Barriers to women's representation in academic excellence and positions of power
Autor/in:
Yousaf, Rizwana; Schmiede, Rudi
Quelle: Asian Journal of German and European Studies, 2 (2017) , S 1-13
Inhalt: "Nearly for half a century women's advancement in the workplace has been in a debate. Women’s under-represented in higher education institutions and universities across the globe, and especially in the most powerful or influential posts, is well established. Despite gender equality commitments and women's educational attainment, still, they are underrepresented. Regions and countries may vary in term of culture, achievements and development, but barriers for women's representation in academia are surprisingly similar in many regions. It is found that there are several barriers which women might be experiencing in academia ranging from personal, organizational to societal." (author's abstract)
Gender and the right to non-discrimination in international human rights law
Autor/in:
Netkova, Bistra
Quelle: Journal of Liberty and International Affairs, 1 (2016) 3, S 20-29
Inhalt: Discrimination against women based on the fact that they are women is a deeply rooted practice in all societies. However, the level of discrimination varies greatly with the level of development of the given society and strongly influences and vice versa it is influenced by the status of women in a given society. Addressing this gender-based discrimination is a difficult task because it is closely linked to the concept of equality, and state’s action and inactions. The article establishes that the States parties’ obligation is to ensure that there is no direct or indirect discrimination against women in their laws, sanctions, and other remedies and those women are protected against discrimination in the public, as well as, in the private spheres.
Schlagwörter:Frauenfeindlichkeit; mysogyny; Diskriminierung; discrimination; gender-specific factors; sozialer Status; social status; Gleichstellung; affirmative action; Gleichheit; equality; Menschenrechte; human rights; woman; internationales Recht; international law; Gleichbehandlung; equal treatment; Frauenpolitik; women's policy; Chancengleichheit; equal opportunity; Rechtsnorm; legal norm; direct and indirect discrimination; CEDAW; ECHR; HRC of the ICCPR
SSOAR Kategorie:Recht, Frauen- und Geschlechterforschung
Geschlecht - die überschätzte Dimension sozialer Ungleichheit: zentrale Herausforderungen liegen anderswo
Titelübersetzung:Gender - the overestimated dimension of social inequality: main challenges lie elsewhere
Autor/in:
Alber, Jens
Quelle: WZB-Mitteilungen, (2010) 129, S 7-11
Inhalt: "Die Industriegesellschaft war eine patriarchalisch geprägte Männergesellschaft, die Frauen den Zugang zu privilegierten Positionen versperrte. Post-industrielle Dienstleistungsgesellschaften werden hingegen zunehmend zu Frauengesellschaften, in denen geschlechtsspezifische Unterschiede an Bedeutung verlieren. Seit den 1960er Jahren haben sich die Geschlechterverhältnisse stärker verändert als in den 100 Jahren zuvor. Diese stille Revolution findet in aktuellen Gleichheitsdiskursen zu wenig Berücksichtigung. Ungleichheitsforscher und Gleichstellungsbeauftragte sollten ihr Augenmerk stärker auf die zentralen Herausforderungen unserer Tage richten: das Fortdauern von Klassenunterschieden sowie die prekäre Integration von Migrantenkindern im Bildungswesen." (Autorenreferat)
Inhalt: "Industrial societies were predominantly male societies which blocked women from access to privileged positions. Present-day post-industrial service economies increasingly become female societies in which gender-specific inequalities lose salience, having undergone more profound changes since the 1960s than in the hundred previous years. Contemporary policy discourses do not yet adequately reflect this silent revolution and should focus more on two central challenges to social integration, i.e. class-related inequalities and the integration of immigrant children into our systems of higher learning." (author's abstract)
Schlagwörter:class position; EU; gender relations; matriarchy; Patriarchat; Gleichstellung; service society; patriarchy; soziale Herkunft; Dienstleistungsgesellschaft; Migrant; Federal Republic of Germany; Kind; Matriarchat; social inequality; equal opportunity; man; United States of America; EU; social background; gender; Klassenlage; Chancengleichheit; migrant; international comparison; Emanzipation; USA; woman; sozialer Wandel; Mann; Geschlechterverhältnis; emancipation; child; internationaler Vergleich; affirmative action; gender-specific factors; social change; soziale Ungleichheit
SSOAR Kategorie:Frauen- und Geschlechterforschung, Allgemeine Soziologie, Makrosoziologie, spezielle Theorien und Schulen, Entwicklung und Geschichte der Soziologie