scholarly journals An apercu of the current status of women in ocean science

2021 ◽  
Vol 0 (0) ◽  
Author(s):  
L. Anthea Brooks ◽  
Itahisa Déniz-González

Abstract This article complements the coverage of the status of women in ocean science as contained in the recently published Global Ocean Science Report 2020 – Charting capacity for ocean sustainability. Using the seven Science, Technology and Innovation Gender Objectives (STI GOs) of UNESCO’s SAGA (STEM and Gender Advancement) project, it reviews available information on women’s education and careers in ocean science for some of the countries with the highest numbers of ocean scientists in order to highlight STI GOs of concern. It also provides some information on resources for each STI GO to help institutions to achieve gender equality amongst their ocean science research staff.

2018 ◽  
Vol 5 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Rajeshwari Malik

Economic reforms of 1990s have touched the lives of all Indians. Not just Indian economy but the society as a whole can be divided into pre and post liberalisation, privatisation, globalisation eras. Post LPG the Indian economy has been growing at a rate of 7+ per cent per annum. The Indian middle class, the aspirational class, the neo-middle class, had expanded substantially in size. Today, India is the fourth largest economy in the world. In the last two decades women across the country have reaped the benefits of this economic growth. They have become the part of global economy and market, and their lives have transformed into that of global citizens with all the comforts and luxuries in life. Today women are rapidly closing the gender gap with men in various areas. Through this research paper, an attempt is being made to critically analyse the status of women in India post reforms. Finally the paper studies Gender inequality at workplace as an indicator of development in true sense.


2015 ◽  
Vol 11 (T29A) ◽  
pp. 531-538
Author(s):  
Francesca Primas ◽  
Sarah Maddison ◽  
Francesca Primas ◽  
Conny Aerts ◽  
Geoffrey Clayton ◽  
...  

The gender† dimension of science and technology has become one of the most important and debated issues worldwide, impacting society at every level. A variety of international initiatives on the subject have been undertaken, including the continued monitoring of the status of women in science by Unesco Institute for Statistics (UIS) or the annual reports “Education at a Glance” by the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) as well as field-related working groups and networking in order to collect data in a consistent manner. The majority of the international organizations have made clear statements about their discrimination policies (independently of their main field(s) of action), including the International Council for Science whose regulations are followed by the IAU. Gender equality at large is one of the eight United Nations Millennium Development Goals, which clearly calls for action related to science, technology and gender.


2010 ◽  
Vol 3 (2) ◽  
pp. 191-212 ◽  
Author(s):  
Luc Cloutier ◽  
Paul Bernard ◽  
Diane-Gabrielle Tremblay

Using a new typology based on information available from the Labour Force Survey, the authors analyse how job quality evolved in Québec for both women and men over the last decade (1997-2007). Results show that family situation and educational attainment are two important factors in the determination of gender inequality in the labour market. The analysis emphasizes the very significant decline in gender differences with regard to job quality (from 23% to 35% according to groups), especially for persons without children and individuals who achieved higher education. The changes represent a definite progress in the status of women in general, although some indicators also reveal degradation with respect to job quality in some of the sub-groups.  


Author(s):  
G Paranthaman ◽  
S Santhi ◽  
R Radha ◽  
G Poornima Thilagam

Woman constitutes the key role in the Indian society. Women in ancient India enjoyed high status in society and their condition was good. The Ancient and medieval status of women in modern Indian society regarding Equality, Education, Marriage and Family life, Race and Gender, Religion and Culture is maintained or deteriorated. The Vedic women had economic freedom. Some women were engaged in teaching work. Home was the place of production. Spinning and weaving of clothes were done at home. Women also helped their husbands in agricultural pursuit. In the religious field, wife enjoyed full rights and regularly participated in religious ceremonies with her husband. Religious ceremonies and sacrifices were performed jointly by the husband and wife. Women even participated actively in religious discourses. The status of women improved a little during the Buddhist period though there was no tremendous change. The role of women in Ancient Indian Literature is immense. Ancient India had many learned ladies. The Medieval period (Period between 500 A.D to 1500 A.D) proved to be highly disappointing for the Indian women, for their status further deteriorated during this period. Through this study we come to the conclusion that as the women has equal participation in human development. She is half of the human race. But she lacks in society. Women are not treated with respect as in the Ancient Indian society. Lot of crime against women is seen in the modern society. The Constitutional provisions are not sufficient to get the respectable position in society. The paper will help us to imagine the participation of women in social, religious, economic and household matters from Ancient to Modern.


Author(s):  
Hawraa Al-Hassan

W hen Saddam Hussein infamously proclaimed that the word and the bullet came from the same barrel, he created an embattled cultural space which would persist because of, and in spite of, his dominance of Iraqi politics for almost twenty-five years. This book is not an analysis of the status of women in Iraq under Saddam Hussein; nor is it exclusively about Iraqi women writers inside or outside the country, or about constructions of gender and gender identity. Instead the focus of the book is, to use the words of Abir Hamdar, on the ‘ongoing struggle for symbolic power in the Arab world’....


Author(s):  
Alexis Leanna Henshaw

While explicit efforts at gender mainstreaming in foreign policy are relatively recent, a view of foreign policy through a feminist lens illustrates that foreign policy has always been gendered. Feminist scholarship in this area suggests that masculinity has historically shaped foreign policy in important ways, while the increased presence of women in national governments, government cabinets, and the diplomatic corps has produced some notable change in policy outcomes. An examination of two key concepts related to policymaking and gender—securitization and gender mainstreaming—shows how gender issues have come to the forefront of national and international security agendas since 2000. In particular, the Women, Peace, and Security (WPS) agenda promulgated by the United Nations has obligated individual states to address gendered security issues, and dozens of countries have responded with their own National Action Plans. While these national efforts have led to some improvement in the status of women and related humanitarian outcomes, feminist scholars generally agree that the WPS agenda has stalled in its efforts to produce transformative change. As a way forward, feminist foreign policy stances promise to produce more comprehensive outcomes, though a backlash toward gender mainstreaming and the re-emergence of more traditional security threats has led to questions about the future of such efforts.


2019 ◽  
Vol 8 (1) ◽  
pp. 65-80
Author(s):  
Dina Afrianty

AbstractIndonesian women were at the forefront of activism during the turbulent period prior to reformasi and were a part of the leadership that demanded democratic change. Two decades after Indonesia embarked on democratic reforms, the country continues to face challenges on socio-religious and political fronts. Both the rise of political Islam and the increased presence of religion and faith in the public sphere are among the key features of Indonesia's consolidating democracy. This development has reinvigorated the discourse on citizenship and rights and also the historical debate over the relationship between religion and the state. Bearing this in mind, this paper looks at the narrative of women's rights and women's status in the public domain and public policy in Indonesia. It is evident, especially in the past decade, that much of the public conversation within the religious framework is increasingly centred on women's traditional social roles. This fact has motivated this study. Several norms and ideas that are relied on are based on cultural and faith-based interpretations - of gender. Therefore, this paper specifically examines examples of the ways in which social, legal, and political trends in this context affect progress with respect to gender equality and gender policy. I argue that these trends are attempts to subject women to conservative religious doctrines and to confine them to traditional gender roles. The article discusses how these developments should be seen in the context of the democratic transition in Indonesia.


Author(s):  
Tatiana Giraldo Pardo

RESUMEN:Este trabajo pretende identificar a la luz de los indicadores de ciencia y tecnología, cuáles factores determinan la sustentabilidad de las políticas de inversión en Ciencia, Tecnología e Innovación dentro de los países iberoamericanos. Para ello se adoptan las cifras de los indicadores de la Ricyt (Red Iberoamericana de Ciencia, Tecnología e Innovación), y con base en los resultados, se construyen dos modelos de sustentabilidad, fundamentados en dos ecuaciones paralelas. El primer modelo, está en función de la sostenibilidad y la pertinencia de las actividades de Ciencia y Tecnología. El segundo modelo, hace depender la sustentabilidad de la responsabilidad social y la iniciativa a la estructura. Se espera que los resultados arrojados por este doble modelo, sean más robustos que aquellos formulados a partir de los resultados de cada uno de los métodos por separado.ABSTRACTThis study aims at identifying the indicators in the fields of science and technology, which factors determine the sustainability of investment policies on science, research and innovation, among Iberoamerican countries. For this, Ricyt indicators have been adopted (Iberoamerican Network of Science, Technology and Innovation), and based on results, two sustainability models are designed focused on two parallel equations. The first model supports sustainability and appropriateness of scientific and technological activities. The second model, however, describes the dependence on sustainability based on social responsibility and structure initiative. It is really expected that the results shown by these two models be more robust than those resulting from each of these models in isolation.RESUMÉÉCe document vise à identifier, grâce à certains indicateurs scientifiques et technologiques, les facteurs déterminant la viabilité des politiques d’investissement en Science, Technologie et Innovation dans les pays d’Amérique latine. Pour ce faire, les chiffres et indicateurs de la Ricyt (Réseau ibéro-américain de la science, la technologie et l’innovation) sont pris en compte, et selon les résultats obtenus, deux modèles de développement durable sont construits, basés sur deux équations parallèles. Le premier modèle repose sur la viabilité et la pertinence des activités scientifiques et technologiques. Le second modèle fait dépendre la structure de la durabilité à la responsabilité sociale des entreprises et à l’initiative. Les résultats attendus de ce double modèle devraient être plus robustes que ceux réaliser séparément à partir des résultats de chacune des méthodes.RESUMOEste trabalho pretende identificar à luz dos indicadores de ciência e tecnologia, quais factores determinam a sustentabilidade das políticas de investimento em Ciência, Tecnologia e Inovação nos países iberoamericanos. Para isto adotaram-se os valores dos indicadores da Ricyt (Rede Iberoamericana de Ciência, Tecnologia e Inovação), e com base nos resultados, construem-se dois modelos de sustentabilidade, fundamentados em duas equaciones paralelas. O primeiro modelo está em função da sustentabilidade e a relevância das actividades de Ciência e Tecnologia. O segundo modelo, faz depender a sustentabilidade da responsabilidade social e a iniciativa da estrutura. Espera-se que os resultados obtidos por este duplo modelo sejam mais robustos do que aqueles formulados a partir dos resultados de cada um dos métodos de forma separada.


ICR Journal ◽  
2016 ◽  
Vol 7 (4) ◽  
pp. 476-491
Author(s):  
Elmira Akhmetova

This paper provides a general survey of the contributions made by women to science, knowledge and welfare in Islamic civilisation. The paper determines that early Muslims approached Islam and science in a holistic fashion, after adopting an epistemology which maintained a unity between science, technology and spiritual knowledge. The paper also suggests that, in the early age of Islam, women were given positions of trust and high responsibility in the spheres of leadership, education, and science. But, this empowerment of women in early Islam bears little relation to the conditions of women in modern-day Muslim societies, where women often suffer the most in conflict-ridden regions, whether from insecurity, domestic abuse, low education levels or poor medical care. The paper accordingly establishes a direct link between the absence of good governance and issues like gender inequality, the violation of the rights of women, and the current weakness of Muslims in science and technology. Without good governance, the status of women is unlikely to improve. If women’s rights to both a proper education and an occupation continue to be neglected, the equilibrium of Muslim society will be damaged, hindering its ability to produce innovative and passionate minds.


2016 ◽  
Vol 48 (3) ◽  
pp. 578-583
Author(s):  
Nova Robinson

Historians of the Middle East have used gender to explore a range of topics, from how crises around gendered practices have contributed to the construction of national identities to women's roles in nationalist movements. Whereas early gender histories focused on single nation-states, recent scholarship has turned to regional and transnational connections. Yet the international sphere, the domain of nation-states and nongovernmental organizations in relation to each other, has yet to be examined through the lens of gender. In this essay, I argue that doing so yields new insights into the relationship between the national and the international in the Middle East, and into the process of rights claiming in postcolonial nation-states. I make this argument through a discussion of the third session of the United Nations Commission on the Status of Women (UNCSW).


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