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Consociational democracy has become the most influential paradigm in the field of power-sharing institutional design and post-conflict peacebuilding. Consociation institutes representation for certain formerly excluded groups. However, it simultaneously inhibits effective political representation for groups that do not align with the societal divisions that consociation seeks to accommodate, specifically the 'additional' cleavage of gender. Given the extensive use of the consociational model as a peacebuilding tool in divided states and the growing awareness of the disproportionate negative effect of conflict on women, there is a surprising lack of consideration of the effect that consociational power-sharing has on women's representation. This article considers the specific impact that the consociational model has on women's representation. We argue that because gender is an integral factor in conflict, it should therefore be integral to post-conflict governance. With empirical reference to contemporary Northern Ireland, it is illustrated that consociationalism is a 'gender-blind' theory.

At the outset, this paper addresses the advances achieved in the human rights protection systems and in Latin American legislations with regard to discrimination due on the grounds of sexual orientation and gender identity. The paper also analyzes the elements of universal equality, in particular relating to sexual orientation and gender identity, as well as three challenges faced in establishing this construction. First, the article reviews the notion and limitations that modernity has placed on the concept of "man", which have, throughout history, allowed various kinds of discrimination against certain groups. Second, the limitations of legal discourse, as well as its political dimension (despite its sometimes neutral appearance), surface when dealing with topics related to discrimination due to sexual orientation. Third, the article focuses on the importance that arguments based on naturalism have had in the treatment of judicial decisions on cases related to homosexuals, transexuals or transvestites rights holders. To conclude, the article suggests that the road to be taken should move from a prism of pathology to one in which the autonomy of individuals is recognized. ; En un comienzo, el artículo da cuenta de los avances del sistema de protección de derechos humanos y de las legislaciones latinoamericanas en materia de discriminación por orientación sexual e identidad de género. Luego, da paso al análisis de los elementos de igualdad universal que debieran ser respetados en materia de orientación sexual e identidad de género. Considerando esto, se analizan tres dificultades que han existido para reconocer este deber. Primero, se revisan los límites que la modernidad ha puesto al concepto de "hombre", que ha justificado a lo largo de la historia distintos tipos de discriminación a ciertos grupos. Segundo, las limitaciones que tiene el discurso jurídico, que si bien aparece como neutro, a la hora de tratar temas relativos a discriminación por orientación sexual se puede apreciar su inminente dimensión ...

Die Autorin geht zunächst auf den Identitätsbegriff ein und zeigt den Unterschied zwischen dem bestehenden männlichen Identitätsbegriff, der die Erfahrungswelt der Frauen nicht umfaßt und einem Individualitätsberiff, der versucht, die Perspektive der Frauen miteinzubeziehen. Diskutiert werden die kollektive und die individuelle Identität und die gesellschaftliche Bedingtheit des Verständnisses von Identität. Vier verschiedene Inhalte feministischer Wirklichkeitsmaginationen werden beschrieben, die Material bieten für individuelle und kollektive Identitäten. Die Identität der Frauen hängt eng zusammen mit ihrer Autonomie. Es wird auf die sozialgeschichtlichen Voraussetzungen des Autonomiebegriffs eingegangen, die psychische Autonomie erläutert und das Alltagsverständnis von Autonomie beschrieben. (LF)

This book is developed from an ethnographic case study which investigated Chinese adolescents' construction of their gender identity and the way it is negotiated in the course of learning English as a foreign language (EFL) from a sociolinguistic, sociocultural and sociopsychological point of view. It documented the unseen connections between the micro-level of the students' face-to-face verbal interactions and the macro-level of the role of learning EFL that can play in students' constructio

Part 1: Gender Justice in Asia -- Chapter 1. Gender Equality and Perpetual Liminalities (Nadiah Ahmad) -- Chapter 2. Hail Hijabis: Celebrification of Influencers by Postmodern Malay-Muslim Women in Malaysia (Nurzihan Hassim) and (Siti Mazidah Mohamad) -- Chapter 3. The Quest for Activism in Islam: The Perspectives of Indian and Malay Muslim Women Activists (Esita Sur ) -- Chapter 4. Gendering Adat Law: Woman's Rights Activists in Balinese Customary Affairs (Yogi Paramitha Dewi) -- Chapter 5. Sexuality as Struggle: Michel Houellebecq and the South East Asian Sex Trade (Klem James) -- Part 2: Sexuality Justice in Asia -- Chapter 6. Constructing the (Homo)Sexual Self: Positioning in the Sexual Narratives of Filipino Gay Men (Christian Go) -- Chapter 7. The Experience of Young LGBT People in Rural Vietnam (Yen Hoang Ha) -- Chapter 8. Looking Queerly Through the Heart: Towards a Southeast Asian Praxis of Doing Church with LGBTIQ/PLHIV (Joseph N. Goh) -- Chapter 9. Beyond 'Butch': The Fluidity of Embodiment by Masculine-Identified Lesbians in Singapore (Laura E. Wong ) -- Chapter 10. Queer Women, Diplomacy and Security: A Case Study of Australian Leaders Deployed in the Asia Pacific (Elise Stephenson) -- Part 3: Finding Resolutions through Conflict -- Chapter 11. Fractured Social, Multiple Subjects: Reconceiving a Gender/Sexual Agent of Change (Wong Wai Ching Angela) -- Chapter 12. Gender, Religion and Legal Discrimination: A Review of Child Custody Cases Involving Non-Muslim Wives/Mothers in Malaysia (Thaatchaayini Kananatu) -- Chapter 13. Indonesian Christian Young People Resisting Dominant Discourses: Surrounding Intimate Partner Sexual Violence (Teguh Wijaya Mulya) -- Chapter 14. Queer Ecofeminisms in Asia: Decentring the Hu(man) Towards Sustainability (Sharon A. Bong).

Cover -- Half Title -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Dedication -- Table of Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Part I: Foundations of Gender Communication -- 1. Why We Study Gender Communication -- Talk It Out: Through the Years -- The Gendered World: Is Change in the Air? -- Instant Recall: Changes in Day-to-Day Communicative Activities of Men and Women -- This Is Our Story -- Exploring Gender Today -- Instant Recall: Thinking About Our Gendered World -- Conceptual and Perceptual Foundations -- Distinguishing Sex and Gender -- Talk It Out: What Sexism Is and Is Not -- Instant Recall: Sex vs. Gender -- Communication Cultures -- Communication and Gender: Which Is the Catalyst? -- Talk It Out: In and Out of A Doll's House -- Instant Recall: Masculine vs. Feminine Communication Cultures -- The Merging of Communication and Gender -- Communicating Our Confusion -- Talk It Out: "X: A Fabulous Child's Story" -- Transitioning to a New Communication Paradigm -- More Principles of Gendered Communication -- Gendered Communication Is Dynamic -- Gendered Communication Is Systemic -- Gendered Communication Is Pervasive -- Gendered Communication Is Learned -- Instant Recall: Gender Communication Is -- Reassessing Gender and Communication: Goals and Assumptions, Questions and Quandaries -- Chapter Recap -- Think It Out -- Write It Out -- Check It Out Online -- 2. Developing Gender Identity: Theoretical Approaches -- Talk It Out: Who Are You? What Do You Aspire to Achieve? -- Gender Identity and the "I" of the Beholder -- Instant Recall: Developing Gender Roles -- Theories of Identity: Approaching Identity Theoretically -- Talk It Out: What's the Difference? -- Biology Matters: Biological Influences on Gender -- Talk It Out: A Boy as a Girl -- Psychology Matters: Psychological Influences on Gender.