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Buchanan, Kim Shayo, and Phillip Atiba Goff. "Bodycams and Gender Equity." Public Culture 31, no. 3 (September 1, 2019): 625–44. http://dx.doi.org/10.1215/08992363-7532739.
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Law enforcement agencies, community advocates and policymakers hope that the widespread adoption of police bodycams will alleviate racial disparities and reduce misconduct and use of force. Racial justice has been central to this conversation, but gender justice has not. This essay takes an intersectional, gendered look at bodycam policies, challenging the assumption that officers will act more fairly when they know they are being recorded. Bodycam policies typically ensure that cameras are turned off during investigations of gendered crimes such as domestic violence, sexual assault, and sex work or sex trafficking. Thus women, sex workers, and gender-nonconforming people may be disproportionately excluded from any benefits of bodycam surveillance. But privacy and dignity interests, as well as investigatory realities, preclude the indiscriminate recording of every police-citizen interaction. More importantly, video recording will not promote accountability unless the recorded behavior is meaningfully prohibited. Unfortunately, many of the abusive practices that arise in gendered investigations are allowed by law, policy, or custom. Bodycams can promote accountability only where they are accompanied by an institutional commitment to fair and professional policing.
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Jacobs, Lesley A. "Equal Opportunity and Gender Disadvantage." Canadian Journal of Law & Jurisprudence 7, no. 1 (January 1994): 61–71. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0841820900002563.
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Recently, in Canada both the Federal Government and various provincial governments have introduced a series of measures intended to address gender inequalities in the workplace. These measures are of two basic types. Employment equity policies involve the implementation of affirmative action programmes designed to encourage the hiring and promotion of more women in, for example, the civil service. Pay equity policies have sought to institutionalize the principle of equal pay for work of equal value or, to use the American terminology, comparable worth. The aim of this paper is to resurrect the presently out of fashion view that the principles of affirmative action and comparative worth that underlie employment equity and pay equity can be defended on the grounds that they contribute to the realization of an ideal of equality of opportunity between men and women in Canadian society. This view, although once prevalent among those concerned with gender issues, has been pushed aside, largely because of doubts about the visionary depth of the ideal of equality of opportunity. It has been replaced instead by an ideal of equality of results which emphasizes the goal of reducing the gender wage gap. It is my intention here to formulate a principle of equality of opportunity that can incorporate recent feminist legal and political philosophy in a way that offers a promising way to analyze issues posed by gender inequalities in the workplace and, as a result, provide a clear rationale for the recent employment equity and pay equity initiatives in Canada.
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Stevenson, Linda S. "The Bachelet Effect on Gender-Equity Policies." Latin American Perspectives 39, no. 4 (April 9, 2012): 129–44. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0094582x12441518.
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Manyweathers, Jennifer, Jessie Lymn, Geraldine Rurenga, Katie Murrell-Orgill, Shara Cameron, and Cate Thomas. "The Lived Experience of Gender and Gender Equity Policies at a Regional Australian University." Social Sciences 9, no. 7 (July 6, 2020): 115. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/socsci9070115.
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The research question driving this project was ‘what is the congruence between the lived experience of gender and a policy designed to improve gender equity in a university environment?’ The study used mixed methods to investigate the question. These methods included analysis of organisational travel data, and a collaborative autoethnography of participants engaging with claims for dependent care support expenses while travelling for work. The research found four key themes influencing the relationship between gender equity policies and the lived experience of staff. These include gatekeeping, organisation-wide funding of gender equity policies, policy development processes and gender equity as a concept. This article presents a series of transferable recommendations for organisations looking to improve gender equity.
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Newton, Kathy, and Kate Huppatz. "Policewomen’s Perceptions of Gender Equity Policies and Initiatives in Australia." Feminist Criminology 15, no. 5 (June 24, 2020): 593–610. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1557085120937060.
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This paper explores policewomen’s perceptions of Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) initiatives including breastfeeding rooms, part-time and flexible work arrangements, and gender quotas. Drawing on interviews with 18 Australian policewomen, our analysis reveals that while policewomen recognize that good initiatives and policies exist, when workers attempt to access them, they are often met with resistance and resentment. Policewomen express concerns about quotas, fearing that they might translate to a loss of respect and credibility for women workers. Our research aims to create a more nuanced understanding of how EEO policies are practiced within policing and considers possibilities for future policies.
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Richardson, Emma, Elizabeth Alvarez, and Temitayo Ifafore-Calfee. "Lessons From Zika Policies to Improve Gender Equity." International Journal of Travel Medicine and Global Health 6, no. 4 (November 19, 2018): 139–40. http://dx.doi.org/10.15171/ijtmgh.2018.25.
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Gender equity is easily supported in theory but harder to pursue in practice. In this article, the case of Zika travel policies is used to illustrate some glaring gaps related to gender, for both men and women, at both international and national levels. Zika travel policies have not considered new evidence on biological or social determinants of health, putting babies at risk of exposure. The authors suggest best practices at the international level, such as developing pre-organized gender committees to provide actionable and swift advice for international infectious disease policies; at the national level, such as promoting holistic policies addressing mosquito control and sex and gender considerations, including access to reproductive health services; and at the local level, such as education on local infectious diseases. These deliberations are especially important with emerging infectious diseases (EIDs), as little may be known about them. New knowledge needs to be translated in a timely fashion in order to shape effective and equitable policies.
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Igiebor, Oluwakemi Temitope. "Rethinking Gender Centres in Nigerian Universities." Journal of Gender, Culture and Society 2, no. 2 (October 26, 2022): 11–19. http://dx.doi.org/10.32996/jgcs.2022.2.2.2.
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For the past three decades, discussions centred on gender equity have become buzzwords in academic institutions in Nigeria, which has led to an increasing effort to establish gender centres and adopt equity policies. Despite the awareness and presence of gender centres in Nigerian universities, institutionalising gender equity has been challenging. There is a struggle to explain how policy absence and gender centre mergers may constrain positive institutional gender change. This article explores why academic institutions have established gender centres but have not created gender policies. Taking into account the gender stakeholder’s perspectives in two purposively selected universities in Nigeria, this study utilises an integrated feminist approach to investigate why university gender centres are unable to advance gender equity within the institutions. Concepts like institutional resistance and layering offered tools that helped capture the dynamics of institutional change and stasis in the case studies. Findings showed that the existence of gender centres without formalised policies is a window-dressing approach that limits the potential for gender equity within the universities. It also revealed how the redirection of gender centres through mergers with other centres is ‘gendered’. Evidence showed that the prospect for institutional gender change is often tempered by merging incompatible and non-complementary centres. This study, thus, adds to the scholarly literature on institutional resistance, providing valuable insights into the subtle manifestations of resistance towards gender equity institutionalisation in academia.
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Stromquist, Nelly P. "Education policies for gender equity: Probing into state responses." education policy analysis archives 21 (August 26, 2013): 65. http://dx.doi.org/10.14507/epaa.v21n65.2013.
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The implementation of non-discriminatory sex legislation provides theoretical and empirical grounds to examine responses by the state to gender equality. Tracing the trajectory of one such law in the U.S.—Title IX—over a period of 40 years, this study analyzes the extent to which the state: (1) acted as a unitary body, and (2) functioned to dismantle its own oppressive gender features. By examining the federal government’s three core branches (executive, legislative, and judicial), the study finds differential responses by branch, with the greatest variability expressed by the executive branch, revealing the state to be less than a coherent institution. The study also shows only modest efforts to enforce the law, raising doubts about the commitment of the state to transform the social relations of gender. The state’s framing of gender equality exclusively in terms of non-discriminatory practices falls short of fostering changes in gender mentalities and identities in U.S. educational institutions—an outcome reflected in the persistent gender clustering of fields of study at the university level.
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Efendi, Suryono. "KESENJANGAN GENDER DAN KESETARAAN KETENAGAKERJAAN: SEBUAH TINJAUAN." PAPATUNG: Jurnal Ilmu Administrasi Publik, Pemerintahan dan Politik 1, no. 3 (December 22, 2018): 10–18. http://dx.doi.org/10.54783/japp.v1i3.405.
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The purpose of this article is to discuss Employment Equity and many sub-issues including male domination in organizations, target groups, government policies, and quota systems. This study attempts to address the topic of whether equality in the mirror is only "sweet words without meaning" that glosses over women's failings in the name of the organization's dedication to women's advancement. Thus, workplace equality is a concern for growth that is entirely balanced on the basis of merit and ability, as well as aggressively supporting good women and minorities without regard for bias or prejudice. Perfect workplace equity contributes to the organization's attractiveness as a place to work and strengthens the organization's image of social responsibility.
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Hart, Susan M. "Unions and Pay Equity Bargaining in Canada." Relations industrielles 57, no. 4 (September 9, 2003): 609–29. http://dx.doi.org/10.7202/006903ar.
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Summary Provincial government pay equity policies require the negotiation of pay equity in unionized workplaces. The methodology is complex and unions have to be knowledgeable and committed to rectifying discriminatory wages. According to the literature, Canadian unions have shown varied levels of effectiveness regarding their pursuit of women’s equality, and this article explores how well these unions represent women’s interests during pay equity bargaining. Based on case studies of the Ontario public service and health care in Newfoundland, the article concludes that the most effective unions supplemented their conventional negotiating techniques with gender analysis and pay equity expertise. These tools were developed primarily through negotiators’ formal links with internal equality structures and their knowledge of equality policies, together with women’s networking inside and outside the labour movement.
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Zhao, Jia, Barbara H. Settles, and Xuewen Sheng. "Family-to-Work Conflict: Gender, Equity and Workplace Policies." Journal of Comparative Family Studies 42, no. 5 (September 2011): 723–38. http://dx.doi.org/10.3138/jcfs.42.5.723.
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Hsiao-Chin, Hsieh. "Gender Equity Education Policies in Taiwan: Progress and Challenges." Chinese Education & Society 47, no. 4 (July 2014): 3–4. http://dx.doi.org/10.2753/ced1061-1932470400.
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Badea, Leonardo, Daniel Ştefan Armeanu, Dan Costin Nițescu, Valentin Murgu, Iulian Panait, and Boris Kuzman. "A Study of the Relative Stock Market Performance of Companies Recognized for Supporting Gender Equality Policies and Practices." Sustainability 12, no. 9 (April 27, 2020): 3558. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/su12093558.
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This paper explores the relative stock market performance of well-diversified gender equality equity indices in comparison with the overall market, taking both a cross-sectoral and a financial sector approach, for the period January 2017 to March 2020, with a sample of 11 indices and 834 daily observations, and using several different statistical and econometric methods. Our results show a high level of dynamic conditional correlation of daily returns among the gender equality and the overall indices. We also found comparable levels of conditional volatility (resulting from an Exponential Generalized Autoregressive Conditional Heteroskedasticity (EGARCH)model) and an elevated degree of synchronization of the volatility regimes (identified by a Markov switching model). Calibrating simple linear quantile regressions, we found that the value of the slope coefficients of the hypothetical linear relationship between the gender equality indices and the overall market indices are close to one, and relatively stable in relation with the value of the quantile. Using separate Vector Autoregressive (VAR) models for the cross-sectoral indices and for the financial sector indices, we found only very little evidence of causality and spill-over effects. Based on these results, we argue that the daily returns of the gender equality indices exhibited very similar characteristics with the daily returns of the overall market indices. In our interpretation, this could mean that, limited to our sample and methods of investigation, there were not significant differences in the investors’ preferences towards the equity issued by public companies committed to supporting gender equality, in comparison with their approach towards listed equity in general. It could also mean that investors do not yet anticipate the significantly different financial performance of listed companies stemming from their approach towards gender equality.
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Nasreen, Shagufta, and Aliyah Ali. "A Gender Analysis Of Health Policy In Pakistan." Pakistan Journal of Applied Social Sciences 4, no. 1 (September 8, 2016): 111–21. http://dx.doi.org/10.46568/pjass.v4i1.299.
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Pakistan is signatory to international commitments to promote gender equality and equity. This has seen introduction of a number of gender mainstreaming policy initiatives in the last ten years. Despite these initiatives gender mainstreaming still needs a lot to do in all sectors of policy. Therefore, aim of this research is to analyze the policies of health sector and analyze the extent to which it has been adapted to gender needs. For secondary analysis the original policy documents and other reports and studies related to the health sector were analyzed. Gender Reform Action Plan (GRAP) was also analyzed which is the main instrument through which the government of Pakistan seeks to address the deep rooted gender inequality in Pakistani society. Analysis shows that the redressing discrimination on gender biasness is necessary to ensure equality and equity to less class privileged groups. Results also show that in health policy the gender component is included but superficially. If policies do not consciously aim to reduce inequalities as their primary target, whether these inequalities are in the form of income/asset distribution, in access to effective social protection, or by way of legal citizenship rights, these policies will necessarily result in discrimination. Eliminating the social and economic hurdles that obstruct equality must be the foundation of every policy intention, otherwise policy initiatives will merely end up duplicating and reinforcing existing discrimination against marginalised sectors, especially women, minorities and the poor.
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CARRILLO, YULLY, and CLAUDIA SOTELO. "NORMATIVA LEGAL DE LA POLITICA PÚBLICA DE LA MUJER Y EQUIDAD DE GÉNERO." Pensamiento Republicano 11 (July 31, 2019): 11–29. http://dx.doi.org/10.21017/pen.repub.2019.n11.a53.
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The investigation is located in the city of Bogo- tá. The interest is focused on developing a critical contrast and facing the process of legal normative trajectory of the public policy of women and gender equity-PPMEG in Bogotá, in the period 2005-2019. Methodologically it is carried out from a qualitative approach and making use of ethnography, where an exploration of the regulations around gender equity is carried out. Subsequently, information was collected regarding the subject, which focuses on women. Through the article different points of view are known from the legal and from some referring authors that enrich the reader’s knowledge and document a normative process in the city of Bogotá and that involves women and their rights in this way reveals the problems that women face on a day-to-day basis due to their gender and the inequality of employment opportunities that still prevail even with these gender equity policies. As expected results of the research on gender equity in Bogotá and regulatory policies, it is possible to conclude that there is little interest on the part of citizens to know the existing regulations especially on the issue of equity there can be seen that in mostly women are the most worried about following this issue.
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CARRILLO, YULLY, and CLAUDIA SOTELO. "NORMATIVA LEGAL DE LA POLITICA PÚBLICA DE LA MUJER Y EQUIDAD DE GÉNERO." Pensamiento Republicano 11 (July 31, 2019): 11–29. http://dx.doi.org/10.21017/pen.repub.2019.n10.a53.
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The investigation is located in the city of Bogo- tá. The interest is focused on developing a critical contrast and facing the process of legal normative trajectory of the public policy of women and gender equity-PPMEG in Bogotá, in the period 2005-2019. Methodologically it is carried out from a qualitative approach and making use of ethnography, where an exploration of the regulations around gender equity is carried out. Subsequently, information was collected regarding the subject, which focuses on women. Through the article different points of view are known from the legal and from some referring authors that enrich the reader’s knowledge and document a normative process in the city of Bogotá and that involves women and their rights in this way reveals the problems that women face on a day-to-day basis due to their gender and the inequality of employment opportunities that still prevail even with these gender equity policies. As expected results of the research on gender equity in Bogotá and regulatory policies, it is possible to conclude that there is little interest on the part of citizens to know the existing regulations especially on the issue of equity there can be seen that in mostly women are the most worried about following this issue.
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Tu, Edward Jow-Ching, Yuruo Yan, and Jiaying Zhao. "Ultra-low fertility, gender equity and policy considerations." Asian Education and Development Studies 6, no. 2 (April 10, 2017): 112–24. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/aeds-02-2016-0016.
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Purpose The purpose of this paper is to focus on the issue and the reasons why fertility patterns in many industrialized and post-industrialized societies decline so rapidly, primarily in newly industrialized countries, particularly in East Asia, and especially after the countries have adopted the capitalist and market economy as the preferred approach to improve the lives of their population. Design/methodology/approach The authors discuss gender equality and the relationship between fertility and female labor force participation in industrialized and post-industrialized countries, in the context of role incompatibility, mainly for women and the level of the strength and rigidity of family- and gender-role norms/attitudes that affect the behaviors of men and women. Findings The existing family-related policies and programs which have reduced the role conflict and incompatibility experienced by working mothers are reviewed and discussed under national orientations toward the resolution of work–family conflict since they could affect the relevance, acceptance, significance and effectiveness of policies being developed and approved to carry on under institutional context within a nation. Originality/value Specific strategies and policies to reduce role incompatibility and childcare arrangements and their costs are discussed, especially for East Asian nations.
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Singh, Nandita, Gunnar Jacks, Prosun Bhattacharya, and Jan-Erik Gustafsson. "Gender and water management: some policy reflections." Water Policy 8, no. 2 (April 1, 2006): 183–200. http://dx.doi.org/10.2166/wp.2006.0012.
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The importance of gender concern in water sector is paramount, being seen as the harbinger of greater efficiency and effectiveness as well as equity. Consequently, there has been a continuing trend of designing water management policies with emphasis ranging from promoting participation of women in management of water projects in particular to supporting “gender-balanced” development of the water sector in general. How effective have these policies been in addressing such basic concerns? What are the local water users' perceptions about effectiveness of the policies in addressing their realistic gendered needs and priorities? While “women” have received much attention, how well does the gender concern in the policies integrate “men”? Do “effectiveness” and “equity” as underlying policy goals reflect the water users' perceptions as well? The paper attempts to evaluate the existing policies within the context of local communities where these are operational and proposes “facilitation of gender role performance” as a suitable policy alternative.
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Moyo, John Foster Jill. "A Systematic Analysis of Malawi's Girl-Centred Education Programming." Mediterranean Journal of Social Sciences 13, no. 6 (November 5, 2022): 11. http://dx.doi.org/10.36941/mjss-2022-0044.
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The aim of the systematic review was to compile and synthesise evidence on the contributions and implications of girl-centric policies and specialised interventions for girls' education in terms of access and participation. The results of the review confirm that girls' education programmes designed and implemented in a gender-based framework are effective in increasing girls' access to education. The results support the hypothesis that gender-centric policies and affirmative action interventions are sincere attempts to improve equity within education systems in Malawi. Despite these findings, the article argues that gender-centric policies and programmes can be replete with unfounded and contradicting assumptions about the nature of gender and egalitarian programming, which may negate the agenda on gender equality. The article also contends that even though great progress has been made in developing and adopting gender-sensitive education policies, feminist approaches have complicated implementation of the resulting gender-sensitive educational interventions. One of the main challenges in implementing feminist frameworks is in resolving the unquestioned and inconsistent assumptions about gender and egalitarian programming that have led to replication of affirmative action programmes that are only marginally effective. From the emanating perspectives, the article opiniates that general restorative interventions can be better approaches for overcoming gender inequality, and thus argues that girl-centric frameworks are unsustainable and must be supplanted with gender-as-equity paradigms.
Received: 2 August 2022 / Accepted: 27 October 2022 / Published: 5 November 2022
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Caizhen, Lu. "Water Policies in China: A Critical Perspective on Gender Equity." Gender, Technology and Development 13, no. 3 (January 2009): 319–39. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/097185241001300301.
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Ames, Lynda J. "Fixing Women's Wages: The Effectiveness of Comparable Worth Policies." ILR Review 48, no. 4 (July 1995): 709–25. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/001979399504800407.
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The author discusses some problems that can prevent comparable worth legislation from achieving meaningful gender wage equity, which she defines as the elimination of gender as a factor in wage setting. She then tests the comparable worth policies of two Canadian provinces against the same set of job content data from a 1988 survey of health care workers. Whereas Manitoba's comparable worth policy, she finds, would achieve gender wage equity if applied to this set of jobs, Ontario's would not, and would even result in new and capricious instances of inequity. She argues that continual scrutiny, including comparative analysis, of comparable worth policies is needed not only in order to identify the most effective policy designs, but also to guard against efforts to undercut legislation through manipulation of implementation procedures.
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Idin, Sahin, and Ismail Donmez. "The Views of Turkish Science Teachers About Gender Equity within Science Education." Science Education International 28, no. 2 (June 28, 2017): 119–27. http://dx.doi.org/10.33828/sei.v28.i2.4.
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The aim of this study was to investigate Turkish Science teachers' views about gender equity in the scope of Science education. This study was conducted with quantitative methodology. Within this scope, a 35-item 5-point Likert scale survey was developed to determine Science teachers' views concerning gender equity issues. 160 Turkish Science teachers completed the survey. Their reponses were analysed using SPSS. It was revealed that many Turkish Science teachers did not think there was any gender equity in Science teaching programmes or their science textbooks. These science teachers' views also indicated that there were no gender policies in Turkish science education. They believed gender equity issues were important for students' science achievement. It is recommended that Science teachers have some in-service training on gender equity.
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Baird, Marian, and Sue Williamson. "Women, Work and Industrial Relations in 2009." Journal of Industrial Relations 52, no. 3 (June 2010): 355–69. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0022185610365644.
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The interplay between women’s work and family lives and public and business policies attracted considerable attention during 2009. In this review we focus on Australia’s new paid parental leave scheme, pay equity, award modernization and the lack of women in senior management and on boards. We conclude that ‘economic efficiency’ arguments to promote gender equality in the workplace became stronger during the year, sometimes displacing gender justice arguments. We also suggest that 2009 was a year of policy wins and losses for women at work and that 2010 will see more attention to gender equitable policies as political parties seek to win the ‘women’s vote’.
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Cimpian, Joseph R. "Why Focusing on Test Metrics May Impede Gender Equity: Policy Insights." Policy Insights from the Behavioral and Brain Sciences 7, no. 1 (March 2020): 64–71. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/2372732219873009.
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Accountability policies incentivize school districts to close achievement gaps on standardized tests of math and reading, but these policies omit one prominent student dimension: gender. According to the “mixed” evidence on male–female gender gaps in math test scores, a gap advantaging males may be opening early in elementary school, but the dominant evidence—standardized testing—does not reveal this emergence. In contrast to math, the evidence for the reading gender gap favoring females is clearer, but there too the apparent female advantage may not be as large as it seems. Looking across well-established large-scale tests in math and reading, this article looks to explain why some gender gaps emerge and how policymakers can help mitigate the gaps. One of the most consistent predictors of gaps in both math and reading is gender bias. Focusing on gender gaps in tests is counterproductive to actual gender equity in education, which will require a much stronger focus on uncovering and addressing gender bias.
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Druckman, James N., Jacob E. Rothschild, and Elizabeth A. Sharrow. "Gender Policy Feedback: Perceptions of Sex Equity, Title IX, and Political Mobilization among College Athletes." Political Research Quarterly 71, no. 3 (January 26, 2018): 642–53. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1065912917753078.
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Public policies invariably confer or deny benefits to particular citizens. How citizens respond to relevant policies has fundamental implications for democratic responsiveness. We study the beliefs of a core constituency of one of the most celebrated sex non-discrimination policies in U.S. history: Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972. Using a novel survey of college student-athletes, we find strong support for the spirit of the policy, with the vast majority of respondents reporting the opinion that there “should” be equity. Concurrently, student-athletes also perceive mal-distribution among status quo resources and opportunities and believe that redistribution is needed. Furthermore, they are willing to take political action to improve equality. Consistent with our expectations, these beliefs are particularly salient for women and those who perceive persistent sex discrimination in society. Our results reveal “positive policy feedback” among policy beneficiaries of Title IX who mobilize to seek equity in athletics. The dissatisfaction among policy beneficiaries raises questions about democratic responsiveness (e.g., to whom are policymakers and leaders in college athletics responding?) and highlights the political nature of college athletics.
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Beckfield, Jason, Katherine Ann Morris, and Clare Bambra. "How social policy contributes to the distribution of population health: the case of gender health equity." Scandinavian Journal of Public Health 46, no. 1 (July 4, 2017): 6–17. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1403494817715954.
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Aims: In this study we aimed to analyze gender health equity as a case of how social policy contributes to population health. We analyzed three sets of social-investment policies implemented in Europe and previously hypothesized to reduce gender inequity in labor market outcomes: childcare; active labor market programs; and long-term care. Methods: We use 12 indicators of social-investment policies from the OECD Social Expenditure Database, the OECD Family Database, and the Social Policy Indicators’ Parental Leave Benefit Dataset. We draw outcome data from the 2015 Global Burden of Disease for years lived with disability and all-cause mortality among men and women ages 25–54 for 18 European nations over the 1995–2010 period. We estimate 12 linear regression models each for mortality and morbidity (i.e. years lived with disability), one per social-investment indicator. All models use country fixed-effects and cluster-robust standard errors. Results: For years lived with disability, women benefit more from social investment for most indicators. The only exception is the percentage of young children in publicly funded childcare or schooling, which equally benefits men. For all-cause mortality, men benefit more or equally from social investment for most indicators, while women benefit more from government spending on direct job creation through civil employment. Conclusions: Social policy contributes to the distribution of population health. Social-investment advocates argue such policies in particular enhance economic gender equity. Our results show that these polices have ambiguous effects on gender health equity and even differential improvements among men for some outcomes.
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Lucchese, Manuela, Ferdinando Di Carlo, Natalia Aversano, Giuseppe Sannino, and Paolo Tartaglia Polcini. "Gender Reporting Guidelines in Italian Public Universities for Assessing SDG 5 in the International Context." Administrative Sciences 12, no. 2 (March 25, 2022): 45. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/admsci12020045.
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Gender equity is a topic of significant interest for universities, who are called upon to plan strategies and measures to increase gender equality in line with international policies. With a qualitative methodology based on manual content analysis, the paper aims to understand whether and how this report could positively assess a university’s actions for reaching SDG 5. This study’s results show that the CRUI guidelines can be used by universities to disclose gender policies that may be of interest to stakeholders, and can also be synthesized in THE ranking, increasing university visibility. The present study could be helpful for universities, regulatory bodies, policy makers, and agency rankings to help them identify the most relevant gender items on which to focus their attention.
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Baobeid, Anwaar, Tara Faghani-Hamadani, Sara Sauer, Yap Boum, Bethany L. Hedt-Gauthier, Nicholas Neufeld, Jackline Odhiambo, et al. "Gender equity in health research publishing in Africa." BMJ Global Health 7, no. 7 (July 2022): e008821. http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjgh-2022-008821.
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IntroductionWomen researchers find it more difficult to publish in academic journals than men, an inequity that affects women’s careers and was exacerbated during the pandemic, particularly for women in low-income and middle-income countries. We measured publishing by sub-Saharan African (SSA) women in prestigious authorship positions (first or last author, or single author) during the time frame 2014–2016. We also examined policies and practices at journals publishing high rates of women scientists from sub-Saharan Africa, to identify potential structural enablers affecting these women in publishing.MethodsThe study used Namsor V.2, an application programming interface, to conduct a secondary analysis of a bibliometric database. We also analysed policies and practices of ten journals with the highest number of SSA women publishing in first authorship positions.ResultsBased on regional analyses, the greatest magnitude of authorship inequity is in papers from sub-Saharan Africa, where men comprised 61% of first authors, 65% of last authors and 66% of single authors. Women from South Africa and Nigeria had greater success in publishing than those from other SSA countries, though women represented at least 20% of last authors in 25 SSA countries. The journals that published the most SSA women as prominent authors are journals based in SSA. Journals with overwhelmingly male leadership are also among those publishing the highest number of SSA women.ConclusionWomen scholars in SSA face substantial gender inequities in publishing in prestigious authorship positions in academic journals, though there is a cadre of women research leaders across the region. Journals in SSA are important for local women scholars and the inequities SSA women researchers face are not necessarily attributable to gender discrepancy in journals’ editorial leadership.
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González Vélez, Ana Cristina, Anna Coates, Victoria Diaz Garcia, and Denisse Wolfenzon. "Gender equality and health equity: strategic lessons from country experiences of gender mainstreaming in health." Revista Panamericana de Salud Pública 44 (October 29, 2020): 1. http://dx.doi.org/10.26633/rpsp.2020.129.
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Objectives. To analyze progress in organizational structures, mechanisms, strategies, and enabling factors and barriers towards gender mainstreaming (GM) in health in Guatemala, Guyana, and Peru, given GM’s role in addressing gender inequalities in health as a key structural driver of health equity. Methods. Data was obtained through a grey literature review of laws, policies, and/or program documents and semi-structured qualitative interviews with 37 informants. Analysis was based on a theoretical framework including 7 categories considered essential to advance GM in the health sector. Results. Despite significant efforts and accumulated experiences of GM in health, structural barriers include: wider societal challenges of transforming gender unequal power relations; health system complexity combined with the low technical, political, and financial capacity of institutional structures tasked with GM; and limited coordination with (often weak) National Women’s Machineries (NWMs). In some contexts, barriers are compounded by limited understanding of basic concepts underlying GM (at times exacerbated by misunderstandings related to intersectionality and/or engagement with men) and the absence of indicators to measure GM’s concrete results and impact. Conclusions. Successful GM requires a more strategic and transformational agenda, developed and implemented in coordination with NWMs and civil society and with reference to external bodies (e.g. Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women) to go beyond process, with clearer distinction between gender sensitivity and gender transformation, and definition of expected results and indicators to measure advances. These then could be better documented and systematized, enabling GM to be more broadly understood and operationalized as a concrete instrument towards health equity.
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Olivetti, Claudia, and Barbara Petrongolo. "The Economic Consequences of Family Policies: Lessons from a Century of Legislation in High-Income Countries." Journal of Economic Perspectives 31, no. 1 (February 1, 2017): 205–30. http://dx.doi.org/10.1257/jep.31.1.205.
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By the early 21st century, most high-income countries have put into effect a host of generous and virtually gender-neutral parental leave policies and family benefits, with the multiple goals of gender equity, higher fertility, and child development. What have been the effects? Proponents typically emphasize the contribution of family policies to the goals of gender equity and child development, enabling women to combine careers and motherhood, and altering social norms regarding gender roles. Opponents often warn that family policies may become a long-term hindrance to women's careers because of the loss of work experience and the higher costs to employers that hire women of childbearing age. We draw lessons from existing work and our own analysis on the effects of parental leave and other interventions aimed at aiding families. We present country- and micro-level evidence on the effects of family policy on gender outcomes, focusing on female employment, gender gaps in earnings, and fertility. Most estimates range from negligible to a small positive impact. But the verdict is far more positive for the beneficial impact of spending on early education and child care.
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Ursan, Oleg. "Promotions of gender policy in the Republic of Moldova after participating in the 1995 World Conference on Women in Beiji." Akademos, no. 2(56) (September 2022): 117–23. http://dx.doi.org/10.52673/18570461.22.2-65.11.
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Gender equality between women and men is a fundamental value of democracy. Ensuring gender equity has become one of the major goals of the time. Gender mainstreaming has become a priority in domestic politics since attending the 1995 Fourth World Conference on Women in Beijing, after which a series of measures on gender equality were undertaken. As a result, the Republic of Moldova is committed to transposing European legislation in the field of equal opportunities and the promotion of women at the decision-making level. As a result, a number of departments have been set up within state institutions to implement gender equality and equal opportunities policies. Thus, the Republic of Moldova has demonstrated its democratic and pro-European approach, in achieving the objectives that refer to equal opportunities for self-realization of individual female and male potential.
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Ramírez, Juan Carlos, Norma Celina Gutiérrez de la Torre, and Lizett Guadalupe Cázares Hernández. "La construcción de una agenda de políticas públicas de género de los hombres en México: prolegómenos." Masculinities & Social Change 4, no. 2 (June 21, 2015): 186. http://dx.doi.org/10.17583/mcs.2015.1514.
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<div><p>Building a public policy agenda that promotes equality and gender equity from the perspective of gender of men, involves the recognition of certain sociocultural gender problems. The aim of this paper is to show the results of the first stage of a larger project, which is an input for the creation of a public policy agenda built by stakeholders (research, services, government) in various problems experienced by the men as subjects of gender in Mexico and considered are feasible transformation through the implementation of public policies. The results of a survey of which the main issues-problems that have implications for public policies identified are presented, the agencies involved in finding solutions; the stakeholders; alliances and / or established and / or necessary to promote the establishment of the agenda and proposed public policy coalitions.</p></div>
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Ramírez, Juan Carlos, Norma Celina Gutiérrez de la Torre, and Lizett Guadalupe Cázares Hernández. "La construcción de una agenda de políticas públicas de género de los hombres en México: prolegómenos." Masculinities & Social Change 4, no. 2 (June 21, 2015): 186. http://dx.doi.org/10.17583/msc.2015.1514.
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<div><p>Building a public policy agenda that promotes equality and gender equity from the perspective of gender of men, involves the recognition of certain sociocultural gender problems. The aim of this paper is to show the results of the first stage of a larger project, which is an input for the creation of a public policy agenda built by stakeholders (research, services, government) in various problems experienced by the men as subjects of gender in Mexico and considered are feasible transformation through the implementation of public policies. The results of a survey of which the main issues-problems that have implications for public policies identified are presented, the agencies involved in finding solutions; the stakeholders; alliances and / or established and / or necessary to promote the establishment of the agenda and proposed public policy coalitions.</p></div>
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Foley, Meraiah, Sue Williamson, and Sarah Mosseri. "Women, work and industrial relations in Australia in 2019." Journal of Industrial Relations 62, no. 3 (March 18, 2020): 365–79. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0022185620909402.
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Interest in women’s labour force participation, economic security and pay equity received substantial media and public policy attention throughout 2019, largely attributable to the federal election and the Australian Labor Party platform, which included a comprehensive suite of policies aimed at advancing workplace gender equality. Following the Australian Labor Party’s unexpected loss at the polls, however, workplace gender equality largely faded from the political agenda. In this annual review, we cover key gender equality indicators in Australia, examine key election promises made by both major parties, discuss the implications of the Royal Commission into Aged Care Quality and Safety for the female-dominated aged care workforce, and provide a gendered analysis on recent debates and developments surrounding the ‘future of work’ in Australia.
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van Gellecum, Yolanda, Janeen Baxter, and Mark Western. "Neoliberalism, gender inequality and the Australian labour market." Journal of Sociology 44, no. 1 (March 2008): 45–63. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1440783307085842.
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Over the past 25 years neoliberal philosophies have increasingly informed labour market policies in Australia that have led to increasing levels of wage decentralization. The most recent industrial relations changes aim to decentralize wage setting significantly further than has previously been the case. We argue that this is problematic for gender equity as wage decentralization will entrench rather than challenge the undervaluation of feminized work. In this article we provide an overview of key neoliberal industrial relations policy changes pertinent to gender equity and examine the current state of gender equity in the labour market. Results show that women's labour force participation has steadily increased over time but that a number of negative trends exclude women with substantial caring responsibilities from pursuing a career track. The implications of increasing levels of wage deregulation are that gender wage inequality and the potential for discrimination will grow.
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Kouvari, Matina, Kyriakos Souliotis, Mary Yannakoulia, and Demosthenes B. Panagiotakos. "A narrative review on policies and practices for gender equity in cardiovascular disease prevention and management." Journal of Atherosclerosis Prevention and Treatment 12, no. 2 (May 3, 2021): 41–50. http://dx.doi.org/10.53590/japt.02.1022.
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Women’s health global agenda has recently reformulated to address more accurate cardiovascular diseases (CVDs) prevention, diagnosis and treatment. The aim of the present work was to review the hitherto global and national policies and practices which address gender equality in health with the focus oriented towards CVDs in women. Scientific databases and health organizations’ websites that present/discuss policies and initiatives targeting to enhance a sex-centered approach regarding general health and/or specifically cardiac health care were reviewed in a systematic way. In total, n=53 relevant documents were selected. The selected policies and initiatives included position statements, national action plans, evidence-based guidelines, guidance/recommendations, awareness campaigns, regulations/legislations and state-of-the art reports by national/international projects and conferences. The target audiences of large stakeholders (e.g., American Heart Association, European Society of Cardiology, Centre of Disease Control and Prevention) were female citizens, health professionals and researchers. Much as policy makers have recognized the sex/gender gap in CVD field, there is still much to be done. Thereby, tailor-made strategies,shouldbe designed, evaluated and delivered on a global, yet most importantly a national basis, to achieve gender equity against CVDs.
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Guevara-Segarra, Gabriela, Saul Ortiz-Santacruz, and Efstathios Stefos. "An Analysis of the Socio-Demographic Differences in Ecuadorian Economically Active Population between Genders." Modern Applied Science 11, no. 8 (June 27, 2017): 7. http://dx.doi.org/10.5539/mas.v11n8p7.
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Gender equity and development are common issues worldwide. International Organizations through their specialized programs and the states through their public policies have made high efforts to accomplish these goals raised internationally and locally. However, it is necessary to know the perception of the population about the achievement of these goals, and to influence the economic agents who are responsible of decision making. The present qualitative research work determines the social-demographic profile of the Ecuadorian economically active population and identifies the main characteristics by gender: racial group, activity and inactivity conditions, education, employment, poverty, and job satisfaction. The obtained results show the differences in variables related to activity and inactivity conditions, use of technology, education, and employment. The results pretend to be a useful source of information in the creation of public policies focused on poverty reduction and gender equity.
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Alaouie, Hala, Sumithra Krishnamurthy Reddiar, Malak Tleis, Lama El Kadi, Rima A Afifi, and Rima Nakkash. "Waterpipe tobacco smoking (WTS) control policies: global analysis of available legislation and equity considerations." Tobacco Control 31, no. 2 (March 2022): 187–97. http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/tobaccocontrol-2021-056550.
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IntroductionThe Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (FCTC) offers guidance on evidence-based policies to reduce tobacco consumption and its burden of disease. Recently, it has provided guidance for alternative tobacco products, such as the waterpipe. Waterpipe tobacco smoking (WTS) is prevalent worldwide and policies to address it need to take into consideration its specificities as a mode of smoking. In parallel, a growing body of literature points to the potential of evidence-based tobacco control policies to increase health inequities. This paper updates a previous global review of waterpipe tobacco policies and adds an equity lens to assess their impact on health inequities.MethodsWe reviewed policies that address WTS in 90 countries, including 10 with state-owned tobacco companies; 47 were included in our final analysis. We relied primarily on the Tobacco-Free Kids organisation’s Tobacco Control Laws website, providing access to tobacco control laws globally. We categorised country tobacco policies by the clarity with which they defined and addressed waterpipe tobacco in relation to nine FCTC articles. We used the PROGRESS (Place of residence, Race/ethnicity/culture/language, Occupation, Gender/sex, Religion, Education, Socioeconomic status and Social capital) framework for the equity analysis, by reviewing equity considerations referenced in the policies of each country and including prevalence data disaggregated by equity axis and country where available.ResultsOur results revealed very limited attention to waterpipe policies overall, and to equity in such policies, and highlight the complexity of regulating WTS. We recommend that WTS policies and surveillance centre equity as a goal.ConclusionsOur recommendations can inform global policies to reduce WTS and its health consequences equitably across population groups.
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Kathambi, Bessy Eva, and Linda Maryanne Obiero. "Intricacies for Gender Equality in Formal and Informal Structures through Governance Enhancement; a Kenyan Perspective." East African Journal of Arts and Social Sciences 5, no. 2 (September 14, 2022): 30–44. http://dx.doi.org/10.37284/eajass.5.2.839.
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The misconceptions and ideology misconstrue of gender equality as constituting women empowerment programs have hampered the accurate intent that gender equality stands for in formal and informal governance structures. The resistance to gender equality elucidates the gaps that exist in governance instruments over the last decades. The governance instruments’ deficiencies in supporting gender equality in all sectors highlight the intricacies that could be addressed when these instruments are enhanced. The study aimed at focusing on the governance instruments of policy and regulations, organization structures, and feedback mechanisms that capture the inadequacies in upholding gender equality. Much focus has been placed on the obstacles to gender equality but few studies have been undertaken on the scope of governance enhancement whose impacts are highlighted by the formal and informal structures. The study was conducted through a systematic literature review of relevant articles on governance instruments and gender equality and adopting the Prisma model of systematic literature review. Through the reviewed literature, data indicated the gaps that exist in knowledge, attitude, and practice in top management office holders in implementing gender equality policies. Further findings indicate the misconception of gender equality for women empowerment programs as opposed to it being a key tenet in enhancing governance. Governance structure imbalances further impacted gender equality and equity aimed at enhancing equilibrium in various national and county policies and laws. Governance instruments when structured to support gender equality can bring sustainable development noted in Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) number 5. The intricacies between governance enhancement and gender equality serve a symbiotic relationship and the outcomes adopt a sustainable outlook. Investment in governance enhancement will provide a basis for change in knowledge, attitude, and practice across the board and further increase ownership and cohesion for gender equality.
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Malmusi, Davide, Carles Muntaner, Carme Borrell, Marc Suhrcke, Patricia O’Campo, Mireia Julià, Giulia Melis, et al. "Social and Economic Policies Matter for Health Equity: Conclusions of the SOPHIE Project." International Journal of Health Services 48, no. 3 (June 12, 2018): 417–34. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0020731418779954.
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Since 2011, the SOPHIE project has accumulated evidence regarding the influence of social and economic policies on population health levels, as well as on health inequalities according to socioeconomic position, gender, and immigrant status. Through comparative analyses and evaluation case studies across Europe, SOPHIE has shown how these health inequalities vary according to contexts in macroeconomics, social protection, labor market, built environment, housing, gender equity, and immigrant integration and may be reduced by equity-oriented policies in these fields. These studies can help public health and social justice advocates to build a strong case for fairer social and economic policies that will lead to the reduction of health inequalities that most governments have included among their policy goals. In this article, we summarize the main findings and policy implications of the SOPHIE project and the lessons learned on civil society participation in research and results communication.
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Skewes, Lea, Joshua C. Skewes, and Michelle K. Ryan. "Attitudes to Sexism and Gender Equity at a Danish University." Kvinder, Køn & Forskning, no. 1-2 (July 30, 2019): 71–85. http://dx.doi.org/10.7146/kkf.v28i1-2.116118.
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We designed this study to measure the degree of backlash a specific Danish university would encounter in response to gender equity interventions. To capture this resistance we used two standardized questionnaires: the Modern Sexism Scale, which measures explicit denial of gender discrimination and resentment towards gender equity demands (such as gender interventions) andthe Support for Discriminatory Practices which measures peoples explicit preferences for hiring men over women. We also asked an open question about attitudes towards the university’s current gender policies. The questionnaire was sent to 15,493 employees. With one prompt 1,805 completed the entire questionnaire. We found that university employees scored above the midpoint on modern sexism, indicating that, on average, they held sexist attitudes. We further showed that modern sexism scores varied depending on beliefs about what was being done forgender equity in the organization, such that those who thought that enough or too much was being done had significantly higher sexism scores than those who thought that not enough wasbeing done. Over all, our findings document explicit sexist attitudes within the target university and suggest that gender equity interventions are therefore likely to be met by great resistancefrom some.
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류연규. "The Relationship between work-family balance policies and gender equity in labor market." Women's Studies 76, no. 1 (June 2009): 5–42. http://dx.doi.org/10.33949/tws.2009..1.001.
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Sotiriadou, Popi, and Donna de Haan. "Women and leadership: advancing gender equity policies in sport leadership through sport governance." International Journal of Sport Policy and Politics 11, no. 3 (March 18, 2019): 365–83. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/19406940.2019.1577902.
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Rose, Shyanika W., Michael S. Amato, Andrew Anesetti-Rothermel, Brittany Carnegie, Zeinab Safi, Adam F. Benson, Lauren Czaplicki, et al. "Characteristics and Reach Equity of Policies Restricting Flavored Tobacco Product Sales in the United States." Health Promotion Practice 21, no. 1_suppl (January 2020): 44S—53S. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1524839919879928.
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In 2009, flavored cigarettes (except menthol) were banned in the United States, but other flavored tobacco products (FTPs) were allowed. Women, populations of color, youth, sexual minority, and low–socioeconomic status populations disproportionately use FTPs. Localities have passed sales restrictions on FTPs that may reduce disparities if vulnerable populations are reached. This study assessed the extent to which FTP restrictions reached these subgroups (“reach equity”). We identified 189 U.S. jurisdictions with FTP policies as of December 31, 2018. We linked jurisdictions with demographics of race/ethnicity, gender, age, partnered same-sex households and household poverty, and stratified by policy strength. We calculated Reach Ratios (ReRas) to assess reach equity among subgroups covered by FTP policies relative to their U.S. population representation. Flavor policies covered 6.3% of the U.S. population (20 million individuals) across seven states; 0.9% were covered by strong policies (12.7% of policies). ReRas indicated favorable reach equity to young adults, women, Hispanics, African Americans, Asians, partnered same-sex households, and those living below poverty. Youth, American Indians/Alaska Natives (AIAN) and Native Hawaiians/Pacific Islanders (NHPI) were underrepresented. Strong policies had favorable reach equity to young adults, those living below poverty, Asians, NHPIs, individuals of 2+ races, and partnered same-sex households, but unfavorable reach equity to women, youth, Hispanic, AIAN, and African American populations. U.S. flavor policies have greater reach to many, but not all, subgroups at risk of FTP use. Increased enactment of strong policies to populations not covered by flavor policies is warranted to ensure at-risk subgroups sufficiently benefit.
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Strachan, Glenda, John Burgess, and Anne Sullivan. "Affirmative action or managing diversity: what is the future of equal opportunity policies in organisations?" Women in Management Review 19, no. 4 (June 1, 2004): 196–204. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/09649420410541263.
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Equal employment opportunity policies were introduced in Australia in the 1980s in response to women's disadvantaged workforce position. Australia's unique form of affirmative action was underpinned by legislation, and aimed to promote gender equity in the workplace via employer action. Throughout the 1990s there has been a policy shift away from collectivism towards individualism, and away from externally driven social programmes at the workplace towards managerialist driven social programmes. The main process for implementing progressive and inclusive equity programmes at the workplace is through human resource management policies that link employment diversity to organisational objectives (for example, productivity and profitability). Programmes titled “Managing diversity” have been introduced into some organisations, and today there are a variety of approaches towards equity policies in Australian organisations. The article proposes that a distinctive Australian version of managing diversity will develop in some organisations based on the prior national legislative framework.
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Suominen, Anniina, Tiina Pusa, Aapo Raudaskoski, and Larissa Haggrén. "Centralizing queer in Finnish art education." Policy Futures in Education 18, no. 3 (May 16, 2019): 358–74. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1478210319837836.
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The article examines if and how gender diversity and queer are present in the policies guiding Finnish art education and how these documents might influence praxis. The authors explore relations between policy and practice through a close study and analysis of the Finnish national core curriculum for basic education as it relates to the broader Finnish culture of power and politics. The authors approach the topic using epistemic injustice as the framework, and suggest that current international and national policy and guidelines that define human rights, gender equality, the rights of gender and sexual minorities, and education have created a broad and deeply seated normative, binary mindset that not only impairs the actualization of equity in education but also makes it a paradox. To unpack the suggested epistemic injustice, the authors contextualize their arguments through a critical study of policies and guidelines for human rights and Finnish compulsory education and frame this with particular theories, the capability approach and feminist and critical pedagogy.
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NORRELL, J. ELIZABETH, and THOMAS H. NORRELL. "Faculty and Family Policies in Higher Education." Journal of Family Issues 17, no. 2 (March 1996): 204–26. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/019251396017002004.
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This article provides a review of existing policies in higher education institutions that affect faculty and their families, and identifies areas for advocacy and research. Anecdotal evidence suggests that there is great variability in policies both between and within universities and that the effects of certain of these policies may discriminate unfairly against women. Thus dual-career problems and parental concerns are reviewed within the context of gender equity. The implications of these policies for recruitment and retention of faculty and for the tenure and promotion process are considered.
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Torres, Berta Ermila Madrigal, Rosalba Madrigal Torres, and Elia Marún Espinosa. "La Universidad Guadalajara y la igualdad de género. Propuesta." Inquietud Empresarial 13, no. 2 (July 18, 2014): 109–28. http://dx.doi.org/10.19053/01211048.2739.
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Ante el reto que establece la visión de sustentabilidad de La Organización de las Naciones Unidas para la Educación, la Ciencia y la Cultura (UNESCO) y la Organización Internacional del Trabajo (OIT) es elemental que cada miembro de la sociedad respete a los demás, el rol de la universidad es importante en la formación y transmisión del conocimiento con una filosofía de equidad de género. Este trabajotrata sobre el papel que desempeñan las universidades ante el compromiso de la sociedad de conformar una cultura de equidad de género. A partir de la publicación de la Ley general para la igualdad entre mujeres y hombres, en diferentes países, nos hemos planteado las preguntas de investigación ¿Qué ha pasado desde la aprobación de la mencionada Ley?, ¿qué políticas han implementado lasUniversidades?, ¿cuál es el compromiso de la Universidad? Los hallazgos, se realizó una investigación documental de lo que están haciendo algunas universidades en España, Latinoamérica y México. Desde hace más de dos décadas de las políticas internacionales en pro de la igualdad entre hombres y mujeres, no se ha logrado instaurar una política de equidad de género en las estructuras organizacionalesuniversitarias.PALABRAS CLAVEIgualdad de género, equidad de género, universidad, propuesta ABTRACTFaced with the challenge of establishing sustainability vision of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) and the International Labour Organization (ILO) is elementary that every member of society respects others, the role of the university is important in the formation and transmission of knowledge with a philosophy of gender equity. This paper deals with the role of universities to society is commitment to shape a culture of gender equality. Since the publication of the General Act on equality between women and men, in different countries, we have considered the research questions What happened since the adoption of the Law?, ¿what universities have implemented policies?, ¿what is the commitment of the University? The findings, documentary research was carried what they are doing someuniversities in Spain, Latin America and Mexico. For more than two decades of international policies towards equality between men and women, has not succeeded in establishing a policy of gender equity in university organizational structures.KEY WORDSGender equality, gender equity, university, proposed
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David, Miriam. "Diversity, gender and widening participation in global higher education: a feminist perspective." Learning and Teaching 3, no. 2 (June 1, 2010): 19–38. http://dx.doi.org/10.3167/latiss.2010.030202.
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This article is a critique of the expansion of higher education in global and national contexts. First I provide an analysis of the transformation of higher education as a form of 'academic capitalism' and how second-wave feminist critiques and pedagogies have become incorporated as have women, amongst other social groups, in increasingly diverse forms of post-compulsory education. Yet, the transformations in global higher education have not been in the direction of greater gender or social equity. Second, I provide evidence of the policies and practices of the U.K. government in widening participation to U.K. higher education, drawing on research, commissioned by the U.K. government, and conducted by the Teaching and Learning Research Programme. I provide detailed research evidence, from the seven projects, about the policies, practices and pedagogies within English higher education. I argue that, although neither gender nor social equality has been accomplished, there is evidence of practices that value and respect social diversity and inclusion of women's diverse perspectives and feminist pedagogies.
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Blofield, M., and J. Martinez Franzoni. "Maternalism, Co-responsibility, and Social Equity: A Typology of Work-Family Policies." Social Politics: International Studies in Gender, State & Society 22, no. 1 (June 11, 2014): 38–59. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/sp/jxu015.
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