scholarly journals Evils of the Istanbul Convention. Discourse analysis of Latvian press publications (2016) = Los efectos negativos del Convenio de Estambul. Análisis del discurso de publicaciones de prensa letonas (2016)

2018 ◽  
Vol 3 (1) ◽  
pp. 111
Author(s):  
Marita Zitmane
Keyword(s):  
Mass Media ◽  
Gender Equality ◽  
Violence Against Women ◽  
Public Attitudes ◽  
Gender Based Violence ◽  
Las Mujeres ◽  
Gender Based ◽  
And Gender ◽  
Medios De Comunicacion ◽  
Istanbul Convention

  Abstract. The Council of Europe Convention on preventing and combating violence against women and domestic violence caused heated discussion both in society and media in Latvia. The controversy was caused because Convention is based on the understanding that violence against women is a form of gender-based violence that is committed against women because they are women. The discussion showed that there are various interpretations and misinterpretations of gender as a concept. As well as hostility towards gender equality interpreted as a propaganda against so called traditional family values. The mass media play an important role in shaping of public thought.The mass media today are the main source of information – a source which not only offers reportage about important events, but also determines the public agenda. By offering commentary on various subjects, the media construct public attitudes towards those subjects. The aim of this article is to examine how the Istanbul Convention was represented in Latvian daily newspapers, what discourses were dominating in media; what information regarding the Convention, gender and gender equality were communicated.Keywords: gender, discourse, fear, Istanbul Convention, right-wing.Resumen. El Convenio del Consejo de Europa sobre prevención y lucha contra la violencia contra las mujeres y la violencia doméstica ha generado un acalorado debate tanto en la sociedad como en los medios de comunicación de Letonia. La controversia surgió porque el Convenio parte de la premisa de que la violencia que se ejerce contra la mujer es una forma de violencia de género que se ejerce contra las mujeres por el hecho de ser mujeres. El debate puso de manifiesto que existen diversas interpretaciones, erróneas algunas de ellas, del concepto de género, así como hostilidad hacia la igualdad de género interpretada como propaganda contra los llamados valores familiares tradicionales.Los medios de comunicación desempeñan un cometido importante en la formación del pensamiento público. Hoy son la fuente principal de información; una fuente que no solo informa de acontecimientos importantes, sino que también configura la agenda pública. Al comentar diversos temas, los medios construyen actitudes públicas hacia esos temas. El objetivo de este artículo es examinar cómo se representó el Convenio de Estambul en los periódicos letones, cuáles fueron los discursos dominantes en los medios de comunicación, y qué información se comunicó con respecto al Convenio, el género y la igualdad de género.Palabras clave: género, discurso, miedo, Convenio de Estambul, ultraderecha.

Advancing the Agenda of the Confederation of Trade Unions on the Prevention of Sexual Violence in the World of Work in Indonesia

2021 ◽  
Vol 26 (1) ◽  
pp. 63
Author(s):  
Atnike Nova Sigiro
Keyword(s):  
Sexual Violence ◽  
Gender Equality ◽  
Trade Union ◽  
Trade Unions ◽  
Ad Hoc ◽  
Gender Based Violence ◽  
The World ◽  
Gender Based ◽  
And Gender ◽  
Set Up

<p>This article was formulated based on interviews with 5 (five) trade union confederations from a number of confederations in Indonesia, namely: Konfederasi Serikat Pekerja Nasional (KSPN), Konfederasi Sarikat Buruh Muslimin Indonesia (KSarbumusi), Konfederasi Serikat Buruh Seluruh Indonesia (KSBSI), Konfederasi Serikat Pekerja Indonesia (KSPI), and Konfederasi Kongres Aliansi Serikat Buruh Indonesia (KKASBI). This article seeks to explore the efforts made by the trade union confederation in promoting gender equality - specifically in advancing the agenda for the prevention and elimination of sexual violence in the world of work. This article was compiled based on research with a qualitative approach, with data collection methods through interviews and literature studies. The results of this study found that the confederations interviewed had already set up internal structures that have specific functions on issues related to gender equality, gender-based violence, and women’s empowerment; although still limited and on ad-hoc basis. This research also finds that the role of the trade union confederation is particularly prominent in advocating policies related to sexual violence and gender-based violence in the world of work, such as advocating the Bill on the Elimination of Sexual Violence, and the ratification of the ILO Convention No. 190 on Violence and Harassment.</p>

scholarly journals Xenofobia e violência de gênero: uma análise de manchetes veiculadas no webjornalismo brasileiro sobre mulheres venezuelanas

2021 ◽  
Vol 9 (1) ◽  
pp. 319-334
Author(s):  
Mauro Machado do Prado ◽  
Ana Paula de Castro Neves ◽  
Nathália Machado Cardoso Dardeau de Albuquerque
Keyword(s):  
Social Representations ◽  
Gender Violence ◽  
Gender Based Violence ◽  
Symbolic Annihilation ◽  
The Social ◽  
Las Mujeres ◽  
Gender Based ◽  
And Gender ◽  
América Del Sur ◽  
Digital Newspapers

O presente trabalho consiste em um estudo qualitativo das representações sociais de imigrantes venezuelanas na América do Sul no período de 2016 a 2019, a partir de manchetes de notícias divulgadas em jornais digitais brasileiros. O objetivo é verificar a ocorrência ou não de veiculações que constituam de forma explícita ou implícita uma violação à dignidade e aos direitos dessas mulheres, ao fomentar ou incitar a xenofobia e a violência de gênero na sociedade através de palavras, frases ou expressões capazes de provocar um aniquilamento simbólico. Para tanto, realizou-se um estudo bibliográfico e documental acerca das vulnerabilidades sociais presentes nos processos imigratórios contemporâneos, que foi consubstanciado com a análise de conteúdo (BARDIN, 2009), em abordagem qualitativa, de manchetes publicadas em jornais digitais brasileiros. A partir da análise realizada, foi possível inferir que estes veículos de comunicação vêm frequentemente descrevendo a migração venezuelana como um problema, mas em conotação negativa, sem o cuidado de descrição do contexto de forma mais clara e abrangente da questão a ser noticiada.   Xenofobia y violencia de género: un análisis de los titulares de las mujeres venezolanas en el periodismo web brasileño El presente trabajo consiste en un estudio cualitativo de las representaciones sociales de los inmigrantes venezolanos en América del Sur en el período de 2016 a 2019, a partir de titulares de noticias publicados en periódicos digitales brasileños. El objetivo es verificar la ocurrencia o no de colocaciones que constituyan explícita o implícitamente una violación a la dignidad y derechos de estas mujeres, al promover o incitar la xenofobia y la violencia de género en la sociedad a través de palabras, frases o expresiones capaces de provocar una aniquilación simbólica. Para ello, se realizó un estudio bibliográfico y documental sobre las vulnerabilidades sociales presentes en los procesos migratorios contemporáneos, el cual fue fundamentado con análisis de contenido (BARDIN, 2009), en un enfoque cualitativo, de titulares publicados en diarios digitales brasileños. Del análisis realizado, se pudo inferir que estos medios de comunicación han venido describiendo muchas veces la migración venezolana como un problema, pero en una connotación negativa, sin preocuparse por describir de manera más clara y completa el contexto del tema a reportar. Palabras clave: Derechos humanos de la mujer. La violencia de género. Xenofobia. Periodismo web.   Xenophobia and gender violence: an analysis of headings broadcasted in brazilian webjornalism on venezuelan women The present work consists of a qualitative study of the social representations of Venezuelan immigrants in South America in the period from 2016 to 2019, based on news headlines published in Brazilian digital newspapers. The objective is to verify the occurrence or not of placements that explicitly or implicitly constitute a violation of the dignity and rights of these women, by promoting or inciting xenophobia and gender violence in society through words, phrases or expressions capable of provoking a symbolic annihilation. To this end, a bibliographic and documentary study was carried out on the social vulnerabilities present in contemporary immigration processes, which was substantiated with content analysis (BARDIN, 2009), in a qualitative approach, of headlines published in Brazilian digital newspapers. From the analysis carried out, it was possible to infer that these media outlets have often been describing Venezuelan migration as a problem, but in a negative connotation, without taking care to describe the context more clearly and comprehensively of the issue to be reported. Keywords: Women’s human rights. Gender-based violence. Xenophobia. Webjournalism.

Stabbed, shot, left to die: Christy Martin and gender-based violence in boxing

2020 ◽  
pp. 101269022097971
Author(s):  
Cathy van Ingen
Keyword(s):  
Domestic Violence ◽  
Violence Against Women ◽  
Media Coverage ◽  
Sociological Imagination ◽  
Criminal Trial ◽  
Gender Based Violence ◽  
Gender Based ◽  
And Gender ◽  
World Champion ◽  
A Site

This article presents a biographical narrative of Christy Martin, a former world champion boxer who survived being stabbed and shot by her trainer/husband. Rooted in a sociological imagination, this biographic research chronicles Martin’s boxing career and its entanglements with gender-based violence. The boxing industry has a widely acknowledged, yet under-reported, problem with men’s violence against women. This article aims to illustrate that women’s boxing should be critically examined for the ways in which it functions both as a site of and a sanctuary from gender-based violence. Within this paper, I draw from media coverage of Christy Martin’s boxing career, over 700 pages of transcripts from the subsequent criminal trial, an interview with Martin, as well as my own research in women’s boxing, including work with survivors of domestic violence.

Gendered dimensions of the 2004 tsunami and a potential social work response in post-disaster situations

2007 ◽  
Vol 50 (3) ◽  
pp. 307-319 ◽  
Author(s):  
Eileen Pittaway ◽  
Linda Bartolomei ◽  
Susan Rees
Keyword(s):  
Social Work ◽  
Social Workers ◽  
Gender Based Violence ◽  
De Re ◽  
Las Mujeres ◽  
Gender Based ◽  
And Gender ◽  
2004 Tsunami ◽  
Post Disaster

English The majority of people who died in the 2004 tsunami were women. Women endured rape, and sexual and gender-based violence in camps and places of supposed refuge. Similar reports have come from other disasters. This article examines the roles that social workers can take to respond to these issues. French La majorité des personnes emporté es par le tsunami de 2004 é taient des femmes. Par ailleurs, les femmes sont victimes de viol et subissent d'autres types d'agressions sexuelles et de violence lié e au genre dans les camps de ré fugié s ou les lieux dits de refuge. On relè ve les mêmes constats dans d'autres situations de catastrophe. Cette é tude examine l'apport potentiel des travailleurs sociaux face à ces enjeux. Spanish La mayoría de la gente que muró en el tsunami de 2004 eran mujeres. Las mujeres soportaron el rapto y la violencia sexual y de gé nero en campos y lugares supuestamente de refugio. Reportes similares provienen de otros desastres. Este artículo examina los roles que los trabajadores sociales pueden asumir para responder a estos temas.

scholarly journals Gender Equality in Europe; Developments with reference to Gender Pay Gap and Violence

2021 ◽  
Vol VI (I) ◽  
pp. 1-8
Author(s):  
Zaheer Iqbal Cheema ◽  
Ali Nawaz ◽  
Jawwad Riaz
Keyword(s):  
European Union ◽  
Gender Equality ◽  
Policy Development ◽  
Gender Pay Gap ◽  
The European Union ◽  
Gender Based Violence ◽  
Pay Gap ◽  
Gender Parity ◽  
Gender Based ◽  
And Gender

The European Union has kept the agenda of gender equality at the front line of legislation and policy development. The research examined the policies and the efficacy of the European Union in endorsing gender equality and determines where the Union’s system has proved to be less effective. Despite the efforts by the European Union in addressing gender-related issues, a slow improvement has been indicated in achieving gender parity. Inequality persists in many domains of gender equality, including the gender pay gap and gender-based violence. Our research suggests that adequate attention in terms of relevance, effective implementation and funding must be given to all domains of gender equality.

scholarly journals Medios, género y delito: tramas y sentidos sobre violencia contra las mujeres = Mass Media, gender and crime: wefts and senses about violence against women

2019 ◽  
pp. 29
Author(s):  
Ana Soledad Gil ◽  
Esteban Zunino ◽  
Jimena Marín ◽  
Valeria F. Hasan ◽  
Tatiana Pizarro ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Mass Media ◽  
Qualitative Analysis ◽  
Violence Against Women ◽  
Point Of View ◽  
Feminist Perspective ◽  
Gender Violence ◽  
Gender And Crime ◽  
Las Mujeres ◽  
And Gender

<p><strong>Resumen </strong></p><p>El artículo presenta los resultados de una investigación colectiva que tuvo como propósito analizar, desde una mirada crítica y de género/feminista, narrativas periodísticas, discursos y sentidos en disputa expresados por medios gráficos de la provincia de Mendoza, Argentina, sobre distintas problemáticas de género como la violencia contra las mujeres. Entre otros hallazgos, a través del análisis cuanti-cualitativo de las construcciones noticiosas, el trabajo revela de qué manera la agenda de los temas de género ha quedado subsumida a la problemática de la violencia de género/femicidios tratada desde el punto de vista policial. La espectacularización a través de diferentes herramientas como la personalización, la descontextualización y la dramatización, se ha convertido en un mecanismo recurrente en la construcción de tales informaciones.</p><p><strong>Abstract</strong></p><p>The article presents the results of a collective research that had the purpose of analyzing, from a critical and gender / feminist perspective, journalistic narratives, discourses and senses in dispute expressed by graphic media of the province of Mendoza, Argentina, on different topics of gender such as violence against women. Among other findings, through the quantitative-qualitative analysis of news constructions, the paper reveals how the agenda of gender topics has been subsumed to the problem of gender violence / femicide treated from the police point of view. The spectacularization, through different tools such as personalization, decontextualization and dramatization, has become a recurrent mechanism in the construction of this information.</p>

scholarly journals Students’ Sense and Sensibilities. An Exploratory Study of Gender Perceptions At Romania’s Largest University

2020 ◽  
pp. 5-24
Author(s):  
Alexandra Columban ◽  
Mihail Buse ◽  
Cornelia Macarie
Keyword(s):  
Sexual Harassment ◽  
Gender Equality ◽  
Gender Stereotypes ◽  
Exploratory Study ◽  
Gender Issues ◽  
Gender Based Violence ◽  
Four Dimensions ◽  
Gender Perceptions ◽  
Gender Based ◽  
And Gender

Academia is one of the main hubs for promoting gender equality and non-discrimination, yet very few programs in Romania actively tackle the topic. An assessment of students’ perceptions is thus necessary in order to identify the level of awareness around gender issues and potential barriers hindering an inclusive academic environment. The present exploratory study aims to fill this gap by providing information on four dimensions of gender equality: attitudes towards gender equality, prevalence of gender stereotypes, gender-based violence and sexual harassment, and gender-based discrimination. The questionnaire was applied online and offline between October 2018 and March 2019 to 275 students enrolled in Bachelor, Master and Doctoral studies at BabeșBolyai University, Cluj-Napoca. The study found that students had a rather high awareness about gender issues in general and held favorable views towards gender equality and its enforcement. However, female students were more prone to stereotype, claiming more traits for themselves, and were more likely than their male counterparts to experience sexual harassment and discrimination regarding professional promotion. A series of implications for practitioners and recommendations are also discussed.

scholarly journals Intersecciones de la violencia basada en género: estudio de caso en la comunidad rural “La Picota”, Nicaragua / Intersections of gender-based violence: a case study in a rural community “La Picota”, Nicaragua

2020 ◽  
pp. 66-76
Author(s):  
Sergio José Hernández Briceño
Keyword(s):  
Violence Against Women ◽  
Rural Women ◽  
Global Analysis ◽  
Research Work ◽  
Community Context ◽  
Community Research ◽  
Gender Based Violence ◽  
Las Mujeres ◽  
Gender Based ◽  
The Way

El presente artículo es elaborado con un enfoque investigativo, destinado al reconocimiento de las vivencias cotidianas y violentas que viven las mujeres de la comunidad La Picota; logrando de esta manera ampliar el enfoque preventivo ante la violencia basada en género. En el escrito será posible comprender parte del modo de vida en el contexto comunitario de investigación y las opiniones emitidas de viva voz por actoras claves para el estudio.Con el análisis de los elementos extraídos de las informantes claves y las perspectivas teóricas de la interseccionalidades de la violencia basada en género, fue posible ampliar la mirada hacia este fenómeno que viven las mujeres y la manera en que influyen los perfiles de las potenciales víctimas de esta violencia. Todo esto para generar una especie de diagnóstico que muestre donde incidir de forma oportuna para sensibilizar acerca de cambios necesarios en el comportamiento social; mismos que suelen justificar la constante violación de derecho hacia la mujer. De este modo se aportará a una cultura preventiva ante la violencia hacia la mujer, en contextos familiares y sociales. The present article is elaborated with a qualitative investigative approach, some destined to the recognition of the daily and violent experiences that the women of the La Picota community live in, located in the municipality of Chinandega - Nicaragua; thus, achieving broadening the preventive approach to gender-based violence. In the writing it was possible to understand part of the way of life in the community context of research and the opinions expressed out loud by key actors for the study; proceeding to relate the community perceptions, with the collective imagery and the theoretical precepts linked to the intersections of violence. The methodology used to develop the article was qualitative and responds to anthropological research methods, using interviews and observation sheets and techniques (direct and participant) in order to extract information and content to understand the social problems of violence. And its intersections. The ethnographic method was applicable in order to project the community dynamics where the study is carried out. The research work also emerges as part of the author's close experience towards the research context for 4 years as a facilitator of processes for social and community development, with a psychosocial focus. Part of the results obtained from community research showed that sociocultural patterns that violate rural women still persist, from various social, economic, ethnic, educational, age, disability, and geographical locations of their residences. This crossing of variables forces the actor's understudy to be subjected to multiple discriminations within and outside their communities. From these edges of the intersection, the interviewees were selected who responded to various age ranges, this in order to have a more global analysis of the way in which violence is experienced and exacerbated, from the relationship of the previously referenced elements. With the analysis of the elements extracted from the key informants and the theoretical perspectives of the intersectionality of gender-based violence, it was possible to broaden the gaze towards this phenomenon that women experience and the way in which the profiles of the potential victims of this violence are examined. All this to generate a kind of diagnosis that shows where to influence in a timely manner to raise awareness about necessary changes in social behavior; some that usually justify the constant violation of rights towards women. The current effects of the pandemic are taken into consideration and as this further aggravates, the experiences of various expressions of gender-based violence against women, some of the effects of the pandemic being constant exposure within their homes, because they are living with potential aggressors and outside their homes, where they are exposed to a virus contagion, while they carry out their corresponding commercial and popular activities. By broadening their behavior towards the current scenario and the way in which this context affects them, the contributions to a preventive culture of violence against women, in family and social contexts, will be timelier.

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