Politics and Culture
Feminist Activism and Women’s Rights Mobilization in the Chilean Círculo de Estudios de la Mujer: Beyond Maternalist Mobilization, Jadwiga Pieper Mooney, University of Arizona and CEW Visting Scholar, 2008. This case study of women’s mobilization under authoritarian rule in Chile exposes some of the challenges in the history of women’s definition of a liberation language and of subsequent activist strategies for rights. It adopts a gendered lens to analyze the distinct contributions Chilean women have made in defense of human rights as they helped shape a new human rights practice in Chile. Examining a pioneering women’s organization under the Pinochet Dictatorship (1973-1989), the Círculo de Estudios de La Mujer (Women's Studies Circle), it shows how women redefined their responsibilities and rights when the regime prohibited previous patterns of political participation. Circulo activists built new foundations for a mobilization in favor of “mothers’ rights,” connected to traditional gender-based responsibilities and family life. They helped lay the foundation for new paradigms of women’s political participation and quest for citizenship rights when male breadwinners were absent or silenced by the military: they linked “mothers’ rights” to women’s rights and to women’s individual claims to civil liberties.
Post-Apartheid South Africa: Creating Critically Leaderful Schools that Make a Difference by Juliet Perumal, University of the Witwatersrand (South Africa) and CEW Visting Scholar, 2007. Perumal reviewed literature related to school leadership in preparation for a proposed study to be conducted with a group of principals who will be attending the Advanced Certificate in Education: Educational Management Course at the Wits School of Education in Johannesburg, South Africa. The questions considered range from methodological considerations to the impact of feminist and other scholarship practices on the definitions of school leadership.
How American Men's Participation in Housework and Childcare Affects Wives' Careers by Renge Jibu, Nikkei Business Publications (Japan) and CEW Visiting Fulbright Scholar, 2007.
This study is about how American dual career couples with children share household and childcare responsibilities. Overall, American husbands spend four times as much time on housework and childcare than Japanese husbands do. In Japan, working women are responsible for almost all household and childcare duties, often relying on the more generously supported public childcare services. In order to promote gender diversity in the workforce, Japanese society has to provide more opportunities for men to participate in household responsibilities.
Potential Impact of the Michigan Civil Rights Initiative on Employment, Education and Contracting by Susan Kaufmann, 2006 This report draws on data regarding employment, contracting, and education since passage of Prop. 209 in California to predict the Michigan Civil Rights Initiative ballot proposal’s potential impact in Michigan.“California experience suggests that the impact of the initiative can be expected to be quite broad, affecting not only affirmative action but also outreach efforts designed to ensure access to opportunity,” according to Kaufmann.
Additional Information on the new report:
The Gender Report: The Gender Impact of the Proposed Michigan Civil Rights Initiative
Research Brief: The Gender Impact of the Proposed Michigan Civil Rights Initiative
Según una reciente investigación, la propuesta de enmendar la constitución para prohibir la acción afirmativa (La Iniciativa de Derechos Civiles de Michigan, en Inglés Michigan Civil Rights Initiative, MCRI) si es aprobada por los electores en Noviembre, tendrá probablemente amplios efectos en Michigan. Lea el estudio.
El Impacto Potencial de la Iniciativa de Derechos Civiles de Michigan en el Empleo, Educación y Contratación
Sexing the Single Girl by Deborah Siegel, CEW Visiting Scholar. 2002 This paper examines images of single women in media and popular culture from the middle of the 20th century to the present.
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