indicates some of the Western ideas shaping interpretations of sex equality, focusing on liberal theory. Then, the idea of sex equality as an aspect of equality of opportunity is presented. Finally, three current areas of debate and tension regarding the ideal of sex or gender equality are ...
The question of gender in philosophy has long been a focus of interest for feminist academics of one hue or another. Over the past two decades in particular this ‘gender debate’ has generated a wealth of material on the subject of sexual identity in...
The gender equality debate is current, pressing, and fundamental to a sustainable future it will never go away. Increasingly, gender equality has become an important global concept in international debates and has been a "focus of intention" among academics, business, governments, non-governmental ...
Gender equality efforts are sometimes called out as not being fair. One respondent voiced support for gender equality but said that “much of the gender equality debate and initiatives appear to be advancing the causes of women whilst discriminating against men.” His view was that, rather ...
renamed as the Ministry of Gender Equality, is a testimony of the Government’s commitment [...] daccess-ods.un.org 妇女权利、儿童发展和家庭福利部最近改 名 为性别平等部,表明政府 承诺将妇女发展问题作为增长和发展的重要途径,予以优先关注。 daccess-ods.un.orgThe...
Roberts’ comments run contrary to the beliefs of a growing and potent gender equality movement, led by The 3% Conference and outspoken critics like consultant Cindy Gallop. For Gallop, Roberts reserved particularly disdainful remarks,“I think she’s got problems that are of her own making. I...
These fundamental gender differences mean that “equality of outcome is undesirable”. “Men and women won’t sort themselves into the same categories if you leave them alone to do it of their own accord. We’ve already seen that in Scandinavia. It’s 20 to one female nurses to male… an...
treatment may be continued unaltered. However, some medications may have to be changed to preferred medications, while medications contraindicated in pregnancy must be discontinued. The guideline report acknowledged that recommended on-treatment BP target in pregnancy also has been subject to debate and...
The following section devoted to introducing gender indicators from an economic perspective. This distinguishes gender parity, gender equality, and gender mainstreaming indicators, pointing out key databases to extract and analyse them, and the importance of doing so. The chapter then considers gender in...
Despite a trend towards greater equality in our societies, the convergence of the gender gap in job quality is not clear. On the one hand, universalist theories share the view of a convergence of job quality across countries and employment systems due to similar changes in the nature of work...