scholarly journals Promoting Gender Equality in the Eastern Neighbourhood Region

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sue Enfield
Keyword(s):  
Social Norms ◽  
Gender Equality ◽  
Legal Systems ◽  
Negative Consequences ◽  
Social Discrimination ◽  
Command Economy ◽  
Accountability Systems ◽  
Driven System ◽  
Market Driven ◽  
International Conventions

This helpdesk report synthesises evidence on the drivers and opportunities for promoting gender equality in the Eastern Neighbourhood region. Although equality between women and men is enshrined in the constitutions and legal systems of all Eastern Neighbourhood countries, and all countries have ratified most of the important international conventions in this area without reservations; women are still subject to social discrimination. Discriminatory laws, social norms, and practices rooted in patriarchal systems inherited from the Soviet era have negative consequences and act as drags upon gender equality. Former Soviet states making the transition from a command economy to a market-driven system need to make changes in governance and accountability systems to allow for women to have agency and to benefit from any nominal status of gender equality. This report considers areas where there are outstanding opportunities to improve women’s situation in Eastern Neighbourhood countries.

scholarly journals KEKERASAN TERHADAP PEREMPUAN (Mengapa Masyarakat Terbiasa Lecehkan Perempuan ?)

EGALITA ◽  
2012 ◽  
Author(s):  
Agus Maimun
Keyword(s):  
Social Construction ◽  
Social Norms ◽  
Gender Equality ◽  
Gender Issues ◽  
Alternative Solution ◽  
Gender Perspective ◽  
Political Economic

Men's subordination towards women still exists in public, social, political, economic as well as cultural areas. Consequently, that kind of social construction negates the representative of women's right due to fear of the present of women's body which trespasses religious and social norms. In fact, any religion and humanity refuse such kinds of discriminition or intimidation towards women.  Harassment towards women can be analized through social, moral, emotional, motivational as well as consept of personality  perspectives. As the alternative solution for aforementioned problems, efforts can be taken such as reinterpreties religious doctrines based on gender perspective, criticizies sexism myths, socializies gender equality to the society and establish the institution concerning gender issues.

scholarly journals The gendered relationship with drunkenness among different generations in Mediterranean and Nordic countries

2020 ◽  
Vol 37 (2) ◽  
pp. 172-189 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sara Rolando ◽  
Jukka Törrönen ◽  
Franca Beccaria
Keyword(s):  
Gender Differences ◽  
Alcohol Consumption ◽  
Social Norms ◽  
Focus Groups ◽  
Gender Equality ◽  
Educational Level ◽  
Comparative Approach ◽  
Gender Inequalities ◽  
Age Cohort ◽  
Different Dimensions

The study adopts a qualitative comparative approach to better understand how different dimensions affect social norms regulating alcohol consumption. Female and male attitudes towards drunkenness were analysed on the basis of data from 27 focus groups involving a total of 166 participants from Italy, Finland and Sweden, grouped by age cohort (17–20 and 50–65 years) and educational level. Results suggest that gendered drinking norms may be affected more by the drinking culture than by the degree of gender equality, thus providing a possible explanation of why gender differences in drinking are not always consistent with broader gender inequalities.

scholarly journals Nostalgia Causes a Preference for Regressive Social Change

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Matthew Baldwin ◽  
Abhay Alaukik ◽  
Joris Lammers
Keyword(s):  
Social Norms ◽  
Gender Equality ◽  
Positive Emotion ◽  
Preliminary Evidence ◽  
Causal Connection ◽  
Psychological Benefits ◽  
The Past ◽  
Humor Studies ◽  
The Individual ◽  
Shed Light

A broad literature demonstrates that nostalgia – a positive emotion associated with sentimental longing for the past – offers many psychological benefits for the individual. In contrast, we present seven studies showing that nostalgia, measured and manipulated, is associated with increased support for regressive social norms and policy. In the first four studies, we show that nostalgia is associated with opposition to smoke-free laws, preference for unsafe cars, expressions of benevolent sexism and opposition to gender equality, and enjoyment of sexist, racist, and other politically incorrect humor. Studies 5 and 6 establish a causal connection between nostalgia and regressive social norms. Lastly, Study 7 shows preliminary evidence that nostalgia causes these preferences through perceptions of the past as sacred. These findings shed light on a darker side of nostalgia and highlight how progressive policies can be undermined by a longing for the past.

Overlooked consequences could harm women's rights

2016 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Gender Equality ◽  
Women's Empowerment ◽  
Women’S Empowerment ◽  
Negative Consequences ◽  
Design Development ◽  
Negative Effects ◽  
High Positive Correlation ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Development Interventions ◽  
Promote Gender Equality

Subject Assessment of women's empowerment policies. Significance A new study from Colombia published in March showed a high positive correlation between indicators of women's empowerment and rates of domestic violence. Development organisations are also increasingly acknowledging that their projects aimed at promoting gender equality have unintended negative effects on women, raising questions about how best to design development interventions that promote gender equality. Impacts Ignoring the negative consequences of empowerment programmes for women could reduce funding in the long term. These negative consequences could also create a backlash against women's empowerment among women themselves. Without also addressing men's attitudes, women's empowerment programmes will be hobbled.

Predicting behavioral intentions to prevent or mitigate COVID-19: A meta-analysis

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ronald Fischer ◽  
Johannes Alfons Karl
Keyword(s):  
Social Norms ◽  
Behavioral Intentions ◽  
Behavioral Control ◽  
Meta Analysis ◽  
Effect Sizes ◽  
Perceived Behavioral Control ◽  
Negative Consequences ◽  
Moderator Effects ◽  
Societal Level ◽  
Strength Of Association

We examined the effectiveness of attitudes, social norms and perceived behavioral control on behavioral intentions and behaviors that prevent and mitigate COVID-19 infections and collateral negative consequences. We conducted a random-effects meta-analysis with 29 effect sizes from 19 studies involving data from 11 countries (N = 15,328). We found strongest effects for perceived behavioral control, but also moderately strong effects of social norms. This is practically important in a pandemic environment because social norms in other health contexts typically show negligible effects and advice based on non-pandemic contexts may be misguided. Examining moderator effects, we are the first to demonstrate that in contexts with strong endorsement of social norms, norm-behavior effects were strengthened. Focusing on societal level differences, both wealth and individualism increased the strength of association between perceived behavioral control and behavioral intentions. We discuss the practical and theoretical implications of the findings for behavior change and public health interventions.

scholarly journals About time: gender equality in Malta's working-time regime?

2016 ◽  
Vol 16 (4) ◽  
pp. 561-575 ◽  
Author(s):  
Frances Camilleri-Cassar
Keyword(s):  
Social Policy ◽  
Gender Equality ◽  
Gender Equity ◽  
Working Hours ◽  
Policy Support ◽  
Full Time ◽  
Paid Work ◽  
Negative Consequences ◽  
Domestic Sphere ◽  
Unpaid Care

To what extent does Malta's social policy support gender equality, in the use of time? How much do state policies assume that men and women both need time to care, as well as for paid work? Does Malta's full-time paid work structure allow time for the equal sharing of unpaid care responsibilities between women and men, that in turn enhances gender equity in the workplace and domestic sphere? Themes that emerge in the study rest largely on women's voices. The study finds that women need to shift their full-time economic activity to shorter and flexible working hours when they become mothers, with negative consequences of loss in income and career regression. Labour market exit and financial dependence on men is also a frequent occurrence. The findings of the study suggest that strong pressure to assume traditional roles is embedded not only in Maltese culture and social norms, but also in the state's own social policy.

Challenging gender norms and practices through women’s entrepreneurship

2017 ◽  
Vol 9 (4) ◽  
pp. 338-358 ◽  
Author(s):  
M. Emilia Bianco ◽  
Margaret Lombe ◽  
Mara Bolis
Keyword(s):  
Gender Equality ◽  
Women Entrepreneurs ◽  
Negative Consequences ◽  
Structural Barriers ◽  
Gender Ideologies ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Women’S Entrepreneurship ◽  
Gender Scripts ◽  
Women's Entrepreneurship ◽  
Social Interactionism

Purpose The purpose of this study is to explore the potential of women’s entrepreneurship to bring about greater gender equality. Understanding women’s entrepreneurship as a gendered process (Bird and Brush, 2002), the study presents the challenges encountered by women entrepreneurs as a result of gender ideologies. It documents structural barriers, discriminatory interactions and oppressive gender scripts and their effects on the women and their businesses. Acknowledging women’s possibilities for agency and resistance, the study analyzes how women entrepreneurs conform, contest or negotiate gender scripts and constraints, and looks at the consequences of these actions. Design/methodology/approach Drawing from elements of social interactionism and the doing and undoing gender theories, the authors use a feminist theoretic framework to guide analysis of qualitative data from two focus groups conducted with 19 women entrepreneurs in Colombia. Findings Gender ideologies were manifested in the forms of interrelated structural barriers that restricted women entrepreneurs’ access to resources. Social interactions represented spaces in which gender ideologies were reinforced, but also spaces women used to produce changes through resistance and accommodation strategies. Entrepreneurship was associated with positive changes toward greater gender equality, although negative consequences were reported. Research limitations/implications Due to the limited sample, more studies across countries may be needed for the consolidation of a generalizable theoretical framework. Originality/value This study presents a feminist theoretic framework in dialogue with the lived experiences of women entrepreneurs. It observes the processes of change toward gender equality embedded in business development.

scholarly journals EU Social and Gender Policy beyond Brexit: Towards the European Pillar of Social Rights

2018 ◽  
Vol 17 (2) ◽  
pp. 281-296 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ania Plomien
Keyword(s):  
Gender Equality ◽  
Social Progress ◽  
Social Rights ◽  
Equal Pay ◽  
Current Form ◽  
Gender Policy ◽  
Equal Work ◽  
Market Driven ◽  
And Gender ◽  
The Eu

The analysis of EU level social and gender policies highlights uneven developments and concerns over the EU as not (always) beneficial to social progress and gender equality. The EU, although primarily market driven, has developed a range of social policies, with gender equality enjoying a long-standing status as EU's founding value, dating back to the 1957 principle of equal pay for equal work. Yet, sixty years later, social justice objectives and equality between women and men remain to be realised. Social and gender themes have been revived by the proposal to develop the European Pillar of Social Rights, the shaping and implementing of which post-Brexit UK will not take part in. This initiative entails some meaningful developments for social and gender progress. However, its current form and content represents an adjustment to, rather than a transformation of, the unequal European economy and society.

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