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Enhancing gender‐responsive social protection among informal and traditionally uncovered workers in sub‐Saharan Africa: An assessment of access to maternity protection

International Social Security Review, Volume 77, Issue 4, Page 79-101, October/December 2024.
Abstract A wide and established body of research evidence has consistently shown how the effective provision of social protection benefits and the promotion of gender equality are among the key tools for addressing shocks, vulnerability and poverty.
Zitha Mokomane, Laurel Grzesik‐Mourad, Jody Heymann   +2 more
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Representatividade negra no executivo municipal: Impacto da posição partidária para a eleição de mulheres e homens negros nas prefeituras da Bahia

Revista Odeere, 2021
O presente trabalho traz um estudo do perfil dos (as) 417 prefeitos (as) eleitos no estado da Bahia nas eleições de 2016 pelos critérios de cor/raça e gênero.
Cleber Lázaro Julião Costa
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Gender gaps in perceptions of social protection: Insights from the OECD Risks that Matter Survey

International Social Security Review, Volume 77, Issue 4, Page 23-48, October/December 2024.
Abstract Reflecting their weaker labour force attachment and lower earnings, women consistently report feeling greater economic insecurity than men across the Member countries of the Organisation for Economic Co‐operation and Development (OECD). Similar gender gaps emerge in perceptions of social protection systems: women are far less confident than ...
Valerie Frey, Jasmin Thomas, Lyydia Alajääskö   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Leitura reflexiva para igualdade de gênero: um relato de experiência

Encontros Bibli, 2023
Objetivo: Relatar a experiência do projeto de extensão “Leitura reflexiva para igualdade de gênero” desenvolvido entre maio e agosto de 2022. Método: O projeto se fundamenta teoricamente nas teorias feministas, no conceito de bem-viver, de injustiça ...
Andréa Doyle, Ana Cláudia Gigli de Moura   +1 more
doaj   +1 more source

Resisting change: Explaining education policy reforms in Ghana

Politics &Policy, Volume 52, Issue 2, Page 384-402, April 2024.
Abstract This article examines the complexities surrounding the implementation of comprehensive sexuality education (CSE) within Ghana's basic education system, exploring the intersection of religious, cultural, and political factors. Introducing CSE has sparked significant public discourse and resistance in Ghana, where religious and cultural beliefs ...
Saaka Sulemana Saaka
wiley   +1 more source

The “boy problem” in public policy

Politics &Policy, Volume 52, Issue 1, Page 70-88, February 2024.
Abstract The article investigates how gender differences in school performance are conceptualized in recent Swedish and Norwegian public commission reports against the backdrop of an increasing public focus on “problem boys” and boys' underachievement in school as a policy challenge. We found substantive country differences, despite regime similarities
Cathrine Holst, Mari Teigen
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The effects of gender political inclusion and democracy on environmental performance: Evidence from the method of moments by quantile regression

Politics &Policy, Volume 52, Issue 1, Page 118-139, February 2024.
Abstract Motivated by the difficulty of ensuring gender equality and the chaotic state of democracy, we analyze the effects of gender political inclusion and democracy on environmental policy performance. The study uses a panel of 45 African countries over the period 2012–2018 and employs the method of moments by quantile regression.
Simplice A. Asongu, Cheikh T. Ndour, Judith C. M. Ngoungou   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Cautious or marginalized? Perceptions of the riskiness of engaging in corruption and gender differences in corruptness

Politics &Policy, Volume 52, Issue 1, Page 89-117, February 2024.
Abstract Previous studies suggest that women are often perceived as less corrupt and more risk averse, possibly due to longstanding asymmetries in power and marginalization that reproduce certain gender stereotypes. However, much remains unclear regarding the origins of these perceptions.
Fredrik G. Malmberg, Inga A.‐L. Saikkonen   +1 more
wiley   +1 more source

A ameaça da igualdade: enquadramentos sobre “ideologia de gênero” no YouTube (2013-2015) [PDF]

Sociedade e Estado
Resumo Este artigo aborda a construção do enquadramento midiático de iniciativas de reconhecimento e promoção da igualdade e da diversidade de gênero como “ideologia de gênero”.
Fernando de Figueiredo Balieiro, Marcelo Simionato Salamoni   +1 more
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Kurdish gender politics: Funeral ceremonies of female fighters

Digest of Middle East Studies, Volume 33, Issue 1, Page 6-25, Winter 2024.
Abstract The funeral ceremonies of female fighters are a relatively recent phenomenon that gained popularity in Kurdish politics in Turkey in the early 2000s and after the 2011 uprisings in Syria. As a sociocultural rite, these funerals have become a spectacular site, a political means, and a symbolic investment serving an intersectional agenda ...
Yunus Abakay
wiley   +1 more source