Gender Studies - SDG Academy Library

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Roots of Gender Inequality

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Gender inequality has its roots in differences between men and women in society. These result from social constructions of relations, which in turn stem from sexual…

Social Communication for Social Change

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Social Communication for Social Change

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Sarah Bradshaw argues that if we want to change rates of violence, we have to change the way violence is understood and change attitudes about violence in society. In…

Conceptualizations of Violence and Legal…

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Conceptualizations of Violence and Legal…

Conceptualizations of Violence and Legal Frameworks

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1 in 3 women will suffer from or feel threatened by violence, including sexual violence and the fear of violence. This is not confined to a particular region or culture.…

Inequality, poverty, and social identity

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Inequality, poverty, and social identity

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Globally, concerns about rising and common wealth and equality have intensified in recent years. This discourse has sort of transcended academic and political circles…

Root Causes and Lived Realities: Violence Against…

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Root Causes and Lived Realities: Violence Against…

Root Causes and Lived Realities: Violence Against Women and Girls

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Violence against women can be seen on three levels: the international, national, and intimate levels. We can look at psychological as well as patriarchal factors, and…

Sustainable Development and Rights

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Sustainable Development and Rights

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In 2000, the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) set the international policy framework for development across the globe. Critiques of the MDGs are that they were…

Gender Equality: A Confucian Perspective

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Gender Equality: A Confucian Perspective

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Confucian ethics is a tradition that can be used by people from different religious traditions in China. It is a tradition shared by people who may engage in different…

Implementing SDG 5: Gender equality

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Implementing SDG 5: Gender equality

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It is time to think about how SDG 5 on gender equality could be implemented! SDG 5 aims to achieve gender equality and empower all women and girls. In this video…

Advancements in Women's Rights

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Advancements in Women's Rights

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The Convention of the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women is seen as the International Bill of Women’s Rights with rights that extend to the…

Culture vs. Rights: The Case of Female Genital…

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Culture vs. Rights: The Case of Female Genital…

Culture vs. Rights: The Case of Female Genital Mutilation

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Female genital mutilation (FGM) is considered a violence against women, and it seeks to subjugate women by taking away sexual urges and controlling them by removing…

Attacking Gender Inequality within Development

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Attacking Gender Inequality within Development

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Gender wasn’t on the development agenda until the 1970s. At that time, it was recognized that development could harm women as modernization brings increased…

Democratization and Political Participation: The…

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Democratization and Political Participation: The…

Democratization and Political Participation: The Situation Room

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In this chapter, Elizabeth Prügl discusses an initiative that has proliferated in Africa called the Women’s Situation Room. It responds to election violence…

The Gender Agenda in the UN Human Rights Framework

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The Gender Agenda in the UN Human Rights Framework

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The terms “sexual” and “sexual abuse” were avoided at the inter-governmental level until 1999 with the Convention of the Rights of the Child and…

The Gendered Experience of Poverty

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The Gendered Experience of Poverty

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There is a gendered experience of poverty: women and men experience poverty differently, and women may experience poverty differently from one another. In the case of…

Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of…

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Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of…

Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW)

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The Convention of the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women is seen as the International Bill of Women’s Rights with rights that extend to the…

Education, Inclusion, Jobs, and Growth

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Education, Inclusion, Jobs, and Growth

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In this chapter, the six key transformation pathways to the SDGs are introduced, followed by more in-depth analysis of education, inclusion, jobs, and growth. Professor…

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