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Gender and Politics in Sudan, by Sondra Hale - Westview Press, 1996

Intro -- Contents -- 1 Setting the Scene: What Is the Gender Gap and How Will It Be Explored? -- Abstract -- 1.1 Contextualizing This Volume -- 1.2 How This Book Started -- 1.3 About the Methodological Approach for Crafting This Volume -- 1.4 About Feminist Research Methodologies -- 1.5 Our Guiding Principles -- 1.5.1 Interdisciplinary -- 1.5.2 Intersectionality -- 1.5.3 Intentionality -- 1.6 Outlining the Structure of the Book and the Chapters' Focus -- 1.6.1 Section 1: The Gender Gap in Labor Markets and Politics -- 1.6.2 Section 2: Culture and the Gender Gap -- 1.6.3 Section 3: The Motherhood Gap -- References -- 2 Femininity in Dispute: Perspectives of a Comparative Study of Professional Women in Puebla and Barcelona -- Abstract -- 2.1 Introduction -- 2.2 Methodological Approach -- 2.3 Managing Like a (Male) Boss -- 2.4 Gendered Processes in Ongoing Interactions: A Cross-context Comparison -- 2.5 Conclusions -- Appendix 1: Socio-demographic profile of the participating women -- References -- 3 Aspirational Mobilities and the Gender Gap: The Experiences of Skilled Mexican Women in a Childcare-Based Cultural Exchange -- Abstract -- 3.1 Introduction -- 3.2 Who Cares? Why Care Matter? -- 3.3 Au Pair Participants as Providers of Care Work in the USA -- 3.4 Skilled Mexican Women in a Cultural Exchange -- 3.5 Making Visible Non-recognized Labor -- 3.6 Conclusion -- Appendix 1: Overview of Mexican Participants from the Au Pair Program -- References -- 4 Gender Parity in Political Representation: Advancing Descriptive Representation and Confronting Challenges Permeated by Gender, Class and Ethnicity. The Case of Mexico and Bolivia -- Abstract -- 4.1 Introduction -- 4.2 Mexican Women's Political Rights -- 4.2.1 Intersectionality -- 4.2.2 Entering into the Era of Affirmative Action -- 4.2.3 Wrapping Up: Challenges and Strategies.

The national government of Indonesia is committed to legal gender equality by the1945 Indoensia Constitution, article 27 (1), and the ratification of the Convention forElimination of all forms of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW) in 1984.However, customary law still prevailing in many regions in Indoneia oftenperpetuates deeply rooted discrimination based on gender until today. Examples ofsuch discrimination are to found in Minagkabau, Java, and Bali where inheritance isregulated by gender biased customary law. Appropriate development policies andeducation may bring about a legal culture and practice that upholds legal genderequality.

This mapping presents a selected overview of existing research on gender, education and population flows in the Nordic peripheral areas. These areas are faced with a series of challenges that cannot be analyzed nor solved without taking a gender perspective into account. The challenges relate to, for instance, altered living conditions caused by global changes, stagnated or negative economic development, decrease in the amount of workplaces (particularly in the traditionally male-dominated professions) as well as, not least, migration and depopulation which is partly due to the fact that the young people of the area (especially the women) move to bigger cities to educate themselves. The challenges in question are not only significant in relation to the viability and cohesion of the areas, but also for the men and women who live there and their mutual social relations.

PurposeThis paper seeks to explore gender‐related behavior in relation to person‐group fit, person‐organization fit, and career decisions in order to identify relevant constructs and relationships and present suggestions for further research.Design/methodology/approachA model was developed based on a review of several literature bases including gender theories, gender enactment, person‐group fit, and person‐organization fit.FindingsPropositions for future research were developed and focus on the relationships influencing an individual's perceptions of person‐group fit, person‐organization fit and career decision making. It is proposed that a deviation from a group's collective gender orientation and accepted behaviors is likely to be met with unfavorable perceptions by group members and impact person‐group fit, person‐organization fit, perceived stress, self‐efficacy, and career decision making.Practical implicationsManagers and supervisors can use ideas presented in the model and paper to better understand nuances of gender‐related behavior and its potential impact on behavior and perceptions in the workgroup and organization. Diversity managers and training professionals could incorporate aspects of gender‐related differences into training programs, and individuals might use some ideas presented in this paper to consider the important implications of person‐group and person‐organization fit to career success.Originality/valueThe model developed in this paper is a unique perspective combining historical perspectives on gender and gender‐related behavior and workplace concepts such as person‐group and person‐organization fit to identify the potential impact of gender‐related differences at work.

Feminist approaches to international relations; discusses influence of women's organizations on normative changes, impact of the Convention on the Elimination of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW) in Chile, the European Union's (EU) engagement against trafficking in women, international human rights to protect women fleeing gender-based persecution in Germany, and Amnesty International's cooperation with local nongovernmental organizations against sexual torture of women in Turkey; 6 articles. Summaries in English p. 187-9.

Disaster research owes a lot to development studies and yet the debt is often not acknowledged. In this scholarly but accessible book by Sarah Bradshaw, we see a very effective linking of gender, disaster and development that will be of value to academics and practitioners working in and across all these domains. Maureen Fordham, University of Northumbria, UKBringing gender into the foreground in both development and disaster discourse, the author challenges received wisdom and offers cautionary notes about reinforcing inequalities through feminized disaster interventions. The book is an outstanding platform for fundamental change in how we think about and act toward gender in disaster contexts, leaving readers cautiously optimistic. This is one for the top shelf a book we have been waiting for and must put to use. Elaine Enarson, founder, Gender and Disaster Resilience AllianceOnce in a while a book is published which offers an empirically and theoretically informed analysis of an under-studied topic which helps to carve out a new field of enquiry. Such is the case with Dr Sarah Bradshaws breathtakingly detailed, richly first-hand informed, and incisive, account of the frequently paradoxical co-option of women into the analysis and practice of "disaster" in developing economies. Bradshaw's eminently comprehensive, well-substantiated, perceptive and sensitive treatment of the "A to Z" of gender and "disaster" in developing country contexts constitutes a 21st century volume which will be a definitive benchmark for scholars, policymakers, practitioners, and feminist activists at a world scale. Sylvia Chant, London School of Economics, UKThe need to disaster proof development is increasingly recognised by development agencies, as is the need to engender both development and disaster response. This unique book explores what these processes mean for development and disasters in practice

This title provides a theoretically and methodologically new and distinct approach to gender through the frameworks of biopolitics and genealogy, theorising it as a historically specific apparatus of biopower. Through the use of a diverse mix of historical and contemporary documents, the book explores how the problematisation of intersex infant genitalia in 1950s psychiatry propelled the emergence of the gender apparatus in order to socialise sexed individuals into the ideal productive and reproductive subjects of White, middle-class postwar America.

This document includes an analysis of the gender distribution within the consortium and a list of actions to be implemented to improve gender equality. HISTO-MRI has received funding from the European Union's Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under grant agreement No 737180

Gendering the discourse of globalization will help to develop a better understanding of globalization processes and their consequences for women and men. I argue that gender processes and ideologies are embedded in globalizing capitalism in the separation of capitalist production and human reproduction and the corporate claims to non-responsibility for reproduction; in the important role of hegemonic masculinities in globalizing processes, and in the ways that gender serves as a resource for capital. I also discuss some of the consequences for women and men of these processes of globalization.

PurposeThe purpose of this research is to develop and validate a new gender role stereotypes scale intended to be a short, effective, and modern measure of gender role attitudes.Design/methodology/approachA total of 800 participants completed an online survey, with 546 completing a second survey one week later. Recommended scale development procedures were utilized throughout in order to design and test the proposed instrument.FindingsItem analyses determined a final set of most effective items, while exploratory and confirmatory factor analyses provided support for the eight‐item, two‐dimensional (female stereotypes, male stereotypes) scale (Gender Role Stereotypes Scale – GRSS). Additionally, internal consistency and test‐retest reliabilities were acceptable, as was the construct‐related validity. This study also finds that gender role stereotypes are best examined as a two‐factor construct (male, female), rather than conceptualized as two poles of a unidimensional continuum.Practical implicationsThe GRSS has advantages over similar measures, including that it assesses attitudes toward both men and women with only eight items, and includes items that are easily understandable, cross‐culturally appropriate, and modern. Practitioners can use the GRSS to assess potential gender role stereotypes held by management. If managers are found to have highly traditional gender role stereotypes, organizations may be able to intervene before stereotypes affect performance ratings or task assignments.Originality/valueThis paper yields an updated and sound measurement scale to replace outdated scales assessing similar constructs and/or assessing only one gender role stereotype (male or female, versus both). The GRSS allows for the parsimonious, comprehensive, and effective measurement of gender role stereotypes in research and practice alike.

Gender and Hide Production. Lisa Frink and Kathryn Weedman, eds. Lanham: AltaMira Press, 2006. 269 pp.