VOLUME 8(1) • 2018
ELECTORAL GENDER QUOTAS IN FORMAL POLITICAL POWER STRUCTURES: BREACHING PATTERNS OF MALE OVERREPRESENTATION
ABSTRACT. I draw on a substantial body of theoretical and empirical research on electoral gender quotas, and using data from CAWP, CRS, EIP, Higher Heights, IPU, IWPR, Rutgers University, UNICEF, I perform analyses and make estimates regarding world and regional averages of women in legislatures wor..
GENDER INEQUALITY IN POLITICAL DEMOCRACY: ELECTORAL ACCOUNTABILITY, WOMEN’S REPRESENTATION IN GOVERNMENT, AND PERCEIVED CORRUPTION
ABSTRACT. Following recent research (e.g. Debski et al., 2018; Eggers, Vivyan, and Wagner, 2018; Esarey and Schwindt-Bayer, 2018) on the link between perceived corruption and women in government, I have identified and provided empirical evidence that women are less predisposed to get involved in the..
LINGUISTIC PRACTICES IN GENDERED INSTITUTIONAL SETTINGS: SPEECH BEHAVIOR OF FEMALE POLITICAL LEADERS
ABSTRACT. Research evidence (e.g. Cameron and Shaw, 2016) suggests that the co-evolution of competing and incompatible principles of gender and political speech constitutes an issue for women in positions of political leadership. Using data from Pew Research Center, I performed analyses and made est..
DIGITAL FEMINISM: QUESTIONING THE RENEWAL OF ACTIVISM
ABSTRACT. This article questions the underlying social and political factors explaining the revival of feminism, and analyzes how feminists use digital media to promote their cause. It presents the results of a two-year research project on feminist activism in France; however, many results have broa..
MEDIA EFFECTS ON GENDER CHILD PREFERENCE IN INDIA
ABSTRACT. We used medium theory and social cognitive theory as a framework for our examination of the role of media (television, radio, newspapers) on son preference attitudes among women in India. We analyzed data from a large-scale representative sample of 84,609 participants. Multinomial logistic..
ARE YOU MY MOTHER? PERPETUATING GENDER INEQUALITY THROUGH LISTENING EXPECTATIONS AND RELATIONAL ROLES
ABSTRACT. Since the 1980s, ethics of care scholars have interrogated the gendering of care virtues and argued for divorcing virtues from binary masculine-feminine thinking. In this paper, we draw upon two case studies that situate listening as care and use corpus linguistics to explore ways in which..
BIVARIATE ANALYSIS OF THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN PARTNERS’ EXPERIENCE OF SPOUSAL VIOLENCE AND SOCIO-DEMOGRAPHIC VARIABLES
ABSTRACT. Bivariate analysis was applied to spousal violence data collected from the Demographic and Health Surveys for Nigeria and Zambia in order to examine the contribution made by selected demographic variables to spousal violence severity. Spousal violence was conceptualized to mean physical, e..
INTERSECTIONALITY IN THE PRACTICE OF MIXED METHODS GENDER RESEARCH
ABSTRACT. In this paper I show how to apply intersectionality concepts in the design of empirical research combining quantitative and qualitative methods. I argue that intersectionality concepts can serve as an analytical approach enabling the integration of time and space dimensions, which is key i..
THE INTRICATE INTERPLAY BETWEEN VICTIMIZATION AND AGENCY: REFLECTIONS ON THE EXPERIENCES OF WOMEN WHO FACE PARTNER VIOLENCE IN MEXICO
ABSTRACT. This article is based on qualitative research in Mexico City focused on low-income women who face intimate partner violence. It is in line with works that question, through the lens of intersectionality, the false opposition between agency and victimization observed in a large proportion o..
MACHINE LEARNING AND MEANINGFUL CAREERS: INCREASING THE NUMBER OF WOMEN IN STEM
ABSTRACT. Meaningful work that gives one a sense of purpose is of great importance to young people who are entering the workforce, especially women. They are even willing to earn less money, provided that they work at a meaningful job. Only 17.9% of computer science graduates are female. More women ..