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Gender in the media – October 2015

A month to remember – Breast Cancer Awareness Month (WHO 30.10.2015) Women are vital to building peace and their role can no longer be ignored (The Guardian 30.10.2015) China to End One-Child Policy, Allowing Families Two Children (The NY Times 29.10.2015) Nepalese parliament elects first female president (The Guardian 28.10.2015) West Papuan women left isolated […]

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Matriarchy

Matriarchy (or gynecocracy) refers to a gynecocentric form of society, in which the leading role is taken by the women and especially by the mothers of a community. Strongly matrilocal societies sometimes are referred to as matrifocal, and there is some debate concerning the terminological delineation between matrifocality and matriarchy. Even in societies that are […]

Many Faces of Gender Inequality: Prof. Amartya Sen

This article appeared in Frontline; Volume 18 – Issue 22, Oct. 27 – Nov. 09, 2001 “Nobel Laureate work on gender inequality is of seminal importance. His work on the theory of the household represents the household not as an undifferentiated unit, but as a unit of cooperation as well as of inequality and internal […]

Machismo

Machismo is a prominently exhibited or excessive masculinity.  As an attitude, machismo ranges from a personal sense of  virility to a more extreme male chauvinism. In machismo there is supreme valuation of characteristics culturally associated with the masculine and a denigration of characteristics associated with the feminine. Its manifestation can include , , , and […]

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