Gender Equality in Theory and Practice

2020 ◽  
pp. 247-289
Author(s):  
Andrea Teti ◽  
Pamela Abbott ◽  
Valeria Talbot ◽  
Paolo Maggiolini
Keyword(s):  
Gender Equality ◽  
Theory And Practice

scholarly journals The European Construction Social Partners: Gender Equality in Theory and Practice

2005 ◽  
Vol 11 (2) ◽  
pp. 151-177 ◽  
Author(s):  
Linda Clarke ◽  
Elsebet Frydendal Pedersen ◽  
Elisabeth Michielsens ◽  
Barbara Susman
Keyword(s):  
Gender Equality ◽  
Theory And Practice ◽  
Social Partners

In Favor of the 2019 Equality Act: A Comment on Burt

2021 ◽  
pp. 155708512199133
Author(s):  
Susan Gluck Mezey
Keyword(s):  
Gender Identity ◽  
Gender Equality ◽  
Legal Theory ◽  
Sex Discrimination ◽  
Theory And Practice ◽  
Sex And Gender ◽  
Federal Law ◽  
Biological Sex ◽  
And Gender

There are three reason why I disagree with the author’s premise that 2019 Equality Act disadvantages women by blurring the distinction between sex and gender identity. First, it ignores current legal theory and practice that sex discrimination encompasses gender identity discrimination in federal law; second, it has not made a sufficient case that the Act’s interpretation of sex would harm women; third, it incorrectly assumes gender equality in the workplace can be achieved while sex-segregated spaces remain segregated by biological sex. In sum, revising the Equality Act to exempt women’s spaces would sacrifice the principle of gender equality upon which the Act is based.

scholarly journals Gender and Learning in Rwanda

10.5130/aag ◽  
2021 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Feminist Theory ◽  
Gender Equality ◽  
Social Relationships ◽  
Personal Experience ◽  
Single Point ◽  
Theory And Practice ◽  
Master's Program ◽  
Policy Area ◽  
Gender Culture ◽  
Culture And Development

This book presents an unparalleled mix of aspiration and achievement, of feminist theory and practice. It does not claim to be complete or final, nor is it a snapshot of a single point in time. It falls into two parts. One part containing scholarly chapters written academics involved in developing and teaching in the innovative Master’s program in Gender, Culture and development offered from 2011 at the Kigali Institute of Education in Rwanda. The second part contains statements written by students in the first cohort, most of which have been revised and updated. All the contributions are informed by a set of common experiences, but each writer presents her (or his) own perspective. This is most clearly evident in the short chapters written by the women who brought their diverse scholarly backgrounds together in their passion for the scholarly development of other women and men, in an empowering, feminist, educational experience. This mix of experiences and the diversity of writings make the book a challenging read and an invaluable resource for anyone interested in research-based approaches to social change, the weaving of personal experience into scholarly reflections, and in insights into leaders in working towards gender equality, a policy area which affects social relationships throughout a society, including at the most intimate level.

Gender equality bargaining: Developing theory and practice

2014 ◽  
Vol 56 (2) ◽  
pp. 155-169 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sue Williamson ◽  
Marian Baird
Keyword(s):  
Gender Equality ◽  
Theory And Practice

scholarly journals Western Memoir of Marginality: A Feminist Analysis of Educated (2018) by Tara Westover

2020 ◽  
Vol V (I) ◽  
pp. 38-45
Author(s):  
Aisha Jadoon ◽  
Umaima Kamran ◽  
Mehwish Sarfraz
Keyword(s):  
Gender Equality ◽  
Female Subject ◽  
Theory And Practice ◽  
The West ◽  
Gendered Identity ◽  
Feminist Analysis ◽  
Discursive Strategies ◽  
The Stability

Rethinking the gendered experiences of a Western female narrated in the memoir Educated (2018), this paper points out the contradictions between the theory and practice of gender equality in the West. De Beauvoir’s (1949) idea of female passivity and Butler’s (1999) challenge to the stability of the category ‘women’ are utilized together with the discursive strategies proposed by Van Dijk (2007) to conclude. through the use of actor description, situation description, hyperbole and distancing, for the feminist analysis of patriarchal influence on the female under the cover of paternity, whereby the female subject is conditioned to consider herself impure due to her gendered identity, sartorial practices and desire to be educated. On the contrary, the memoirist by employing the strategies of polarization and situation description shows that the female subject can only challenge the patriarchal dominance because of the changed consciousness that came out of the personal resistance to patriarchy

Majority Norms, Multiculturalism, and Gender Equality

2005 ◽  
Vol 99 (4) ◽  
pp. 473-489 ◽  
Author(s):  
SARAH SONG
Keyword(s):  
Gender Equality ◽  
Theory And Practice ◽  
Minority Cultures ◽  
Gender Hierarchies ◽  
Interactive Dynamics ◽  
And Gender ◽  
Interactive View ◽  
The U.S

Although many scholars have discussed the conflict that can arise between multiculturalism and gender equality, both critics and defenders of multiculturalism have largely overlooked a variety of interactive dynamics between majority and minority cultures that have important implications for the theory and practice of multiculturalism. Examining cases in the U.S. context, this essay argues for an interactive view of the dilemmas of gender and culture that is attentive to interconnections between majority and minority cultures. What is of particular concern for debates on multiculturalism is that the mainstream legal and normative frameworks within which minority claims for accommodation are evaluated have themselves been informed by patriarchal norms, which in turn have offered support for gender hierarchies within minority cultures. The interactive view defended here suggests the need to scrutinize both minority and majority norms and practices in evaluating the claims of minority cultures.

Gender Parity and Multicultural Feminism

2018 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Gender Equality ◽  
Minority Groups ◽  
State Level ◽  
Theory And Practice ◽  
Minority Women ◽  
Customary Law ◽  
Gender Quotas ◽  
Gender Parity ◽  
Religious Law ◽  
Multicultural Feminism

Around the world, we see a ‘participatory turn’ in the pursuit of gender equality, exemplified by the adoption of gender quotas in national legislatures to promote women’s role as decision-makers. We also see a ‘pluralism turn’, with increasing legal recognition given to the customary law or religious law of minority groups and indigenous groups. To date, the former trend has primarily benefitted majority women, and the latter has primarily benefitted minority men. Neither has effectively ensured the participation of minority women. In response, multicultural feminists have proposed institutional innovations to strengthen the voice of minority women, both at the state level and in decisions about the interpretation and evolution of cultural and religious practices. This volume explores the connection between gender parity and multicultural feminism, both at the level of theory and in practice. The authors explore a range of cases from Europe, Latin America, the Middle East, and Africa, in relation to state law, customary law, religious law, and indigenous law. While many obstacles remain, and many women continue to suffer from the paradox of multicultural vulnerability, these innovations in theory and practice offer new prospects for reconciling gender equality and pluralism.

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