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A gender equality paradox in academic publishing: Countries with a higher proportion of female first-authored journal articles have larger first author gender disparities between fields [PDF]

arXiv, 2020
Current attempts to address the shortfall of female researchers in Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) have not yet succeeded despite other academic subjects having female majorities. This article investigates the extent to which gender disparities are subject-wide or nation-specific by a first author gender comparison of 30 million
arxiv  

AI Gender Bias, Disparities, and Fairness: Does Training Data Matter? [PDF]

arXiv, 2023
This study delves into the pervasive issue of gender issues in artificial intelligence (AI), specifically within automatic scoring systems for student-written responses. The primary objective is to investigate the presence of gender biases, disparities, and fairness in generally targeted training samples with mixed-gender datasets in AI scoring ...
arxiv  

Enigmas of the Equality Act 2010 - "Three uneasy pieces" [PDF]

, 2015
The Equality Act 2010 was designed to simplify as well as unify British discrimination law. While there has been some significant unification, there are a number of areas where it has fallen short with regard to simplification, indeed it has introduced ...
James Hand, Pat Feast
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Counting the costs: understanding the extra costs of living with disability in Indonesia to advance inclusive policies within the SDG framework

Frontiers in Rehabilitation Sciences
The Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) are a multidimensional framework for monitoring progress on disability inclusion over time and among countries where reliable, disability disaggregated data is available.
Irma Marlina, Ginanjar Wibowo, Desi Dwi Bastias, Bimbika Sijapati Basnett, Dinar Dwi Prasetyo, Mercoledi Nasiir   +5 more
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The Gender Equality

European Journal of Social Sciences Education and Research, 2016
The subject of this topic is the gender equality as a fundamental right and part of the human rights. As such it deserves the proper attention and position in the society. This paper aims to explicate the significance and implementation of the principles of the rates on gender equality. It also explicates discrimination in base of gender with regard to
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The Gender Pay Gap in China: Insights from a Discrimination Perspective [PDF]

arXiv, 2022
Equal pay is an essential component of gender equality, one of the Sustainable Development Goals of the United Nations. Using resume data of over ten million Chinese online job seekers in 2015, we study the current gender pay gap in China. The results show that on average women only earned 71.57\% of what men earned in China.
arxiv  

Gender equality in Turkish higher education [PDF]

, 2018
The moulds of masculinity and femininity determined by society are not only determinants of the way in which individuals behave in society, but also determinants of the production and distribution of the resources. The steady development of societies can
Çobanoğlu, Fatma
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Harnessing the sustainable competitive advantage of social motivation in the informal market: A West African society insight

Heliyon, 2021
The existence of informal entrepreneurship is alleged to curb hardships related to unemployment. This has been the case of Nigerian youths at getting needs met but a dire exists when related to the African cultural heritage of value and goals.
Adebanji William Ayeni, Olaleke Ogunnaike, Edidiong Ayeni, Oluwole Iyiola   +3 more
doaj  

Equal Pay As An Objective Of Gender Equality [PDF]

International conference KNOWLEDGE-BASED ORGANIZATION, 2015
Abstract The increasing attention granted to improving gender equality in all the economic and social sectors, on all levels, is manifested in concrete actions undertaken by both different international bodies and national authorities. Even though the majority of EU member states have adopted the necessary legislative framework to ensure
Elena Florişteanu, Ioan Dragoş Florişteanu   +1 more
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Gender Flexibility, but not Equality: Young Adults’ Division of Labor Preferences

, 2020
Rising acceptance of mothers' labor force participation is often considered evidence of increased support for gender equality. This approach overlooks perceptions of appropriate behavior for men and gender dynamics within families.
Brittany N. Dernberger, Joanna R. Pepin
semanticscholar   +1 more source