Standing for Women, led by Kelly-Jay Keen, is on a Let Women Speak European tour. Despite the solid police presence backed up by water cannons on standby, women’s safety could not be guaranteed. The event was cut short by gender fascists as is now common in so-called liberal democracie...
{Rydstrm, Helle and Nguyen, Huong}, issn = {0277-5395}, language = {eng}, publisher = {Elsevier}, series = {Women's Studies International Forum}, title = {Climate Disaster, Gender, and Violence: Men's Infliction of Harm upon Women in the Philippines and Vietnam}, year = {2018}, ...
and that is Jeannie Javelosa, who came in as Asia-Pacific finalist in 2012. A staunch advocate of culture, sustainability and gender, Jeannie is co-founder of the pioneering ECHOStore and the GREAT Women brand
The highest rates of unemployment are mainly in northern Mexico, parts of which have seen on-going violence in the war against drugs. Workers flocked to these areas during the boom times of Mexico’smaquiladoraprogram when firms were encouraged to set up “in-bond” factories in these states,...
In India, for instance, there are laws to address domestic violence and sexual harassment, women have the right to inherit property, and paid maternity leave was raised from 12 to 26 weeks at the start of 2017. However, key legislation mandating equal pay, for instance, is still ...
The outcome of these processes can reduce a society’s level of gender equality by increasing constraints on the advancement of laws and norms that promote co-equal status. While we should not expect these findings to apply to all women in equal measure, those of lower socio-economic status ...
This can be through laws and policies, gender-based stereotypes, and social norms and practices.1 • W omen's empowerment is a precondition to solving poverty, inequality and violence against women.2 • There is a global labour force participation gap, estimated to cost the global ...
Gender differences in health outcomes have long been a concern worldwide. We investigated the gender differences in the lifestyle and mental health status of senior students in general high schools who were preparing for college entrance exams. This secondary analysis was based on data from the 14t...
This study examines the lives of marriage migrants, primarily coming from the Philippines to non-highly urbanised areas (i.e., “rural” areas) of South Korea. It looks at how these women negotiate gender norms and expectations in these multicultural fam
enforced through direct violence; instead, it exists as a cultural “script” that are familiar to us from our socialisation. The hegemonic ideal is exemplified in movies which venerateWhite heterosexual heroes,as well as in sports, where physical prowess is given special cultural interest and ...