WMST 611 WOMEN, PUBLIC POLICY AND SOCIAL CHANGE

User icon Heather Dray
13 September 2023
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Case study examples of gender-related public policy.


The Australia Institute · 6 March 2023 English

41 Summary The 2023 International Women’s Day is a day to celebrate the achievements of women across the world and in Australia, but also to acknowledge the journey that still …


Pew Research Center · 13 June 2023 English

Among 24 countries, support for legal same-sex marriage is highest in Sweden, where 92% of adults favor it, and lowest in Nigeria, where only 2% back it.


World Bank Group · 17 July 2023 English

This paper proposes a framework for the World Bank Group’s approach to gender equality. Women’s achievements in such fields as education, health, and economic and political participation have not changed …


NWLC: National Women's Law Center · 20 July 2023 English

´ For example, the shares of Latinas and Native women in the low-paid workforce are roughly double their respective shares in the work- force overall, and Black women’s share of …


Lowy Institute for International Policy · 27 April 2023 English

In this episode of Pacific Change Makers, Dr Meg Keen speaks with Sharon Bhagwan-Rolls in Suva, Fiji about social activism in the Pacific. Sharon is the Regional Representative of the …


World Bank Group · 12 July 2023 English

Gender data are a critical input to achieving gender equality goals. Yet insufficient availability of and funding for gender data impede effective policymaking. Without high-quality gender data, it is impossible …


PRRI: Public Religion Research Institute · 2 June 2023 English

Opposition to teaching in public schools that some people do not consider themselves to be a man or a woman or that some people are transgender increases by generation: 30% …