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Gendered Insecurities, Health and Development in Africa by Howard Stein,Amal Hassan Fadlalla Pdf

This book considers gender dimensions of a number of issues central to human security and development in Africa, including food security, AIDS, legal rights, violence, conflict resolution, informal work, the environment, and poverty alleviation. The gender focus of this volume points to the importance of power relationships and policy variability underlying human insecurities in the African context. The insights of this book offer the potential for an improved human security framework, one that embraces a more complex and context-specific analysis of the issues of risk and vulnerability, therefore expanding its capacity to safeguard the livelihoods of the most vulnerable populations.