VOLUME 7(1) • 2017
THE GENDER POLITICS OF POSTFEMINIST SEMANTICS
ABSTRACT. The main objective of this paper is to explore and describe the intricate, shifting gender dynamics of the present postfeminist culture, the manners in which distinct consumers handle the matter of postfeminist representations, the importance of the manners in which postfeminism collates a..
FEMINIST INSTITUTIONALISM REVISITED: THE GENDERED FEATURES OF THE NORMS, RULES, AND ROUTINES OPERATING WITHIN INSTITUTIONS
ABSTRACT. The purpose of this article is to gain a deeper understanding of the gendered performance of formal and informal institutions, the link between gender, institutions and candidate selection, and the gendered features of institutional dynamics. I am specifically interested in how previous re..
DEVELOPING ACTIONABLE RESEARCH PRIORITIES FOR LGBTI INCLUSION
ABSTRACT. Heightened global concern about the human rights of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and intersex (LGBTI) people has called attention to the lack of adequate research on their lives and situations. With so little known in many parts of the world, filling knowledge and data gaps would b..
A CRITICAL APPROACH TO EU URBAN POLICY FROM THE VIEWPOINT OF GENDER
ABSTRACT. Cities are on the focus of policy action in the European Union (EU) from the ‘80s. The relevance of the urban issue within the UE has evolved through a complex process that has led to the definition of the urban dimension of the EU policy. The development of this process has given place to..
DOES MENTORING MAKE A DIFFERENCE FOR WOMEN ACADEMICS? EVIDENCE FROM THE LITERATURE AND A GUIDE FOR FUTURE RESEARCH
ABSTRACT. This paper aims at reviewing literature on mentoring in academia, with a focus on mentoring to enhance women’s careers. A significant gender imbalance in science persists, and mentoring has been recognized as an important instrument for fostering academic women’s careers and addressing suc..
THE SCORPION WHO STINGS THE DOG WHO BITES: THE EFFECT OF WOMEN’S DIFFERENT JOB POSITIONS ON GENDER DISCRIMINATION IN MICROFINANCE
ABSTRACT. Allowing women to access and participate in the economics of life is no longer a “women’s issue.” Gender equality has become a strategic priority for firms to improve their economic and/or social performance. Thus, questioning whether gender discrimination is an issue even in firms directl..
RECESSION AND RECOVERY IN SCOTLAND: THE IMPACT ON WOMEN’S LABOR MARKET PARTICIPATION BEYOND THE HEADLINE STATISTICS
ABSTRACT. This article examines the impact of the great recession and subsequent economic recovery on the position of women within the labor market in Scotland. In common with other developed economies, Scotland experienced the most serious financial crisis since 1929 and the longest and deepest rec..
ALTERITY IN HOMER: A RECONCEPTUALIZATION OF FEMALE MARGINALIZATION
ABSTRACT. This article explores female alterity in the Iliad and the Odyssey in an attempt to show how women’s marginalization is already present in these early works, which have had such a lasting influence on Western literature and thought. First, I analyze how men treat aristocratic women, who ar..
UNDERSTANDING THE UNEVEN SPREAD OF LGBT RIGHTS IN LATIN AMERICA AND THE CARIBBEAN, 1999–2013
ABSTRACT. LGBT rights have expanded across the Western Hemisphere, albeit unevenly. This article seeks to explain this uneven progress. It argues that important tenets in the literature on the expansion of social rights deserve to be revised to account for this variation in outcome. Specifically, 1)..
CHANGE THE CONTEXT NOT THE GIRLS: A CRITICAL ANALYSIS OF EFFORTS TO REDUCE TEENAGE PREGNANCY IN SIERRA LEONE
ABSTRACT. Concerns about increases in Sierra Leone’s high rates of teenage pregnancy during the Ebola crisis of 2014–15 have led to redoubled efforts among policy-makers and development practitioners to address this problem. The startling health and education impacts on teenage girls underline the i..