Gender and Women’s Studies
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Gender and Development: Women’s Role in Sustainable Development and the Rural Economy
Gender and Development (GAD) scholarship argues that gender relations are not merely social differences but structures of power that shape…
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Gender Roles and Their Impact on Social Organization
Gender is not merely a biological classification; it is a social construct that organizes societies and shapes individual behavior. Sociologists…
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Body Politics and the Control of Women’s Bodies: Beauty Standards as a Mechanism of Social Regulation
Body politics refers to the ways social institutions, cultural norms, and power structures regulate and control human bodies. While all…
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Feminist Pedagogy: Educational Practices Rooted in Feminist Perspectives
Feminist pedagogy is an approach to teaching and learning that explicitly foregrounds gender, power, and social justice as central concerns…
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Women in Science and Technology: Barriers to Women’s Participation in STEM Fields
Women’s participation in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) remains uneven despite decades of policy attention and targeted interventions. Persistent…
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Gender and Globalization: Globalization’s Impact on Women’s Employment and Status
Globalization — understood as the intensification of cross-border flows of goods, capital, information and people — has reshaped labour markets,…
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Sexual Harassment in Workplaces and Educational Institutions: An Integrative Review
Sexual harassment—broadly defined as unwelcome sexual conduct that affects an individual’s employment, education, or living environment—remains a persistent and pernicious…
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Women and Migration: Gendered Experiences of Migration and Identity Transformation
Migration is not a gender-neutral process; it is a social phenomenon structured by gendered norms, opportunities, constraints and practices. Scholarship…
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Division of Domestic Labor and Traditional Gender Roles: Continuities, Disruptions, and Policy Implications
The division of domestic labor remains a central axis through which gender inequality is reproduced within families. Scholars have long…
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Queer Theory and the Critique of Sexual and Gender Norms in Modern Culture
Queer theory emerged in the late twentieth century as both an intellectual project and a political intervention aimed at unsettling…
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