FINAL EVALUATION REPORT: Evaluating the Impact of Shepherds of Good Hope’s Women and Gender Diverse Program

Discrimination, harassment and violence can vitiate staff and students’ experiences of education and work. Although there is increasing knowledge about these experiences in primary and secondary education, very little is known about them in higher education. This paper draws from landmark research that examines the interpersonal, educational and socio-cultural perspectives that prevail about sexuality and gender diversity on an Australian university campus. In this paper we focus on three aspects of the broader research findings: the heterosexism and cissexism experienced by sexuality and gender diverse students and staff at the university; their actions and responses to these experiences; and the impact of these experiences on victims. The research demonstrates that although the university is generally safe, sexuality and gender diverse students and staff experience heterosexist and cissexist discrimination, which can have negative ramifications on their workplace and learning experiences.

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Considerations in Management for Trans and Gender Diverse Patients with Inherited Cancer Risk

Current Genetic Medicine Reports ◽

10.1007/s40142-021-00201-6 ◽

2021 ◽

Author(s):

Beth Coad ◽

Josephine Giblin ◽

Reubs J. Walsh ◽

Oliwia Kuczkowska ◽

Alexander M. von Vaupel-Klein ◽

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Keyword(s):

Cancer Risk ◽

Best Practice ◽

Cancer Genetics ◽

National Guidelines ◽

Inherited Cancer ◽

Gender Diverse ◽

Individualised Care ◽

And Gender ◽

The Impact ◽

Risk Reducing

Abstract Purpose of Review To best support all patients with inherited cancer risk, we must broaden our scope of practice to consider the needs of the transgender and gender diverse (trans) community. We considered best practice for supporting trans patients including tailored risk assessments and management recommendations. Recent Findings There is limited literature considering trans patient care in cancer genetics. Small case studies have highlighted how medical transition and cancer risk–reducing options intersect with the need for individualised care. Studies have also shown that cancer genetics professionals do not feel prepared to support trans patients. Summary Patient-centred care for trans patients relies on a multidisciplinary team (MDT) engaged in shared decision-making. National guidelines are needed to standardise access to appropriate discussions around risk-reducing options and screening. International collaborative research is required to provide empiric data on the impact of gender-affirming treatments on cancer risk, and more experiential data is needed from trans patients accessing cancer genetics services. Finally, education and training in this area should be formally embedded for all cancer genetics professionals.

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Decolonizing Decolonization: An Indigenous Feminist Perspective on the Recognition and Rights Framework

South Atlantic Quarterly ◽

10.1215/00382876-8177809 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 119 (2) ◽

pp. 371-391

Author(s):

Sherry Pictou

Keyword(s):

Human Rights ◽

Federal Government ◽

Indigenous Rights ◽

Indigenous Women ◽

Feminist Perspective ◽

Final Report ◽

Women And Gender ◽

Gender Diverse ◽

Gender Based ◽

And Gender

The “Recognition and Implementation of Indigenous Rights Framework,” announced in 2018 by the federal government was originally hailed as a process for decolonization. Though the framework was withdrawn in December 2018, several policy and legislative initiatives give every indication that the framework is moving forward. In this regard, the paper seeks to open up a discussion about how decolonization is being conceptualized in the new Rights Framework from an Indigenous feminist perspective. I highlight tensions between patriarchy, neoliberalism, and contradictory concepts of decolonization to demonstrate how the Rights Framework manifests a contemporary form of patriarchal colonialism in state-Indigenous politics, especially self-government negotiations, that will continue to negatively impact Indigenous women and gender diverse persons. I further argue how the MMIWG Inquiry Final Report released in June 2019, cannot be mobilized as a tool for decolonization in seeking social justice for Indigenous women and gender diverse persons without their active knowledge and experience in directing how the recommendations are implemented. By foregrounding this experience with an intersectional, gender based analysis + or GBA+ (gender and gender diverse inclusive), and a human rights approach, I suggest there is potential for achieving Indigenous sovereignty over our bodies as well as over the land and waters in ways that are conducive to our resilience and freedom as Indigenous people.

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Class vs. Citizenship: Keywords in German Gender History

Central European History ◽

10.1163/156916104323121465 ◽

2004 ◽

Vol 37 (2) ◽

pp. 225-244 ◽

Cited By ~ 2

Author(s):

Kathleen Canning

Keyword(s):

Welfare State ◽

Gender History ◽

Women And Gender ◽

Language And Gender ◽

Recent Scholarship ◽

History Of ◽

And Gender ◽

The Impact

Thereis perhaps no more fitting way to honor Vernon Lidtke than to demonstrate, in the form of this essay, that the questions he posed to his students years ago continue to provide a grid for contemplating and analyzing historical subjects, both familiar and new. One such question involved the impact of one concept's transformation upon another: would class persist as a crucial historical category once it had confronted the differences of gender? This question preoccupied me in previous work and I return to it here, taking stock of that which has changed since I first contemplated this question, in the fields of both German and European gender history. Another question that remains an object of debate is the longer-term trajectory of the history of women and gender: how might we define the point at which its work of subversion or revision is complete? What directions might this field take once “mainstream” histories have successfully incorporated its findings? This essay aims to compare the ways in which the keywords class, citizenship, and welfare state have been redefined, expanded, or circumscribed through the turn to culture, language, and gender. This comparative exercise allows me to expand Vernon's original questions to include citizenship, the critical concept in my more recent scholarship, and to review the potentials and promises of main-streaming across the so-called Atlantic divide.

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Gender, family and employment in comparative perspective: the realities and representations of equal opportunities in Britain and France

Journal of European Social Policy ◽

10.1177/a014365 ◽

2000 ◽

Vol 10 (4) ◽

pp. 334-348 ◽

Cited By ~ 28

Author(s):

Rosmary Crompton ◽

Nicky Le Feuvre

Keyword(s):

Gender Equality ◽

National Policy ◽

Policy Implications ◽

Equal Opportunities ◽

Women And Gender ◽

National Differences ◽

Positive Action ◽

History Of ◽

And Gender ◽

The Impact

In this paper, we will explore how contrasting national discourses relating to women, and gender equality have been incorporated into and reflected in national policies. In the first section, we will outline the recent history of EU equal opportunities policy, in which positive action has been replaced by a policy of 'mainstreaming'. Second, we will describe the evolution of policies towards women and equal opportunities in Britain and France. It will be argued that whereas some degree of positive action for women has been accepted in Britain, this policy is somewhat alien to French thinking about equality - although pro-natalist French policies have resulted in favourable conditions for employed mothers in France. In the third section, we will present some attitudinal evidence, drawn from national surveys, which would appear to reflect the national policy differences we have identified in respect of the 'equality agenda'. In the fourth section, we will draw upon biographical interviews carried out with men and women in British and French banks in order to illustrate the impact of these cross-national differences within organizations and on individual lives. We demonstrate that positive action gender equality policies have made an important impact in British banks, while overt gender exclusionary practices still persist in the French banks studied. In the conclusion, we reflect on the European policy implications of our findings.

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Creating space for ourselves: Black sexual minority women and gender diverse individuals countering anti-Black racism and heterosexism.

Psychology of Sexual Orientation and Gender Diversity ◽

10.1037/sgd0000470 ◽

2021 ◽

Author(s):

Konjit V. Page ◽

Alison Cerezo ◽

Andrea Ross

Keyword(s):

Sexual Minority ◽

Minority Women ◽

Sexual Minority Women ◽

Women And Gender ◽

Gender Diverse ◽

And Gender

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A Culturally Safe and Trauma-Informed Sexually Transmitted Blood Borne Infection (STBBI) Intervention Designed by and for Incarcerated Indigenous Women and Gender-Diverse People

International Journal of Indigenous Health ◽

10.32799/ijih.v15i1.34061 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 15 (1) ◽

pp. 108-118

Author(s):

Chaneesa Ryan ◽

Abrar Ali ◽

Hollie Sabourin

Keyword(s):

Indigenous Women ◽

Virus Hepatitis ◽

Women And Gender ◽

Sexually Transmitted ◽

Community Ownership ◽

Decolonizing Methodologies ◽

Gender Diverse ◽

Immunodeficiency Virus ◽

Trauma Informed ◽

And Gender

Indigenous women are grossly overrepresented both within the federal correctional system and among Sexually Transmitted Blood Borne Infection (STBBI) diagnoses in Canada. Mainstream approaches continue to fall short in addressing Human Immunodeficiency Virus, Hepatitis C and other STBBIs within this population. In this paper, we argue that, in order to be successful, STBBI programs and services must hinge on meaningful community participation, community ownership and incorporate Indigenous knowledge, perspectives and decolonizing methodologies. Further, they must take a strengths-based approach and focus on healing and resiliency rather than challenges and deficits.

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