Search results for "Intersectionality"
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The Intersections of Sexuality and Religion in the Anti-Interculturalist Rhetoric in Finnish Internet Discussion on Muslim Homosexuals in Amsterdam
2014
In recent decades, Europe has faced the rise of nationalist populist movements objecting to increased immigration, cultural pluralisation, and interculturalism in European societies. Public discussion on interculturalism have often focused on the encounters of – and the wrangles with – migrants and local people and their diverse values. The members of anti-immigrant movements commonly object to cultural pluralism and intercultural practices and foster ‘traditional’, ‘Western’, and ‘national’ values. The discourse influenced by conservative ideologies also often embraces traces of xenophobia, homophobia, and misogyny. In this paper, we ask how and why interculturalism is opposed in populist …
Intersectional scholarship & positive youth development: Post-modern paradigm shift in understanding adjustment of marginalized youth
2016
Research on intersectionality of marginalized youth is generally situated in the assumption that non-normative identity leads to pathology and victimization. Further, most research to date has studied marginalized youth using a traditional nuclear family paradigm. In this paper we discuss how intersectionality addresses the combination of strengths and challenges of living with stigmatizing identities and family processes, towards developing successful youth adjustment. We apply the three-step intersectionality approach to study findings among a group of racial/ethnic minority and sexual minority identified youth and discuss the particular role of familism and extended kinship support belie…
Gendered Labor Market (dis)advantages in Nordic Welfare States. Introduction to the Theme of the Special Issue
2021
Gender equality has been named as one of the normative foundations of Nordic wel- fare states. This is reflected in how, year after year, Nordic states rank among the most gender egalitarian countries in the world (see, e.g., World Economic Forum 2020). In Nordic countries, the state has been, and continues to be, a central actor in shaping women’s citizenship, labor market opportunities, and caring roles. Especially publicly funded welfare services and policies that facilitate the reconciliation of work and care have played a major part in advancing women’s labor market participation (see, e.g., Bergquist et al. 1999; Borchorst & Siim 2002; Ellingsæter & Leira 2006; Siim & Stol…
The vulnerability of refugees: Some reflections on definitions and measurement practices
2021
The legal and policy discourse on refugees has been mainly focusing on the labelling of particularly vulnerable persons or groups, while it has neglected to offer reflections on the effects of definitions and assessment practices over the creation of stereotypes and of biases in the identification of beneficiaries of protection. The aim of this paper was to offer some reflections on the how categories of vulnerability defined by international and supranational law are operationalised and implemented in the practice of the vulnerability assessment inside the humanitarian organisations. Our analysis shows that the vagueness of the legal definitions affects the way in which humanitarian organi…
Patricia Hill Collins e il femminismo nero
2022
The cointribution focuses on the fugura of Patricia Hill Collins. In 2009 she was the 100th president of the American Sociological Association (ASA) and the first African American woman elected to this position. Collins fits into the strand called Black Feminism although her main areas of research have touched on issues of racism, social inequality, sexuality and the sociology of knowledge in addition to gender issues.
Mainstreaming gender and sustainability jointly: a case study from a local government in Spain
2020
ABSTRACTAfter the approval of the Sustainable Development Goals in 2015, mainstreaming has regained attention as a key strategy to advance towards sustainable development (SD). Taking into account ...
Críticas al derecho y el sujeto “mujeres” y propuestas desde la jurisprudencia feminista | Criticism to the Law and the Subject “Women” and Proposals…
2014
Resumen: Las feministas tradicionalmente han criticado el derecho como un instrumento de opresión de las mujeres. Se ha duda sobre la capacidad del derecho de transformar la realidad y ser capaz de traducir legalmente las demandas políticas de las mujeres, mejorando sus vidas. Además, los últimos movimientos feministas han sido muy escépticos con la viabilidad de la categoría “mujeres” como sujeto del derecho. Este artículo analiza estas dudas y críticas recuperando algunas de las propuestas hechas por las juristas feministas para crear nuevas categorías jurídicas que incluyan las demandas y necesidades de las mujeres y desplacen la importancia del sujeto. Abstract: Feminists have traditi…
Il concetto di intersezionalità fra teorie femministe e sociologia
2019
Il saggio offre una panoramica del concetto di intersezionalità, delle sue articolazioni, delle criticità teoriche e metodologiche che lo attraversano, concludendo con un’analisi delle principali interazioni con le categorie sociologiche. The essay offers an overview of the concept of intersectionality, its articulations, the theoretical and methodological criticalities that cross it, concluding with an analysis of the main interactions with sociological categories.
Making a difference in women's lives? : case study of women's empowerment programme in Rajasthan
2015
The study is placed in an Indian NGO working for women’s empowerment by the means of informal education, vocational trainings and awareness-raising activities. The goal is to find out to what extent this NGO managed to reach gender justice in practice. The evaluation answers to the questions of what the understanding of gender equality and empowerment was among the people working for the NGO, what the conditions of the chosen participants were and how they influenced participation and then how successful the NGO was in terms of changing gender division of labour and women’s cultural value. My theoretical framework is focused on the Empowerment (GAD) approach, and the gender planning framewo…
Embodying Memories: The Women Rights Movement „#NiUnaMenos “ and the Women Narratives about State Repression in Argentina
2017
Desde 2015, un nuevo movimiento de derechos humanos lucha contra la violencia contra las mujeres:Ni una menos. Desde la perspectiva de los estudios culturales, existe un fuerte vinculo entre estas mujeres que luchan por la transformacion cultural y la duradera batalla contra el olvido llevada a cabo por el Movimiento Argentino de Derechos Humanos y, especialmente, por lasMadresy las Abuelasde PlazadeMayo. En el contexto del terrorismo de Estado y su literatura escrita por mujeres, esta contribucion refleja la metodologia para estudiar la literatura femenina de Argentina sobre la represion estataly tambien sobre el papel de las mujeres como agentes de transformacion social.