Categoria: Gender
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Looking for gender in the EU 9th FP
In the EU 6th Framework Programme several Gender mainstreaming measures were included. The guides for proposers of the largest-scale projects required them to draw up a Gender Action Plan (GAP) stating how they intended to take gender issues into account in their research. But this requirement disappeared in the 7th FP. The 8th Framework Programme,…
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Systemic Action for Gender Equality (SAGE)
An international workshop at the University of Brescia will analyse the Systemic Action for Gender Equality promoted by the SAGE EU co funded proposal. Under the coordination of the WISER Centre, at Trinity College, Dublin, the SAGE (Systemic Action for Gender Equality) project introduces and develops gender-sensitive organisational cultures and practices in seven EU based…
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Femmes & Informatique
1024 – Bulletin de la société informatique de France Hors-série numéro 2 – février 2017 Femmes & Informatique Le point de départ de ce numéro hors-série est le congrès 2015 organisé par Jérôme Durand-Lose à Orléans, les 4 et 5 février, en l’hôtel Dupanloup. Nous avons pu réaliser un état des lieux dans l’enseignement supérieur et…
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Feminist Writing
Extended CFP: Feminist Readings 3 – Feminist Writings The deadline for the CFP Feminist Readings 3: Feminist Writings is the 28th February. * * * Call for Papers May 26th and 27th, 2017 University of Helsinki, Finland Feminist Readings 3: Feminist Writings Could creative writing and other creative methods allow more diverse ways to do…
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Geek: A feminine word?
Men and women: the same approach towards computers? Rita Bencivenga’s work is focused on how gender might affect someone’s « relationship» with his or her computer. Her study, based on one-to-one interviews, clearly states that there are no differences between men and women when it comes to performance. No cognitive or neurobiological studies demonstrated any…
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Are you a “digital curious”?
The study described in this article used grounded theory methodology to investigate adults’ accounts of their relationships with others when using information and communication technologies (ICT). Ten women and ten men were interviewed. All were Italians born between 1952-1961. It was found that the participants shared a common eagerness to learn and use ICT, which…
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Engendering Difference: Sexism, Power and Politic
Engendering Difference: Sexism, Power and Politics Equality—sought through many movements throughout the 20th century, and still elusive in the 21st—demands the address of what it seeks to eliminate: difference. Although multiple forms of difference complicate the ideal level playing field in human endeavors, gender difference remains a stubbornly salient construct. The conference aims to open…
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Queering Paradigms series
“Fucking Solidarity: queering concepts on/from a Post-Soviet perspective” 20-23 September 2017 University of Vienna Department for English and American Studies. Deadline for Proposals: 15 March 2017 please, send to: qp8(at)univie.ac.at for more information go to our homepage http://qp8.univie.ac.at As it is tradition in the Queering Paradigms series, a part of the conference is reserved for contributions that cover…
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Bridging gender research and policy making
Call for papers and contributions Bridging gender research and policy making: missing links, good practices, future scenarios ATGENDER Spring Conference, 19-21 April 2017, Vilnius Organised by ATGENDER, The European Association for Gender Research, Education and Documentation, with support from the European Institute for Gender Equality (EIGE) and Vilnius University (VU), the 2017 edition of the…
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Gender and Religions
AG About Gender – International Journal of Gender Studies Vol 5, No 10 (2016): Gender and Religions: Freedom, Identity, and Limits Table of Contents Editorial Gender and Religions: Freedom, Identity, and Limits Orsetta Giolo, Laura Scudieri Thematic Articles Religion, Virtue, Education in the Pedagogical Writings of Mary Wollstonecraft Serena Vantin The Image of God: on…
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L’espace de la cause des femmes
“Interroger l’institutionnalisation de l’espace de la cause des femmes. Dynamiques, enjeux, effets”. Jeudi 1er & vendredi 2 décembre 2016 CNRS Pouchet – salle 159 59-61 rue Pouchet 75017 Paris contact et inscription: je.institutionnalisation@gmail.com Jeudi 10h Accueil 10h15 Introduction Marie Perrin (Université Paris 8, CRESPPA-CSU) et Alice Romerio (Université Paris 8, CRESPPA-Labtop) 10h30 Les mouvements féministes…
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La prouesse et le risque
Le numéro 36/2016 (novembre) de Travail, genre et sociétés “La prouesse et le risque” vient de paraître aux éditions La Découverte coordonné par Marlaine Cacouault-Bitaud et Guillaume Malochet Parcours Claire Gibault, cheffe d’orchestre propos recueillis par Hyacinthe Ravet DOSSIER La prouesse et le risque coordonné par Marlaine Cacouault-Bitaud et Guillaume Malochet Cochères parisiennes, le risque en…
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Feminist Utopias
FEMINIST UTOPIAS: TRANSFORMING THE PRESENT OF PHILOSOPHY HISTORICAL AND CONTEMPORARY PERSPECTIVES Conference at the University of Iceland and workshop in Skálholt, Iceland, 30th of March to 2nd of April 2017 CALL FOR PAPERS Some of the most ground-breaking inventions in contemporary philosophy have come from feminist philosophy. However, the transformative potential of feminist philosophy for…
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Filles et garçons face à la formation
Farinaz Fassa, Université de Lausanne : Filles et garçons face à la formation . Les défis de l’égalité Cinquante ans après que le droit de vote a été obtenu par les femmes suisses, cet ouvrage se propose de faire le point sur l’égalité des sexes dans un secteur essentiel pour le fonctionnement démocratique de la société…
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Resisting Women’s Political Leadership: Theories, Data, Solutions
Conference on “Resisting Women’s Political Leadership: Theories, Data, Solutions,” May 22-26, 2017, at Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ. This conference seeks to explore the nature, origins, and manifestations of resistance to women’s political leadership, taking a global perspective and engaging scholars and practitioners working in a host of related areas. Positioned at the nexus between theory…
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Women and leadership
Women and leadership in a changing world September 22nd and 23rd 2016 Queen’s University Belfast, Northern Ireland The conference, the first of an annual series organised jointly with the University of Massachusetts at Lowell, will provide a platform for delegates to participate in keynote sessions, panel discussions and with an opportunity to network with like-minded colleagues…
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Training for Gender Equality: Virtual Dialogue
Emma Wretblad and Ruya Leghari through the UN Women Training Centre Community of Practice Invite all of us to the virtual dialogue: “Compendium of Good Practices in Training for Gender Equality” This Virtual Dialogue will serve to generate discussion on some of they key issues raised by the Compendium of Good Practices in Training for…
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Feminist Institutionalism
Gender, Institutions and Change: Feminist Institutionalism after 10 years Conference For details of the conference please see below and visit the conference website: http://uicgenderconf.wixsite.com/conferencesite It is over 10 years since gender scholars started developing a feminist institutionalism in workshops and conferences leading to the creation of FIIN (Feminism and Institutionalism International Network – see www.femfiin.com for details). A great…
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Anelli arcobaleno per unioni civili? Una visione queer
Nel giugno del 2013 una storica sentenza ha permesso a Edith Windsor, attivista Americana, di veder riconosciuto il proprio diritto all’esenzione fiscale per i coniugi superstiti. Sposatasi in Canada, alla morte della compagna Edith ha dovuto intentare a New York una battaglia legale che ha avuto risonanza mondiale. Oltre agli aspetti legali, in quei giorni…
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Fezendo Gênero: Transformations, Connections, and Movements
The 13th Women’s Worlds (WW) Congress — an international and interdisciplinary gathering of and about women — will take place with Fazendo Gênero 11 (Doing Gender) from July 30 to August 04, 2017 in Florianópolis, Brazil, in Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina (UFSC). The leading topic of the meeting is “Transformations, Connections, and Movements”. With this topic,…
