Books, Articles and PhDs

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Why does Gendered Language Matter? Evidence on the Cultural and Cognitive Channels

Does speaking a gendered language affect an individual's support for gender roles, or does it simply indicate that an individual comes from a more patriarchal culture?

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Consolidating gender apartheid: five years on from the Taliban takeover of Afghanistan

Five years after the Taliban's return to power in Afghanistan, gender apartheid has been consolidated into a comprehensive system of political, social, economic and legal control that extends beyond the restrictions imposed during Taliban rule between 1996 and 2001.

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Beyond binaries: civil society countering far-right antifeminism in Germany

Antifeminism is one of the ideological pillars of the far right that demands careful consideration in the context of efforts to counter and prevent the far right.

How International Aid Shapes Feminist Movements in Fiji
Funding, Power, and Resistance: How International Aid Shapes Feminist Movements in Fiji

Fiji endures one of the world’s highest rates of gender-based violence (GBV), with two in three women experiencing physical or sexual abuse from a male intimate partner. Entrenched colonial legacies, harmful social norms, and economic inequalities fuel this crisis, normalizing the violence and silencing its survivors.

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Mainstreaming gender to combat violence against women

Drawing on gender policy reform theories and global evidence, we analyse how gender mainstreaming has been implemented to inform and drive VAW policy adoption and implementation.

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The rapid diffusion of gender mainstreaming

In this spotlight, we examine the patterns of gender mainstreaming diffusion across various policy areas and different government levels, from international and national to subnational policy jurisdictions.

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Saving for Retirement: an Intrahousehold Perspective

Many countries’ policies are shifting the responsibility for funding retirement onto individual savings. But many individuals live in mixed-sex households where, given typically gender-unequal life-time earnings, opportunities to accumulate savings are also unequal.