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  1. Women's and Gender Studies Theses and Dissertations

    Narratives of lesbian transformation: Coming out stories of women who transition from heterosexual marriage to lesbian identity, Clare F. Walsh. PDF. The Conundrum of Women's Studies as Institutional: New Niches, Undergraduate Concerns, and the Move Towards Contemporary Feminist Theory and Action, Rebecca K. Willman

  2. Past Thesis Topics

    2013. Inside the Master's House: Gender, Sexuality, and the 'Impossible' History of Slavery in Jamaica, 1753-1786. 2013. Illuminating the Darkness Beneath the Lamp: Im Yong-sin's Disappearance from History and Rewriting the History of Women in Korea's Colonial Period (1910-1945) East Asian Languages and Civilizations.

  3. PDF Exploring Gender Equality and Women'S Empowerment: a Critical

    Chapter 6 Conclusions: Rethinking L'Oréal's Gender Equality and Women's 162 Empowerment Policies 6.1 The Business Approach to Gender Equality and 163 Women's Empowerment 6.2 Limitations of the Research 167 6.3 Contributions of this Research 169 6.4 Implications of this Master's Thesis 170

  4. Twenty years of gender equality research: A scoping review based ...

    Gender equality is a major problem that places women at a disadvantage thereby stymieing economic growth and societal advancement. In the last two decades, extensive research has been conducted on gender related issues, studying both their antecedents and consequences. However, existing literature reviews fail to provide a comprehensive and clear picture of what has been studied so far, which ...

  5. PDF We Can Do It: Achieving Equal Representation of Gender in The United

    American women from having a public voice relative to their presence in the population. This Thesis proposes that there are three societal and institutional barriers sustaining unequal representation of gender in Congress: (1) a gender gap in political ambition; (2) institutional culture; and (3) incumbency advantage.

  6. PDF LILES, HEIDI H. M.A.. Women's Empowerment: Defining and

    H. Liles Formatted Thesis Proposal. LILES, HEIDI H. M.A.. Women's Empowerment: Defining and Operationalizing a Critical Variable. (2021) Directed by Dr. Steve Kroll-Smith. 67 pp. The purpose of this study is to shed light on how development experts and organizations. define and operationalize the term "women's empowerment.".

  7. Women in the Workplace: The Impact of Earning Potential Empowerment and

    The purpose of this thesis is to examine the role of earning potential in women's careers as a factor in navigating the conflicting dynamics between career and ... in the workplace and analyze the literary sources published after 2000 about women and their attempts to achieve equality with men in finance. Keywords: work-life balance ...

  8. (PDF) Education's Role in Empowering Women and Promoting Gender

    J.C. Bose University of Science and Technology, YMCA, Faridabad, Haryana, India. This review paper critically examines the role of education in empowering women and promoting. gender inequality ...

  9. PDF Master Thesis

    cooperation today, the definition of gender equality is: "Equality means t. at all people are born free and equal in value and rights. Gender equality means that women and men, girls and boys, shal. have the same power to shape society and their own lives. Equality, gender equality and respect for hum.

  10. From 'gender equality and 'women's

    Keywords: post-2015; global justice; gender equality; women's empowerment Introduction On the cusp of 2015 we are in a different world from the one in which the Mil lennium Development Goals (MDGs) were first conceived. Acknowledgment of achievements, particularly in girls' primary education and women's political rep

  11. Gender Equality and Equity Narratives Amongst Women in Nongovernmental

    The BLS noted the women's-to-men's earnings ratio had improved substantially since the inception of earnings data collection in 1979 when women's earnings only ranged from 77% to 81% of the earnings of male workers aged 35 and older (BLS, 2018). The current earnings ratio does not meet the requirements of gender equality in the areas

  12. PDF GOOD GOVERNANCE AND GENDER EQUALITY

    women's rights conditions in Middle East and Sub-Saharan Africa through the theory of governance. The first and second chapter address the following hypothesis: governments, with 'good' governance, are more likely to protect women's rights than governments, 1 CEDAW-- Convention to Eliminate All Forms of Discrimination Against Women.

  13. PDF Empowering Women: Four Theories Tested on Four Different Aspects of

    equality. In theory, it is reasonable to presume that early gains in gender equality take the form of women's greater equality with men in skill development and standard of living. These gains untie women from traditional household activities, setting them free to participate in greater rates in civic activities such as petitions and boycotts.

  14. Gender Equality and Women's Empowerment: Feminist Mobilization for the

    The main argument of that paper was that progress towards gender equality and women's empowerment in the development agenda requires, first, a human rights-based approach consonant with the principles of indivisibility, interdependence and universality of rights, and second, support for the women's organizations and movements that can activate ...

  15. Gender Equality in the Workplace: An Introduction

    SCIENTIFIC The special section that we have assembled includes 10 papers that address some aspects related to gender inequities in the workplace. Specifically, these papers address (a) gender bias in winning prestigious awards in neuroscience, (b) supporting women in STEM, (c) women's concerns about potential sexism, (d) unique challenges faced by STEM faculty, (e) the double jeopardy of ...

  16. PDF Gender equality attitudes study 2019

    n in certain roles.Key Message 4: There is an overwhelming consensus that gender equality is importan. for the country's future success.84% believe that it is essential for so. iety to treat women as equal to men.91% believe equal pay for equal work regardless of a person's gender is importan.

  17. PDF Diffusing the Women, Peace, and Security Agenda: a Quantitative

    promotes the inclusion of women in conflict resolution and peacebuilding. The second pillar, protection, emphasizes the gendered experience of war and the need for states to protect women 3 True, Jacqui. "Explaining the Global Diffusion of the Women, Peace and Security Agenda." International Political Science Review 37, no. 3 (2016): 314.

  18. 5 Powerful Essays Advocating for Gender Equality

    Activists are charting unfamiliar territory, which this essay explores. "Men built this system. No wonder gender equality remains as far off as ever.". - Ellie Mae O'Hagan. Freelance journalist Ellie Mae O'Hagan (whose book The New Normal is scheduled for a May 2020 release) is discouraged that gender equality is so many years away.

  19. Women & Equality

    One hundred years ago, the United States ratified the Nineteenth Amendment, granting women the right to vote. The publication of the Winter 2020 issue of Dædalus "Women & Equality," guest edited by Nannerl O. Keohane (Academy Member; Princeton University; Stanford University) and Frances McCall Rosenbluth (Academy Member; Yale University), at the centennial is a celebration of this ...

  20. 5 Women Empowerment Essays Everybody Should Read

    Here are five essays about women's empowerment that everyone should read: Women's Movements and Feminist Activism (2019) Amanda Gouws & Azille Coetzee. This editorial from the "Empowering women for gender equity" issue of the journal Agenda explores the issue's themes. It gives a big picture view of the topics within.

  21. The Pearl of Climate Action: Gender Equality and Women's Empowerment

    However, more emphasis is needed on gender equality and equity 5 and women's empowerment for climate action, especially in relation to hydrometeorological services such as early warning systems for floods and droughts. Gender equality and equity for climate action. Gender 6 inequalities between women and men remain. Conscious and subconscious ...

  22. Erosion Of Women's Rights And Gender Equality In Afghanistan: Impact Of

    Prior to the Taliban's return, around 3.5 million girls were enrolled in schools, and women made up 28% of Afghanistan's parliament, showcasing the advancements achieved by 2020 (World Bank ...

  23. Paris 2024: The first Games to achieve full gender parity

    The Olympic Movement has made great strides with regards to gender equality over recent years. Paris 2024 will be the first Olympics in history to achieve numerical gender parity on the field of play, with the same number of female and male athletes participating in the largest sporting event in the world. This key achievement was made possible due to a large number of initiatives led by the ...