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Showing 1 to 15 of 15 for “"Gender blind"”.
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Dominance and Subordination: A Case study of Race, Identity and Pedagogy in Higher Education
… activities. Focusing on the narrative of colourblind and gender-blind meritocracy which is the dominant ideology of education policy it evaluates how the students described these activities and whether they perceived any power relations. To frame the case study within the context of the case …
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Millennials Making Meanings: Social Constructions of Sexual Harassment regarding Gender and Power by Generation Y
… socially construct sexual harassment in terms of gender and power?” Eighteen semi-structured interviews with adult Millennials up to age 33 were conducted. Analysis was informed by feminist theory, social constructionism, and critical race theory. Results showed while Millennials are quick to …
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Perceptions of ECEC (Early Childhood Education and Care) practitioners on how their gender influences their approaches to play
… contribution by considering the perceived gendered roles that ECEC practitioners adopt when working within a play-based curriculum. It examines whether practitioners believe that their gender influences how they engage with children in play. Through qualitative surveys and open-ended …
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A web of vulnerability and harms: caring for women who use spice in prison
… interventions, and drug practices in the gendered prison space. Current strategies and interventions are trapped in a support-with-punishment mentality that perpetuates Spice harms and does not consider localised and gendered drug practices and needs. Women synthetic cannabinoid users face …
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Breaking the masculine looking glass : women as co-founders, nurturers, and executors of extremism in New Zealand : a thesis presented in fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Masters in Defence and Security, Massey University, New Zealand
… This thesis will show that the predisposition to gender profile women erases them as potential extremists (violent and non-violent) which has ramifications for national security. This erasure happens in two ways. Firstly, gendered norms and narratives that infantize or sexualize these women …
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The Human Rights Of Syrian Refugee Women: A Comparative Analysis Of Healthcare Access And Educational Opportunities In Turkey And Greece [before doctoral defense]
… despite decades of international commitments to gender-responsive refugee protection. This dissertation investigates the implementation gaps between formal legal entitlements and actual access to healthcare and educational opportunities for Syrian refugee women in Turkey and Greece between 2015 …
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Support Needs of Agrarian Women To Build Household Livelihood Resilience: A Case Study of the Mekong River Delta
… livelihood resilience remains constrained by gender-blind policies, limited sex-disaggregated data, and a lack of integration of gender-specific needs and priorities in resilience-building interventions. This study aims to address these critical gaps. This study aims at exploring the perceived …
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How feminist legal theory can help to safeguard the rights and interests of disadvantaged women and girls during crises: lessons from the COVID-19 pandemic and South Africa
… resulted in the exacerbation of already-existing gender inequalities, risks and vulnerabilities. This dissertation seeks to investigate South Africa's response to the COVID-19 pandemic as a case study of a crisis and the adverse impact of this response on the rights and interests of disadvantaged …
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Understanding trans-border career trajectories: Post-Soviet women professionals in London
… in social sciences which overwhelmingly remain gender-blind and nationally bound. As a starting point this thesis understands working lives as a complex social phenomenon. The interdisciplinary socio-analytical framework elaborated within this thesis is rooted in the sociology of work and …
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Dyscluded': Women's experiences of mothering autistic children as described in their stories'
… their autism journey. It is often presented in a gender-blind way. Much of it fails to acknowledge the implications of sociocultural expectations on mothers and the emotional care work expected of them. <br><br>Thirty mothers of autistic children participated in lightly structured, research …
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White Heterosexual Men on Race, Gender and Sexual Orientation: What Identity as a Progressive Means in 21st Century America
… discrimination, particularly concerning race and gender. In the Post Civil-Rights era new covert forms of discrimination have replaced the older overt forms which, when combined with the ideology of individualism, prevents the majority of dominant group members from recognizing and thus working to …
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The Political Economy of Social Reproduction and Survival: Urban Land Occupations in Stellenbosch, South Africa
… studies on land occupations which tend to take a gender-blind approach. This research seeks to shine a light on what is generally invisibilised – women’s daily and generational struggles for survival. Through the case study of Enkanini and Azania, two urban land occupations in Stellenbosch - the …
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The study of independent African migrant women in KwaZulu-Natal (South Africa) : their lives and work experiences
… African migration to South Africa now has a gender profile. SkPIed, professional and businesswomen of African origin are now migrating independently to South Africa. This new face oftAfrican migration is transforming South African society and culture. African women from other countries have …
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The impact of household energy access on socio-economic outcomes in Zambia
… households. The fourth study is motivated by how gender affects household access to cooking energy solutions and consists of two parts. The first part compares the gendered effects of decision-making on the choice of, and expenditure on cooking energy solutions at the household level. Probit and …
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Enhancing the capacity of policy-makers to mainstream gender in trade policy and make trade responsive to women's needs: A South African perspective
The impact of trade policies on the pursuit of gender equality is often ignored. Recognising the link between trade and gender, this dissertation aims to enhance the capacity of policy-makers to mainstream gender in trade policy and to help identify ways for using trade to respond to women's needs …