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Studying Gendered Practices [PDF]

open access: yes, 1997
The author is a Finnish woman writer, who from the shadow of her famous artist-cum-author husband has won herself a place in the Nordic cultural scene and international acknowledgement. Her text reflects the pressure of expectations she has felt while seeking room for herself and trying to fit family responsibilities with literary work.
Rantalaiho, Liisa   +3 more
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Studying Gender Diversity

open access: yesTrends in Cognitive Sciences, 2020
Gender identity is a core feature of human experience, yet our understanding of gender identity is shifting with broader societal changes in recognizing and understanding gender diversity. Here we discuss recent trends and upcoming directions for this burgeoning subfield.
Jennifer Rubin   +2 more
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Death Threats and Attempted Femicide in the Context of Domestic Violence in Portugal

open access: yesSocial Sciences, 2022
Domestic violence is a serious problem in Portugal, affecting mainly women. The significant number of femicides in the context of intimate partner violence has been showing not only the severity of the crime, but also the necessity to reinforce ...
Sofia Neves   +5 more
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Measurement Invariance of the Sensitive Assessment for Gender Equality (SAGE) Index Across Degree: Findings from two Teacher Education Programmes in Spain

open access: yesJournal of New Approaches in Educational Research, 2021
Western European countries have made impressive gender equality (GE) progress in education during the last few decades. Unfortunately, the implementation of gender mainstreaming (GM) in higher education has not been satisfactory.
Cristina Miralles-Cardona   +2 more
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Trans* Politics and the Feminist Project: Revisiting the Politics of Recognition to Resolve Impasses

open access: yesPolitics and Governance, 2020
The debates on, in, and between feminist and trans* movements have been politically intense at best and aggressively hostile at worst. The key contestations have revolved around three issues: First, the question of who constitutes a woman; second, what ...
Zara Saeidzadeh, Sofia Strid
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The dilemma of women empowerment in informal artisanal and small-scale gold ore mining in Ghana

open access: yesCogent Social Sciences, 2022
For several years, women demand more decision-making power from their husbands and the society. Studies indicate that egalitarian decision-making power can be beneficial in many important ways to the household and society, and the pathway to this desire ...
James Natia Adam   +3 more
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Engendered Representations: Exploring Sexuality through Symbols and Myths

open access: yesVerbum et Ecclesia, 2009
This article reflects the findings of a project that was conducted by the Institute for Women s and Gender Studies at the University of Pretoria. In particular, the project sought to dialogue with religious and cultural leaders on the taboos, myths ...
Rory du Plessis, Marinda Maree
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The Daily Lives of Urban Women during the Khrushchev Thaw in Soviet and Post-Soviet Scholarship

open access: yesRUDN Journal of Russian History, 2021
The article discusses the rise and changes of scholarly interest in urban women's everyday life in the USSR of the mid-twentieth century. By studying the Soviet and post-Soviet historiography of women's everyday life during Khrushchevs Thaw, the authors ...
Natalia L. Pushkareva   +1 more
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Vegan studies and gender studies

open access: yes, 2021
This chapter explores intersectional dialogues between veganism, vegan studies, and broader questions of gender, in order to foster those links in future research and practices (e.g., creative, literary, artistic, pragmatic, journalistic). The chapter aims to expand our readings of “gender” and “animals” to raise questions of how genders are ...
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Perception and Effects of Dramas on University Students

open access: yesJournal of Research in Social Sciences, 2021
Drama as an important mean of the media can impact the lives of people and consequently influence the whole society. This study conducted to understand the perception of students and the effects of Hum TV dramas on university students of Lahore. For this,
Jawaria Latif   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

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