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Assault on self
Jacquelyn Allen-Collinson
Jan 01, 0001
The complexities of intimate partner abuse and violence have been studied from a range of theoretical, conceptual, and methodological perspectives. It is argued here that symbolic interactionist analyses offer specific and...
Erving Goffman abused men domestic violence possessional territory Intimate partner abuse /dk/atira/pure/sustainabledevelopmentgoals/gender_equality name=SDG 5 - Gender Equality /dk/atira/pure/sustainabledevelopmentgoals/peace_justice_and_strong_institutions name=SDG 16 - Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions
Beyond Trafficking and Slavery Short Course
Forced labour modern slavery human trafficking globalization /dk/atira/pure/sustainabledevelopmentgoals/gender_equality name=SDG 5 - Gender Equality /dk/atira/pure/sustainabledevelopmentgoals/decent_work_and_economic_growth name=SDG 8 - Decent Work and Economic Growth /dk/atira/pure/sustainabledevelopmentgoals/peace_justice_and_strong_institutions name=SDG 16 - Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions
Published by: Open Democracy
Feminist Knowledges as Interventions in Physical Cultures
This collection explores how feminist knowledges work as interventions in physical cultures and recognizes the considerable contribution of feminist theories and methodologies in understanding the power relations implicated...
decolonial Digital feminism leisure new materialism postqualitative Sport women /dk/atira/pure/subjectarea/asjc/2300/2301 name=Environmental Science (miscellaneous) /dk/atira/pure/subjectarea/asjc/3300/3312 name=Sociology and Political Science /dk/atira/pure/subjectarea/asjc/1400/1409 name=Tourism, Leisure and Hospitality Management /dk/atira/pure/sustainabledevelopmentgoals/gender_equality name=SDG 5 - Gender Equality
The gender gap in graduate job quality in Europe – a comparative analysis across economic sectors and countries
Predrag Lazetic
Jan 01, 0001
This paper investigates the gender gap in a wide range of labour market outcomes (income, skill utilisation, work autonomy, job security and work-life balance) for higher education graduates in different economic sectors, using...
Gender labour market outcomes higher education graduates gender segregation Europe /dk/atira/pure/subjectarea/asjc/3300/3304 name=Education /dk/atira/pure/subjectarea/asjc/2000/2002 name=Economics and Econometrics /dk/atira/pure/sustainabledevelopmentgoals/gender_equality name=SDG 5 - Gender Equality
Unexpected death in ill old age
Diana Teggi
Nov 30, 2018
The literature on death expectation in ill old age is mostly medical. A social science standpoint (especially quantitative) is practically absent. However, whether families, social and healthcare services can anticipate, support...
care homes Death expectation Dementia end-of-life care England (UK) Old age dying older adults Palliative Care Relatives /dk/atira/pure/subjectarea/asjc/3300/3306 name=Health(social science) /dk/atira/pure/subjectarea/asjc/1200/1207 name=History and Philosophy of Science /dk/atira/pure/sustainabledevelopmentgoals/good_health_and_well_being name=SDG 3 - Good Health and Well-being /dk/atira/pure/sustainabledevelopmentgoals/gender_equality name=SDG 5 - Gender Equality
‘Not one of the family’
Gender inequality within the university is well documented but proposals to tackle it tend to focus on the higher ranks, ignoring how it manifests within precarious work. Based on data collected as part of a broader...
academia citizenship Gender housework Inequality Precarity Work /dk/atira/pure/subjectarea/asjc/3300/3318 name=Gender Studies /dk/atira/pure/subjectarea/asjc/1400/1407 name=Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management /dk/atira/pure/sustainabledevelopmentgoals/gender_equality name=SDG 5 - Gender Equality
A qualitative study on intersectional stigma and sexual health among women on opioid substitution treatment in England
Laura Medina Perucha, Jennifer Scott, Sarah Chapman, Julia Barnett, Charlotte Dack, Hannah Family
Feb 01, 2019
Rationale
Women on opioid substitution treatment (WOST) are at high risk for sexually transmitted infections and blood-borne viruses (HIV, Hepatitis B and C). This heightened risk is rooted in social and health inequities....
Women on opioid substitution treatment (WOST) are at high risk for sexually transmitted infections and blood-borne viruses (HIV, Hepatitis B and C). This heightened risk is rooted in social and health inequities....
Blood-borne viruses Inequalities Intersectional stigma Intersectionality theory Opioid substitution treatment Sexual health Sexually Transmitted Infections Women's Studies /dk/atira/pure/subjectarea/asjc/3300/3306 name=Health(social science) /dk/atira/pure/subjectarea/asjc/1200/1207 name=History and Philosophy of Science /dk/atira/pure/sustainabledevelopmentgoals/good_health_and_well_being name=SDG 3 - Good Health and Well-being /dk/atira/pure/sustainabledevelopmentgoals/gender_equality name=SDG 5 - Gender Equality
Slow singularities for collective mattering
Carol A. Taylor
Apr 02, 2020
The contemporary university privileges speed, precarity, competition, and performativity; it operates through modes of accelerationism, work intensification and productivity; and it is oriented to producing academic...
Understanding gender differences in STEM
While education levels of women have increased dramatically relative to men, women are still greatly underrepresented in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) college programmes. We use unique data on...
Why Analysis of Gender Equality Policy Should Pay Attention to Risk
Frances Amery
Jan 01, 0001
Policy strategies for managing risk are now well-established in British social policy. These strategies are highly individualized, placing emphasis on the capacity of individuals to mitigate risk in their everyday lives....
Precarity in the Ivory Cage
The higher education sector in Ireland has undergone major changes under the effect of neoliberalism including severe budget cuts, transfer of research funding to external agencies, reduction in permanent contracts and increased...
Towards a plural history of microfinance
James Copestake, Susan Johnson, Mateo Garcia Cabello, Ruth Goodwin-Groen, Robin Gravesteijn, Julie Humberstone, Max Nino-Zarazua, Matthew Titus
Jul 08, 2016
The paper reviews different ways of telling the history of microfinance. We first contrast a mainstream and mostly positive narrative with a radical critique, illustrating differences with reference to India. We then argue for a...
microfinance financial inclusion pluralism India /dk/atira/pure/sustainabledevelopmentgoals/no_poverty name=SDG 1 - No Poverty /dk/atira/pure/sustainabledevelopmentgoals/gender_equality name=SDG 5 - Gender Equality /dk/atira/pure/sustainabledevelopmentgoals/decent_work_and_economic_growth name=SDG 8 - Decent Work and Economic Growth
EU-Asia Free Trade Agreements as tools for social norm/legislation transfer
Article 21 of the Treaty of Lisbon mandates the European Union (EU) to foster its values (democracy, the rule of law, social rights, gender equality, etc.) in its external relations. The core concern of the EU’s multi-faceted...
Exploring trends in the relationship between child labour, gender and educational achievement in Latin America
Participation in child labour, in both household and non-household activities, gender effects and low educational attainment remain challenges for countries in Latin America. Through hierarchical linear modelling of data from...
child labour gender inequality Inequality Educational achievement latin America /dk/atira/pure/sustainabledevelopmentgoals/no_poverty name=SDG 1 - No Poverty /dk/atira/pure/sustainabledevelopmentgoals/quality_education name=SDG 4 - Quality Education /dk/atira/pure/sustainabledevelopmentgoals/gender_equality name=SDG 5 - Gender Equality /dk/atira/pure/sustainabledevelopmentgoals/decent_work_and_economic_growth name=SDG 8 - Decent Work and Economic Growth
Gender norms, global hierarchies and the evolution of feminist foreign policy
Jennifer Thomson
Jun 01, 2022
Gender equality has long been adopted by states to indicate liberal values and respect for international norms. Feminist thought argues that the gendered hierarchies created by these norms underpin and sustain international...
feminist foreign policy feminist international relations Foreign policy Gender Hierarchies norms /dk/atira/pure/subjectarea/asjc/3300/3318 name=Gender Studies /dk/atira/pure/subjectarea/asjc/3300/3312 name=Sociology and Political Science /dk/atira/pure/subjectarea/asjc/3300/3320 name=Political Science and International Relations /dk/atira/pure/sustainabledevelopmentgoals/gender_equality name=SDG 5 - Gender Equality
High School Rank in Math and English and the Gender Gap in STEM
Using unique data on preference rankings for all high school students who apply for college in Ireland, we investigate whether, conditional on absolute achievement at the end of high school, within school-cohort rank in English...
From microfinance to inclusive financial markets
Susan Johnson
Jan 01, 0001
Policy towards microfinance has undergone a shift away from building financial institutions focused on serving poor people to an “inclusive” agenda for financial sector development, operationalized by some donors in an approach...
/dk/atira/pure/sustainabledevelopmentgoals/no_poverty name=SDG 1 - No Poverty /dk/atira/pure/sustainabledevelopmentgoals/gender_equality name=SDG 5 - Gender Equality /dk/atira/pure/sustainabledevelopmentgoals/decent_work_and_economic_growth name=SDG 8 - Decent Work and Economic Growth /dk/atira/pure/sustainabledevelopmentgoals/reduced_inequalities name=SDG 10 - Reduced Inequalities
Beyond Trafficking and Slavery Short Course
Forced labour modern slavery human trafficking globalization /dk/atira/pure/sustainabledevelopmentgoals/gender_equality name=SDG 5 - Gender Equality /dk/atira/pure/sustainabledevelopmentgoals/decent_work_and_economic_growth name=SDG 8 - Decent Work and Economic Growth /dk/atira/pure/sustainabledevelopmentgoals/peace_justice_and_strong_institutions name=SDG 16 - Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions
Published by: Open Democracy
Fatherhood regimes and father involvement in France and the UK
This paper contrasts and compares the institutional framework for fatherhood and father involvement and the survey evidence relating to fathers’ contribution to childcare and domestic work in the two countries. It shows that...
EU-Asia Free Trade Agreements as tools for social norm/legislation transfer
Article 21 of the Treaty of Lisbon mandates the European Union (EU) to foster its values (democracy, the rule of law, social rights, gender equality, etc.) in its external relations. The core concern of the EU’s multi-faceted...
Domestic violence and private family court proceedings
Gillian S. Macdonald
Jun 01, 2016
Despite improved understanding regarding domestic violence, child welfare and child contact, and related policy developments, problems persist regarding how the family courts deal with fathers’ violence in contested contact/...
domestic violence child contact child welfare Cafcass family court proceedings domestic violence cafcass child contact Child Welfare /dk/atira/pure/sustainabledevelopmentgoals/gender_equality name=SDG 5 - Gender Equality /dk/atira/pure/sustainabledevelopmentgoals/peace_justice_and_strong_institutions name=SDG 16 - Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions
How context matters
This study examines relationships between family-supportive supervisor behaviour (FSSB) and individuals' prosocial and extrinsic motivation at work in four countries: Brazil, Kenya, the Netherlands and the Philippines. With a...
Gender equality bargaining in France and the UK
Collective bargaining is widely advocated as one means of addressing continued gender pay disparities. However, since collective bargaining has been weakened as a mode of employment regulation, its efficacy relative to statutory...
Gender pay gap reporting regulations:
Susan Milner
Jun 01, 2019
This article sets out to explain why mandatory gender pay gap reporting regulations were introduced in 2016, whereas the two main parties had previously opposed state regulation. Observing the rise in the number of female MPs...
critical actors Equality act 2010 Equality machinery Gender equality policy Gender pay gap reporting State feminism /dk/atira/pure/subjectarea/asjc/1200/1202 name=History /dk/atira/pure/subjectarea/asjc/3300/3312 name=Sociology and Political Science /dk/atira/pure/subjectarea/asjc/3300/3320 name=Political Science and International Relations /dk/atira/pure/sustainabledevelopmentgoals/gender_equality name=SDG 5 - Gender Equality /dk/atira/pure/sustainabledevelopmentgoals/reduced_inequalities name=SDG 10 - Reduced Inequalities
The Melancholic Subject: A study of self-blame as a gendered and neoliberal psychic response to loss of the 'perfect worker'
It has been argued that accountancy and finance have struggled to promote gender equality despite their intentions and efforts to do so. The paper contributes to explanations for this ongoing inequality by theorising the psychic...
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