'Woolly, Half-Baked and Impractical'? British Responses to the Commission on the Status of Women and the Convention on the Political Rights of Women 1946-67

2011 ◽  
Vol 23 (4) ◽  
pp. 473-495 ◽  
Author(s):  
H. Laville
Keyword(s):  
The Political ◽  
Political Rights ◽  
The Status ◽  
Status Of Women

The Political Function of Domestic Objects in the Fiction of Aleksandra Kollontai

Slavic Review ◽  
1989 ◽  
Vol 48 (1) ◽  
pp. 71-82 ◽  
Author(s):  
Birgitta Ingemanson
Keyword(s):  
Economic Policy ◽  
Short Stories ◽  
Market Economy ◽  
The Political ◽  
New Economic Policy ◽  
The Real ◽  
Political Function ◽  
The Status ◽  
Soviet Russia ◽  
Status Of Women

During the winter of 1922-1923 when she was just beginning her diplomatic career, Bolshevik activist Aleksandra Kollontai wrote two novels and several short stories that were immediately published in Russia and subsequently combined into two volumes under the titles Liubov’ pchel trudovykh and Zhenshchina na perelome. They were dismissed as mere autobiographical romances, indulging in unhealthy introspection and dangerously divorced from the “real” demands of society. At a time when Soviet Russia was facing enormous challenges connected with the reconstruction after the civil war and with the partial return to a market economy under the New Economic Policy (NEP), Kollontai's focus on domestic relationships and the status of women seemed narrow and excessively private.

The Status of Women in the Profession: Tokenism

1971 ◽  
Vol 4 (04) ◽  
pp. 530-532
Author(s):  
Jane Jaquette
Keyword(s):  
Political Science ◽  
The Political ◽  
Female Participation ◽  
The Status ◽  
Assistant Professors ◽  
Status Of Women

The woman who is now entering (or contemplating entry) into the political science profession confronts a field that is biased against her (“political science is no place for a woman”) and which admits her only grudgingly and accords her limited status. The following is a summary of the data now available on the status of women in the profession.From the survey conducted by the APSA Committee on the Status of Women (1969, 473 departments responding), we have the following information on female participation:23.2% of undergraduate majors are women17.5% of graduates enrolled are women14.7% of Ph.D. candidates are women8.7% of those receiving the Ph.D. 1960-1968 are women8.6% of assistant professors are women6.7% of associate professors are women; and4.1 % of full professors are women.

(2) Convention on the Political Rights of Women, adopted by the seventh session of the General Assembly, December 20, 1952

1953 ◽  
Vol 7 (1) ◽  
pp. 173-175
Keyword(s):  
United Nations ◽  
Public Service ◽  
General Assembly ◽  
The Political ◽  
Political Rights ◽  
Men And Women ◽  
The Status ◽  
The United Nations ◽  
The Government ◽  
The Right

Desiring to implement the principle of equality of rights for men and women contained in the Charter of the United Nations,Recognizing that everyone has the right to take part in the government of his country directly or through freely chosen representatives, and has the right to equal access to public service in his country, and desiring to equalize the status of men and women in the enjoyment and exercise of political rights, in accordance with the provisions of the Charter of the United Nations and of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights,

Women Prophets in the Old Testament: Implications for Christian Women in Contemporary Southeastern Nigeria

2020 ◽  
Vol 50 (3) ◽  
pp. 116-135
Author(s):  
Adolphus Ekedimma Amaefule
Keyword(s):  
Old Testament ◽  
The Political ◽  
Word Of God ◽  
African Culture ◽  
Christian Women ◽  
Southeastern Nigeria ◽  
Close Relationship ◽  
The Status ◽  
Women Prophets ◽  
Status Of Women

There is a close relationship between the traditional Igbo-African culture and its treatment of women and the traditional Jewish culture and the status of women therein. This article examines the implications that the life, ministry, actions and inactions, of women prophets in the Old Testament hold for Christian women in contemporary Southeastern Nigeria where the Igbos live. Despite the obvious difference in time and clime, it is discovered, among other things, that the life and ministry of these women prophets challenge present-day Igbo Christian women to be much more courageous and self-confident, to raise their moral bars, to speak out all the more, to participate more actively in the political leadership of their region and the nation at large, to be much more committed to the Word of God, to be given, as women of fewer words but of mighty deeds, to a much more prophetic witnessing anywhere they find themselves.

Anglican Women: Empowering Each other to Further God's Kingdom

2007 ◽  
Vol 5 (1) ◽  
pp. 39-68
Author(s):  
Mary Sudman Donovan
Keyword(s):  
New York ◽  
United Nations ◽  
Organizational Structure ◽  
Annual Meeting ◽  
The Political ◽  
The Status ◽  
The United Nations ◽  
Political Structures ◽  
Status Of Women

ABSTRACTIn February 2006, women from every province of the Anglican Communion gathered in New York for the annual meeting of the United Nations Commission on the Status of Women. Once assembled, they established an organizational structure to perpetuate their gathering and called for an expanded women's presence on all Anglican Communion governing bodies. This article traces the development of the group, showing how a few women used the political structures of the Anglican Communion–the Anglican Observer at the United Nations, the Anglican Consultative Council and the International Anglican Women's Network–to assemble Anglican women. It demonstrates that the experience of meeting together became a source of empowerment for the participants and analyzes the factors contributing to the venture's success so that they might serve as models for the Anglican Communion as it struggles to maintain unity while embracing diversity.

Gender in Israel

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Reut Itzkovitch-Malka
Keyword(s):  
Gender Equality ◽  
Gender Inequality ◽  
Political System ◽  
Gender Mainstreaming ◽  
The Political ◽  
The Status ◽  
Substantial Progress ◽  
The Government ◽  
Status Of Women ◽  
Made In

This chapter traces, identifies, and characterizes the main features of the gender division in Israeli society and politics. It addresses questions relevant to the status of women, as well as the LGBTQ community, and assesses the magnitude of gender inequality in the various societal, cultural, and political arenas. While substantial progress has been made in improving the status of women in Israel, there is still a long road ahead before Israel can achieve true gender equality. In order for such equality to become a reality, genuine change is in order: a focus on the substantive outputs of the Knesset and the government; an emphasis on gender mainstreaming practices; and widespread feminist activity in formal politics, meant to inject critical feminist views into the political system and alter existing gender relations.

At the Beginning: the Status of Women in Neolithic and Shang China*

NAN Nü ◽  
1999 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-63 ◽  
Author(s):  
David N. Keightley
Keyword(s):  
Present Article ◽  
Economic Status ◽  
The Political ◽  
Late Neolithic ◽  
Burial Practices ◽  
Marriage Patterns ◽  
The Status ◽  
Secondary Burial ◽  
Initial Exploration ◽  
Status Of Women

AbstractDespite the local and frequently disparate nature of the evidence, both archaeological and inscriptional, and despite the difficulties involved in interpreting that evidence, the study of particular topics-such as secondary burial, following-in-death, sex ratios, marriage patterns, childbearing, Shang royal consorts, Shang ancestresses, and lineage terminology-permits the general conclusion that from at least the Late Neolithic until the Late Shang the political and economic status of most women in China, as represented in burial practices and recorded religious beliefs, was, despite some significant exceptions, inferior to that of most men. The present article provides an initial exploration of how such status distinctions emerged and how they functioned.

scholarly journals Dynamics of Change in Customary Actor Authority After Determining the Status of Indigenous Villages in Siak Regency

2019 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
pp. 158-168
Author(s):  
Husni Setiawan
Keyword(s):  
Qualitative Method ◽  
Political Authority ◽  
The Other ◽  
The Political ◽  
Political Rights ◽  
Traditional Leaders ◽  
Other Hand ◽  
The Status ◽  
Depth Interviews ◽  
Method Analysis

This study discusses the status of adat which has the power of formal law which gradually impacts on the addition and strengthening of political rights of traditional leaders. This phenomenon occurs in the Sakai Minas Traditional Village, Siak Regency. The community of the traditional village made a rule that the chief (Village Chief) must come from ethnic Sakai or who have blood ties with the Sakai community. On the other hand, there is a dichotomy of the political rights of people outside of Sakai Ethnicity. This study aims to analyze the strengthening of the authority of indigenous actors in Kabupaten Siak. This study uses a qualitative method. Analysis of data using emik based on the results of in-depth interviews and related documents. The results of the study showed that after the establishment of Sakai Minas Traditional Village status, customary actors experienced formal political authority (de jure) strengthening compared to before the establishment of traditional village status. Strengthening this authority comes from the interpretation of the Perda Kabupaten Siak No. 2 of 2015 concerning the Establishment of Traditional Villages.

scholarly journals Tools for Regulating Women’s Rights

2021 ◽  
Vol 8 (1) ◽  
pp. 11-18
Author(s):  
Gabriela Nemtoi
Keyword(s):  
Human Rights ◽  
European Convention ◽  
Political Rights ◽  
Council Of Europe ◽  
Cultural Rights ◽  
The Status ◽  
Civil And Political Rights ◽  
Gender Based ◽  
New Perspective ◽  
Status Of Women

Acts that that guarantee the specific rights of women are various national regulations on conventions and instruments of international and European law. Several international legislative instruments - conventions involving obligations for acceding states, as well as political declarations of universal value - prohibit the gender-based exclusion from the exercise of all rights of any individual but especially of women. One such instrument is the Universal Declaration of Human Rights as well as the United Nations International Covenants on Civil and Political Rights and on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights and other conventions of this organization, in particular the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women. However, there are several Conventions of the International Labour Organization in this area, or Action Plans approved at the last major UN conferences, especially those dedicated especially to the situation of women that took place in Beijing in September 1995. The current situation has shown that women are a product that imposes protection against discrimination of any kind. The status of women through the new regulations now opens a new perspective. There are currently regional instruments, in particular those of the Council of Europe - the European Convention on Human Rights - that prohibit discrimination based on sex.

Gender in Israel

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Reut Itzkovitch-Malka
Keyword(s):  
Gender Equality ◽  
Gender Inequality ◽  
Political System ◽  
Gender Mainstreaming ◽  
The Political ◽  
The Status ◽  
Substantial Progress ◽  
The Government ◽  
Status Of Women ◽  
Made In

This chapter traces, identifies, and characterizes the main features of the gender division in Israeli society and politics. It addresses questions relevant to the status of women, as well as the LGBTQ community, and assesses the magnitude of gender inequality in the various societal, cultural, and political arenas. While substantial progress has been made in improving the status of women in Israel, there is still a long road ahead before Israel can achieve true gender equality. In order for such equality to become a reality, genuine change is in order: a focus on the substantive outputs of the Knesset and the government; an emphasis on gender mainstreaming practices; and widespread feminist activity in formal politics, meant to inject critical feminist views into the political system and alter existing gender relations.

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