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This paper discusses the relationship between labour migration and poverty in India. This is placed against the on …-going debates on changes in patterns of employment and job creation in India, during the periods of economic liberalization, under … into the changes in migration patterns in India, highlighting the under-recording of migration of most vulnerable groups …
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This paper considers explanations of rape related to perceptions of women’s vulnerability and of men’s violence and strength as problematic, because of the limitations they impose on women’s agency. Under the framework of poststructuralist feminist politics of rape and politics of...
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Social protection policies regarding sex work in The Netherlands use ‘age’ as an instrument to create binaries between adults and young people. The concept ‘chronological age’ assumes that age is a static feature and supports the process of categorization; however, age is a socially...
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, among their families. The paper uses a gender perspective where possible as part of an intersectional approach. We find that … research should address relate to internal migration and South-South migration, the role of gender and other social identities …
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, India, the paper shows shifts in the development of the FTO, the introduction of a certification regime and the emerging … security benefits. There remains gender bias in the employment of women in the fair-trade production chain. The data shows that … there is no challenge to gender segmentation and in fact a reinforcement of the feminine stereotype. Declining partnership …
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HIV/AIDS among youth is a serious problem in South Africa. Cross-gender relations and associated constructs surrounding … behaviours surrounding gender and sexuality. This paper explored the representations of "positive" cross-gender relations, as … to raise questions in reference to HIV/AIDS prevention initiatives dealing with cross-gender relations and associated …
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The paper presents a comparative analysis of five cross country composite gender indices. Although there is a … substantial differences that exist between the gender indices require a cautious selection between these for research and policy …
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support for the Lehman Sisters Hypothesis. It shows that gender stereotypes are still influential, constraining women to …
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ways in which the design of interventions assume, incorporate or ignore gendered structures and gender ideologies, which …
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