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Vital events, vital relations: the structure of relations in an identity database Événements vitaux, liens vitaux : la structure des liens dans une base de données d'identité civile

open access: yesJournal of the Royal Anthropological Institute, EarlyView.
The National Database and Registration Authority (NADRA) manages Pakistan's biometric‐based national identity database, one of the largest identification systems of its kind in the world. This article examines bureaucratic practices used during identity registration to record ‘vital events’ in the lives of citizens: birth, marriage, divorce, and death.
Zehra Hashmi
wiley   +1 more source

‘From the Fields Into the Bars’: The Story of Israel's First Transgender Novel, The Cut (1977)

open access: yesGender &History, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT In 1977, an Israeli transgender woman, Judy Spotheim, published an autobiographical novel entitled The Cut. It describes the emergence of a trans community in the commercial‐sex areas of Tel Aviv‐Jaffa, hoping to humanise trans women (coccinelles). This article is the first to study the novel and present a biography of Spotheim.
Gil Engelstein, Iris Rachamimov
wiley   +1 more source

Democracy From Within: A Democratic Cultural Schema in the US Public

open access: yesThe British Journal of Sociology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Are members of the public still committed to democracy? Existing studies often ask whether members of the public sanction political actors who break institutional or procedural norms. In contrast, we study a shared cultural horizon, which grounds democracy as a way of living.
Johan Gøtzsche‐Astrup   +1 more
wiley   +1 more source

Comparative Framing From Below: How Young People in Three Cities Interpret Cyber Dating Abuse by Drawing Boundaries Between Love, Harm, and Justice

open access: yesThe British Journal of Sociology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT As digital technologies become embedded in everyday life, interpersonal violence increasingly takes place in cyberspace. Existing studies have focused on how states, experts, and the media define what counts as cyber violence and abuse. Less attention has been paid to how ordinary people interpret and contest these definitions and how their ...
Susanne Y. P. Choi   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

The Potential Impact of Voter Identification Laws on Transgender Voters in the 2014 General Election

open access: yes, 2014
Ten states’ strict voter ID laws may create substantial barriers to voting and possible disenfranchisement for transgender voters. Of the estimated 84,000 transgender people eligible to vote in these states, more than 24,000 individuals who have transitioned have no identification or record that accurately reflect their gender.
openaire   +1 more source

“Hello, these people exist”: Examining dietitians' perspectives, approaches, and experiences in transgender and gender diverse health

open access: yesNutrition &Dietetics, EarlyView.
Abstract Aim The lack of research and guidelines on transgender and gender diverse health, including nutrition considerations, contributes to negative health outcomes for transgender and gender diverse people. This study sought to examine dietitians' perspectives, knowledge, and experiences regarding transgender and gender diverse health dietetic ...
Majella Jones   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

“Swallowed by a Black Hole”: The Neglected Impact of Endometriosis in the Workplace

open access: yesHuman Resource Management Journal, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study examines how endometriosis, as a chronic and cyclical condition, is experienced and managed in contemporary workplaces, and what this reveals about the limits of existing human resource management (HRM) frameworks. Drawing on Feminist Disability Theory (FDT), we conceptualise endometriosis as a form of structurally produced ...
Meltem Yavuz Sercekman, Ozlem Ayaz
wiley   +1 more source

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