Instead of being campus specific, as previously, the four sabbatical posts now focus on student priorities including education, welfare and activities as well as the newly introduced role focusing on issues specifically affecting female students.
‘If we as a society are serious about women achieving full equality, the … Herald Scotland “SCOTLAND is a country rife with gender inequality. Women living here still have less money, less access to employment and to political power, and more experiences of violence than men. It’s in that context that prostitution flourishes; it’s an ugly manifestation of women’s lack of choices and men’s relative wealth and power. That’s why Zero Tolerance welcomes the increased scrutiny of the Edinburgh saunas by police, and hopes that the recent raids of two premises in the city will mark the start of a new approach to policing brothel-keeping in Scotland.
Australia
‘It’s hard to be a woman in deeply sexist Australia’ Fraser Coast Chronicle It’s hard to be a woman in Australia these days, torn between distaste for Gillard’s cynical attempts to manipulate female voters and revulsion at the depths of misogyny being plumbed by antediluvian sections of the male population. Never mind whether …
Gender politics is a reflection of reality ABC Online This was at a time when “political correctness” was starting to make an appearance. Back then you would still see letters to the editor suggesting that there was nothing wrong with the phrase “Madam Chairman” or that western civilisation would be on a …
Strong women’s turnout for PNG Local Government elections Radio Australia So what chance do the women have? Women’s rights have been in the spotlight lately in PNG, with stories of sorcery-related murders dominating front pages locally and even internationally. It’s prompted strong debate about women’s rights but is it …
Turns Out We Don’t Stereotype Female Politicians. We Just Don’t Get Them At All. Slate Magazine …In “Measuring Stereotypes of Female Politicians,” published in Political Psychology this month, political scientists Dr. Monica Schneider and Dr. Angela Bos surveyed a group of students about the traits they associate with women in general, and the characteristics they ascribe to female politicians specifically. They found that while over 90 percent of respondents described women as feminine, emotional, motherly, and beautiful, they were far less likely to associate female politicians with those traits. Eighty-four percent of participants described women as “gorgeous.” None of them said the same of female politicians. Female politicians didn’t even benefit from those stereotypes—like compassion and sensitivity—that are often cited as potential advantages for women in office. Ninety-one percent of people described women in general as “compassionate,” but only 21 percent described female politicians that way. And female politicians weren’t associated with stereotypically masculine traits—like leadership, competence, confidence, assertiveness, and charisma—either. You’d think that “leader” would be a defining characteristic for any politician, but only 39 percent of participants described female politicians with that term; 93 percent of them described male politicians that way. Women in politics were, however, more likely to be described as “uptight” and “dictatorial.”
Students start magazine to confront issues of women’s empowerment The Courier-Journal The women behind Aberrance Quarterly: A collective of JCPS students launched a new magazine devoted to covering women’s empowerment, but they’re aiming for a much wider audience than fellow students.
Female student leaders accuse leadership of bias Republica “When I opposed yesterday´s election ordinance which proposes the reduction women representation from 33% to 25%, the party leadership took my stance as a joke”, she said. Vice-Chairman of CPN (UML) Bidya Bhandari cast her doubt if fresh CA polls …
Exploring the proliferation of porn: Clarissa Smith, left, and Feona Attwood. Photograph: Katherine Rose
Porn wars: the debate that’s dividing academiaThe Guardian When the Guardian announced the planned launch next year of Porn Studies – the world’s first peer-reviewed academic journal on the subject – there were more than a few guffaws. “You can just see a future University Challenge,” wrote one commenter online. “Carruthers, King’s College Cambridge, reading pornography.”
“It just sounds like a highbrow wank mag to me,” wrote another. “One which I look forward to perusing.” Even the headline had a touch of Viz magazine’s Finbarr Saunders and his double entendres about it, suggesting it was a “new discipline” for academics.
What it concealed, however, is a bitter and contentious academic war over the status and nature of porn research, a war that is almost as bitter and contentious as the status and nature of porn itself.
Women leaders rue poor presence in student bodies Republica KATHMANDU, June 14: Senior women leaders of the Nepali Congress and CPN-UML have expressed dissatisfaction over the poor representation of female students in the student wings of their respective parties. Addressing an interaction organized in the …
The Middle East: Fighting for Women’s Rights Fair Observer For some women’s rights groups, more concerning is the lack of women in powerful decision-making positions. In Egypt, Tunisia, and Libya, only two women have been appointed to each country’s cabinet, and three women to Yemen’s cabinet. The Syrian…
Feisty academic, rights champion Indian Express As member secretary of the first Committee on the Status of Women in India (1973-1974), Mazumdar wrote the committee’s report ‘Towards Equality’, the first of its kind on the status of Indian women, and a watershed in the fight for women’s rights.
A pioneer of feminist studies in India, Vina was also a strong votary of increased women\’s representation in Parliament and legislature.
Women’s rights activist Vina Mazumdar dies in Delhi IBNLive A strong votary of increased women’s representation in Parliament and legislature, Mazumdar was the secretary of the Committee on the Status of Women in India that brought out the first report on the condition of women in the country, ‘Towards Equality …
Senior UN officials spotlight women’s health rights to accelerate global … UN News Centre “We need – in Governments, legislatures, and public administrations – more people who will lead on these issues,” today said UN Development Programme (UNDP) Administrator, Helen Clark, in her remarks to the third Women Deliver Conference in Kuala…
Disenfranchising women in Pakistan DAWN.com (blog) Not only that women were barred from voting or contesting in parts of Pakistan, they were not even registered as voters in many other parts. In fact, Pakistan counted 11 million fewer women registered voters than men in the recent elections. The …
Afghan women in fight over rights law Aljazeera.com For some women’s rights activists and female leaders in Afghanistan, the 20-minute debate surrounding the Elimination of Violence Against Women (EVAW) law came as little surprise. Though initial media coverage framed the short debate in terms of …
Women in elections: Contrary to claims, ECP fails to release gender-based data The Express Tribune The delay is adding to the growing belief that women were kept away from a number ofpolling stations across the country. A senior official of the ECP told The Express Tribune that the turnout of women on many combined polling stations remained zero,…
Women’s political participation in Malaysia: What are the barriers? The Malaysian Insider MAY 31 — Out of 222 Malaysian Parliament seats contested in GE13, women were elected only to 24 seats. That positioned us at the second lowest in rank of women’s representation in parliament in South East Asia. Timor-Leste is the highest with 38.5 per …
David Cameron’s charm offensive on women Evening Standard The Prime Minister is attempting to tackle his “problem” with female voters by arranging a series of meetings with high-achieving women at No 10. He is holding gatherings of influential people from different professions to find out “what women want” as …
Electoral Reform Society warns of ‘snail’s pace’ of change in boosting number of women councillors in Wales. Walesonline
Action urged on council election ‘glass ceiling’ for women after dismal … WalesOnline A report by the Electoral Reform Society (ERS) in Wales obtained by WalesOnline, analysing the results of the poll, revealed how continuing barriers to women standing meant the island’s female representation remained the worst in Wales, with only three …
Michael Portillo visits Ewell for women’s rights exhibition This is Local London Irene Cockroft is the guest curator of Dying for the Vote, an exhibition examining women’s. An exhibition examining women’s struggle for the vote has attracted national media attention from the likes of politician-turned-journalist Michael Portillo …
Will shared parental leave turn negative stereotypes around? The Guardian “Antiquated and out of step” – that’s how Nick Clegg described the current system of maternity leave in November last year. … In that case, these changes will do little to directly address underlying negative stereotypes about women’s commitment to work.
Why do powerful men like David Cameron have to cling on to their wives? Telegraph.co.uk It’s not just his stance on Europe that has got David Cameron into trouble over the past few days, it’s his attitude towards hand-holding. Leading the … Strangely enough, the question of manual control is not asked when it’s the woman who’s the more …
Three Labour candidates vie to take on Caroline Lucas in Brighton Pavilion Brighton and Hove News Three Labour candidates vie to take on Caroline Lucas in Brighton Pavilion. Three women are in the running to be the Labour Party candidate in Brighton Pavilion at the next general election. One of the three women will take on Green MP Caroline Lucas …
Female gender stereotypes have little impact on voting behavior: study Raw Story Good news for women in politics: Most Americans are unlikely to discount your expertise regarding national security simply because you’re female. Abstract gender stereotypes do not impact people’s decision to vote for female candidates “in any …
The Rising Surge of Female Insolvency FemaleFirst.co.uk New Government figures show that for the first time, more women in England and Wales are set to be declared insolvent* than men. The analysis of Insolvency Service data by national charity Debt Advice Foundation revealed that in 20000 women made up …
It’s tough being a woman TD in a Dail chamber run by the boysIrish Independent When I entered the Dail in 1992 there was a high of 22 women elected. In the 20 years since, the pace of progress has been glacial. So much so that the body politic has eventually come round to the need for positive action to increase the numbers of …
The six things women can personally do for workplace gender equality Women’s AgendaHelen Conway doesn’t want to be accused of telling women how they can “fix the workplace gender equality” issue. But the head of the Workplace Gender Equality Agency does believe we all have a role to individually play in addressing the lack of women …
Not all polls are the same, in fact there are a huge number of things that can affect the quality of the results. So how can you tell if a survey you read about in the newspaper or see on TV is actually accurate or, at worst, effectively just making things up?
Using real-life examples, ranging from the familiar to the outright bizarre, this talk will show you how to tell from good from the bad and the ugly.
Lots of fun. Prizes to be won.
This event is free to attend and is open to the public. Seats may be limited, so please arrive early to avoid disappointment.
Above: Alexandra Chauran and daughter, Eris, play Half the Sky Movement: The Game together.
How Mothers Are Using Social Games to Educate Children on Women’s Rights Forbes While some parents shy away from letting their kids play games or learn about tough social issues, such as injustices against women, there’s a new breed of mothers using social games to teach their children about the world and the real issues people face in it — specifically the issues that women face worldwide….We spoke with three mothers about how they’re using social games to teach their children — toddlers to teens, boys and girls — about women’s rights issues. Their stories were both heart-warming and inspiring. Here’s what they had to say.
Sturgeon’s benefits vow in bid to win over women to Yes camp Herald Scotland Her direct appeal to women voters comes as Scottish Labour launches its campaign to keep Scotland in the United Kingdom. Former prime minister Gordon Brown will join party leader Johann Lamont and her deputy Anas Sarwar in Glasgow at the start of …
Cllr Sarah Brown, who represents Petersfield on Cambridge City Council.
New line-up for city council Liberal Democrats Cambridge News Women have taken top positions in the Liberal Democrats new frontline team on Cambridge City Council. Cllrs Sarah Brown and Andrea Reiner join the seven-strong team of executive councillors elected on Saturday at the group’s annual meeting – putting five women in top positions. Tim Bick has retained his position as leader of the group and the city council while Catherine Smart keeps her role as deputy leader and executive councillor for Housing.
Women’s Voting Preferences Influenced By Ovulation And Relationship Status … Medical Daily A marketing professor in San Antonio last fall created an outcry for a survey linking women’s voting preferences to ovulation, and she’s back at it again. Kristina Durante, who conducts social and behavioral research drawing on evolutionary psychology at the University of Texas, initially shared her results with CNN, which pulled their story after drawing harsh criticism from the public. As planned, Durante published the study April 23 in the peer-reviewed journal Psychological Science.
Tool aims at Twitter gender balance Orange UK News Author and journalist Joan Smith, who writes on gender equality, said that the many more men being retweeted was a reflection of society’s “male-dominated” centres of power including politics and business. Ms Smith teamed up with Swedish equal …
A Powerful Voice for Women Around the World New York Times When Clinton first made an international name for herself on this issue, at the UN’s 1995 Beijing Conference on Women – where she memorably asserted that “women’s rights are human rights” – she framed the challenge in moral terms. But as secretary…
Women candidates a minority: Benchwarmers or true leaders? Philippine Center for Investigative Journalism (blog) By now, it is clear to all that only 8 — or only one in four — of the 33 candidates for senator are women. The gender divide turns more skewed, however, if one were to look at the number of female candidates down the line. The records of the …
Why are Pennsylvania women hard to find in politics? Pittsburgh Post Gazette HARRISBURG — You can’t help but notice it if you attend a House committee hearing, a news conference in the Capitol, or watch senators in session debating a bill: There’s not a lot of women around here. The Pennsylvania Legislature can seem at times …
Preselections show women are still lacking real political standing Herald Sun BOTH major political parties have failed to boost the number of women running for office, with women unlikely to fill even a quarter of the lower house in the next parliament. Despite a battle of the sexes being waged by Julia Gillard against Tony Abbott over the past year, neither appears to have done anything to get more women into parliament. While Labor will field a third more women candidates than the Liberal and National parties, it has failed to lift its own ratio above 31 per cent from the last election. The Coalition still trails at around 20 per cent of women candidates preselected to run for Liberal or National seats.
Rural Women’s Voting Rights to Be Strengthened Women of China The recently released Procedures on the Election of Villagers’ Committees by the Ministry of Civil Affairs has stipulated clearly that rural women’s rights in candidate nominations, by-elections and voting should be strengthened.
Wooing voters: David Cameron meets Carrie Longton (pink jumper) with 6-week-old daughter Amelia and Justine Roberts, the founders of mumsnet, for an online chat with mums of Britain.
Cameron woos women voters… by unveiling measures to help those who stay at home to care for children or parents Daily Mail David Cameron will try to win back the female vote tomorrow with measures in the Queen’s Speech to help ‘sandwich generation’ women who care for their children and parents. The new legislative programme will include flagship Bills on pensions and social care, which ministers say are weighted towards helping women. A new flat-rate pension will stop women losing out in retirement after taking time out to bring up their children.
Welsh Lib Dem leader Kirsty Williams hints at MP ambitions WalesOnline Welsh Liberal Democrat leader Kirsty Williams has hinted she may consider a future run for a Westminster seat when her children are older. The first female Assembly party leader appears in the cover-story of the Lib Dem’s in-house magazine in an …
What next for postgraduate students? The Guardian What also worries many participants is the report’s finding that women are much less likely than men to go on to postgraduate study. Although 55% of undergraduates are women, more men progress to higher degrees, with their rate of progression to research degrees about twice that of women.
The roundtable became particularly heated on this issue. Was it to do with women’s aspirations, society’s attitude towards women’s education, or the culture of a predominantly male academic profession? “There may be an element in universities of selecting people rather like yourself,” was one suggestion. Another was that women were put off by the demands of an academic career. “To be really successful at the high end you are required to be heroic in terms of hours of work. If you also aspire to have a family and to be a major care-giver, that’s not very helpful.” An alternative view was: “It has nothing to do with women’s aspirations and more to do with glass ceilings.”
Taxi fares raise ‘could put women at risk’Edinburgh Evening News PRICE hikes on late-night taxi fares have been blasted as irresponsible as it could lead to more women walking home when they are “at their most vulnerable”. Kezia Dugdale, Labour MSP for Edinburgh and the Lothians, criticised the “party tariff” which could see fares start at £4.60, saying it would put women at risk.
Why it’s tougher to be a mum in Britain than most of Europe The Independent British women are also under-represented in government compared with many countries around the world, claims the charity – just 17.5 per cent of Prime Minister David Cameron’s ministers are female, a rate lagging behind dozens of nations including …
Britain only 23rd best place to be a mum according to annual Save The Children … Mirror.co.uk High death rates, poverty and fewer women in Parliament mean Britain is just the 23rd best place in the world to become a mother. The UK is trailing behind Slovenia, Greece and Estonia – despite Prime Minister David Cameron vowing to make us the “most …
Tony Abbott must revisit his parental leave plan The Australian It was suggested Mr Abbott’s scheme may help to soften his image with female voters. Julia Gillard’s ill-judged misogyny speech was certainly designed to reinforce a perceived gender gap. But Mr Abbott need not have worried. The Prime Minister’s speech …
Mark Sanford scours streets looking for a ‘woman who hates me’ as polls show … Daily Mail Former South Carolina Governor Mark Sanford scoured the streets of Summerville this weekend in search of women who ‘hate’ him in a last-ditch effort to improve his standing among female voters ahead of Tuesday’s election. As Sanford set out on his …
Women upset with Sen. McConnell gun vote protest at his Louisville office … The Republic LOUISVILLE, Kentucky — Protesters in Louisville are criticizing Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell for voting against a bill that would have expanded background checks for gun sales. A group of about 30 people, mostly women, held signs in front of …
Just a reminder that there are still places available on the PSA sponsored trip to Mexico
The Observatorio Mexicano de la Crisis (‘Mexican Observatory of Crisis’), an international NGO based in Mexico City, is developing its programme with regard to gender by organising a series of events in September 2013 on the international financial crisis and global economic recession.
PSA UK is prepared to sponsor a delegation of up to 4 researchers from among its membership, and to assist with air fares on a flexible, co-funded basis.
Events will include:
plenary/panel delivery of papers,
thematic workshops,
knowledge exchange with feminists and women’s groups,
on-site visits and networking opportunities.
The programme is likely to cover 4 full days in locally provided accommodation, and PSA UK is prepared to consider individual proposals further sponsorship for additional days of research time with colleagues at local universities in Distrito Federal and neighbouring Mexican states. Fluency in Spanish is not a requirement.
Applicants must be current PSA members and should submit a brief CV on how participation would enhance their personal and institutional research profiles, and a very brief abstract summarising a current research paper, or outline of work in progress, that is relevant to the theme. Graduate students may apply. Applications should be emailed in Word or PDF format to PSA UK’s internationalisation officer, Professor Terrell Carver.
IPSR is soliciting Special Issue proposals for 2015. Prospective guest editors of a special issue should submit proposals to ipsr.journal@gmail.com by 30 September 2013 .
Special issues should be devoted to a theme of general interest to the discipline, relevant across different regions and subfields. They should consist of a substantial Introduction (of c.6000 words) plus five or six articles of a maximum of 8000 words apiece including references and notes that conform to IPSR’s submission criteria.
All proposals should include the following:
1. Outline of theme.
2.Rationale in terms of theoretical significance, timeliness and general interest to the discipline.
3.Abstracts (300 words) of the proposed articles (five or six articles and editorial introduction).
4. Brief (one paragraph) author biographies for authors and editors.
Prospective guest editors will be informed whether their proposal has been accepted by early November. Guest editors will be responsible for ensuring that the articles are submitted online by an agreed deadline (most probably 30 June 2014) in accordance with IPSR’s usual submission guidelines.
The IPSR editors will be responsible for arranging double-blind peer review of the articles.
In the next years we want to help renew Labour and social democratic thinking once again. We want to bring new voices, new ideas and new issues to the heart of Labour politics. And above all we want to bring the best of academic research to the attention of our audience of political leaders, opinion formers and party members.
We would like to receive proposals for single articles, symposia and theme issues. These can involve commentary and analysis or the re-presentation of your original research for a non-specialist audience.
While we expand our online presence and connect the journal to public events promoting political thinking, the journal will remain a printed journal of record, documenting and shaping the next twenty years of debate and dispute. If you would like to be part of that then get in touch with us.
