Ending Gender-Based Violence by Hannah E. BrittonSouth African women's still-increasing presence in local, provincial, and national institutions has inspired sweeping legislation aimed at advancing women's rights and opportunity. Yet the country remains plagued by sexual assault, rape, and intimate partner violence. Hannah E. Britton examines the reasons gendered violence persists in relationship to social inequalities even after women assume political power. Venturing into South African communities, Britton invites service providers, religious and traditional leaders, police officers, and medical professionals to address gender-based violence in their own words.
ISBN: 9780252043093
Publication Date: 2020
Engaged Fatherhood for Men, Families and Gender Equality by Grau Grau, Marc (editor)This aim of this open access book is to launch an international, cross-disciplinary conversation on fatherhood engagement. By integrating perspective from three sectors—Health, Social Policy, and Work in Organizations—the book offers a novel perspective on the benefits of engaged fatherhood for men, for families, and for gender equality. The chapters are crafted to engaged broad audiences, including policy makers and organizational leaders, healthcare practitioners and fellow scholars, as well as families and their loved ones.
ISBN: 9783030756451
Publication Date: 2022
Gender Equity in STEM in Higher Education by Hyun Kyoung Ro (Editor); Frank Fernandez (Editor); Elizabeth J. Ramon (Editor)This timely volume brings together a range of international scholars to analyse cultural, political, and individual factors which contribute to the continued global issue of female underrepresentation in STEM study and careers. Offering a comparative approach to examining gender equity in STEM fields across countries including the UK, Germany, the United States, Hong Kong, Taiwan, South Africa, and China, the volume provides a thematic breakdown of institutional trends and national policies that have successfully improved gender equity in STEM at institutions of higher education.
ISBN: 9781000426748
Publication Date: 2021
SDG5 - Gender Equality and Empowerment of Women and Girls by Umesh Chandra Pandey; Chhabi KumarConventional development planning lacks sensitivity to the female experience. Tackling gendered discrimination and the exclusion of women, SDG5 aims to 'achieve gender equality and empower all women and girls.' This book considers the current state of play and identifies the trends, drivers and impact of gender equality.
ISBN: 9781789735246
Publication Date: 2019
Transitioning to Gender Equality by Binswanger, Christa (editor); Zimmermann, Andrea (editor)Gender Equality, the fifth UN Sustainable Development Goal (SDG 5), aims for the elimination of all forms of discrimination against women and girls. It thereby addresses all forms of violence, unpaid and unacknowledged care and domestic work, as well as the need for equal opportunities for leadership at all levels of decision-making in political, economic and public life.
ISBN: 9783038978664
Publication Date: 2021
What Works in Improving Gender Equality by Rummery, KirsteinThis book provides an accessible analysis of what gender equality means and how we can adapt best practice in care policies from other countries. It provides realistic feasible policy solutions, the role of individuals, families, communities, the market and the state, and the difficulties in different policy contexts.
Comparative Perspectives on Gender Equality in Japan and Norway by
This book compares perspectives on gender equality in Norway and Japan, focusing on family, education, media, and sexuality and reproduction as seen through a gendered lens. What can we learn from a comparison between two countries that stand in significant contrast to each other with respect to gender equality?
ISBN: 9781000528404Publication Date: 2021
Ending Gender-Based Violence by
South African women's still-increasing presence in local, provincial, and national institutions has inspired sweeping legislation aimed at advancing women's rights and opportunity. Yet the country remains plagued by sexual assault, rape, and intimate partner violence. Hannah E. Britton examines the reasons gendered violence persists in relationship to social inequalities even after women assume political power. Venturing into South African communities, Britton invites service providers, religious and traditional leaders, police officers, and medical professionals to address gender-based violence in their own words.
ISBN: 9780252043093Publication Date: 2020
Engaged Fatherhood for Men, Families and Gender Equality by
This aim of this open access book is to launch an international, cross-disciplinary conversation on fatherhood engagement. By integrating perspective from three sectors—Health, Social Policy, and Work in Organizations—the book offers a novel perspective on the benefits of engaged fatherhood for men, for families, and for gender equality. The chapters are crafted to engaged broad audiences, including policy makers and organizational leaders, healthcare practitioners and fellow scholars, as well as families and their loved ones.
ISBN: 9783030756451Publication Date: 2022
Gender Equity in STEM in Higher Education by
This timely volume brings together a range of international scholars to analyse cultural, political, and individual factors which contribute to the continued global issue of female underrepresentation in STEM study and careers. Offering a comparative approach to examining gender equity in STEM fields across countries including the UK, Germany, the United States, Hong Kong, Taiwan, South Africa, and China, the volume provides a thematic breakdown of institutional trends and national policies that have successfully improved gender equity in STEM at institutions of higher education.
ISBN: 9781000426748Publication Date: 2021
SDG5 - Gender Equality and Empowerment of Women and Girls by
Conventional development planning lacks sensitivity to the female experience. Tackling gendered discrimination and the exclusion of women, SDG5 aims to 'achieve gender equality and empower all women and girls.' This book considers the current state of play and identifies the trends, drivers and impact of gender equality.
ISBN: 9781789735246Publication Date: 2019
Transitioning to Gender Equality by
Gender Equality, the fifth UN Sustainable Development Goal (SDG 5), aims for the elimination of all forms of discrimination against women and girls. It thereby addresses all forms of violence, unpaid and unacknowledged care and domestic work, as well as the need for equal opportunities for leadership at all levels of decision-making in political, economic and public life.
ISBN: 9783038978664Publication Date: 2021
What Works in Improving Gender Equality by
This book provides an accessible analysis of what gender equality means and how we can adapt best practice in care policies from other countries. It provides realistic feasible policy solutions, the role of individuals, families, communities, the market and the state, and the difficulties in different policy contexts.
ISBN: 97814473305009Publication Date: 2021
