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Sharing Best Practices and Lessons Learned for Supporting Women’s Land Rights: A Debate on the Gender Evaluation Criteria (GEC)

[toc] Wikigender is co-hosting this online discussion, which is organised by the Land Portal Foundation. The discussion on “The Gender Evaluation Criteria (GEC): Achieving Women’s Land Rights by Any Means Necessary” will be open from 25 January to 5 February. About Since 2007, the Global Land Tool Network (GLTN) partners have been working on the development, […]

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 […]

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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