scholarly journals The “Catch-22” of Representation of Women in the Forest Sector: The Perspective of Student Leaders in Top Global Forestry Universities

Forests ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 11 (4) ◽  
pp. 419
Author(s):  
Pipiet Larasatie ◽  
Taylor Barnett ◽  
Eric Hansen
Keyword(s):  
Young Women ◽  
Gender Diversity ◽  
Gender Issues ◽  
Student Leaders ◽  
Modern World ◽  
Forest Sector ◽  
Green Jobs ◽  
Representation Of Women ◽  
Sustainable Future ◽  
Catch 22

Although there are continuous efforts aimed at increasing gender diversity, the forest sector is still largely perceived as a male dominated field, indicated by a persistent masculine image. As a result, women are still underrepresented. Utilizing interviews, we found that greater representation of women in the forest sector is considered as one of the best solutions to attract young women to the industry. However, it presents a ‘Catch-22’ in which the solution is denied by a circumstance inherent in the problem. We propose to change the forest sector image by tackling gender issues such as sexual harassment, and by simultaneously focusing on the good features of the industry such as its important role in a sustainable future and solutions for the modern world. For example, the sector can show its role in mitigating climate change and in supporting a more sustainable future economy (e.g., bioeconomy and green jobs) and urban built environment. In addition, changing the forest sector image should be supported with better marketing and promotion in various platforms, both online and offline. The sector also needs to utilize social media to attract younger generations.

Green jobs for physics graduates

Physics World ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 34 (10) ◽  
pp. 52-55
Author(s):  
Laura Hiscott
Keyword(s):  
Problem Solving ◽  
Technical Knowledge ◽  
Green Jobs ◽  
Problem Solving Skills ◽  
Environmental Challenges ◽  
Sustainable Future

With their mix of technical knowledge and problem-solving skills, physics graduates are ideally placed to tackle the world’s environmental challenges. Laura Hiscott speaks to a range of physicists who are doing their bit to build a greener, more sustainable future.

Do Women Perceive Organizational Culture Differently From Men?

2018 ◽  
pp. 253-271
Author(s):  
Richa Vij
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Organizational Culture ◽  
Gender Diversity ◽  
Intervention Strategy ◽  
Diversity Management ◽  
Effective Management ◽  
Representation Of Women ◽  
Women Employees ◽  
Female Employees ◽  
Women In The Workforce

With the increasing proportion of women in the workforce, need for effective management of gender-diversity is being felt. While much of the effort in gender-diversity management has been on representation of women in the decision-making bodies and processes, the most fundamental diversity issue for the organization remains practically untouched. Organizational culture has long been shaped and dominated by male orientations and therefore focus on change in the organizational culture can help in addressing the issue of discrimination and isolation of women in organizations. Any intervention strategy in this regard would require understanding of the attributes of organizational culture that give the feeling of discrimination to women employees resulting in their isolation from the mainstream, thereby hampering their performance. The present chapter aims at identifying the attributes of organizational culture in respect of which the perceptions of female employees differ significantly from those of male employees in State Bank of India.

Critical Mass of Women Legislators and Oversight for National ICT Policy of Malawi

2018 ◽  
pp. 950-970 ◽  
Author(s):  
Frank Makoza
Keyword(s):  
Developing Countries ◽  
Gender Equity ◽  
Low Income ◽  
Critical Mass ◽  
Gender Issues ◽  
Women Legislators ◽  
Representation Of Women ◽  
The Media ◽  
Women In Parliament ◽  
Ict Policy

This article analyses how the representation of women legislators may affect the oversight of national ICT policy. The article uses Critical Mass Theory (CMT) to explain the composition of the Media and Communications Committee (MCC) of parliament. The case of Malawi is analysed, which represented a low-income economy in Africa. The article uses electoral reports and legislative documents. The results show that women legislators in the MCC achieved a critical mass despite the decrease in the representation of women in parliament. The women legislators have the opportunity to support gender issues related to ICT legislations and national ICT policy oversight. However, the functions of MCC related to national ICT policy oversight were not aligned with the gender equity strategies. This may affect the priority of gender issues in the policy oversight. The article contributes towards literature on national ICT policy oversight in the context of developing countries.

Computer Courses in Adult Education in a Gender Perspective

2010 ◽  
pp. 209-230
Author(s):  
Minna Salminen-Karlsson
Keyword(s):  
Gender Differences ◽  
Adult Education ◽  
Young Women ◽  
Gender Issues ◽  
Computer Education ◽  
Age Group ◽  
Equal Footing ◽  
Computer Competence ◽  
Adult Education Centres ◽  
Computer Courses

In this study of computer courses in municipal adult education, 173 questionnaires from 10 Swedish adult education centres with students taking a basic computer education course were analyzed. The main findings were that men consistently reported greater computer competence, while computer interest or computer attitudes did not show gender differences. The gender differences in computer competence were significant even in the youngest age group. Young women were also the most distinctive group by being the most dissatisfied. The idea that gender issues in adult computer education mainly concern computer reticent middle aged women while young women attend computer courses on a more equal footing with men does not hold in this sample. The results raise some practical questions, particularly in assessing the differences in computer competence and women’s feelings of inadequacy, taking advantage of women’s computer interest, and coming into terms with young women’s expectations.

Gender Diversity in the Senior Management of Large Technology Companies

2022 ◽  
pp. 1945-1962
Author(s):  
Yakira Fernández-Torres ◽  
Ricardo Javier Palomo-Zurdo ◽  
Milagros Gutiérrez-Fernández
Keyword(s):  
Corporate Governance ◽  
Boards Of Directors ◽  
Business Performance ◽  
Industrial Revolution ◽  
Gender Diversity ◽  
Female Representation ◽  
Distinctive Features ◽  
Representation Of Women ◽  
The Relationship

As a key part of the fourth industrial revolution, technology companies have become the most valuable companies in the world in terms of market capitalization. Surprisingly, however, these companies have been overlooked by studies of gender diversity in corporate governance even though their highly distinctive features may cause major differences in gender diversity with respect to companies in other sectors. The goal of this chapter is therefore to provide the first characterization of gender diversity in the corporate governance of large technology companies—specifically those with the highest market value—and explore the relationship between gender diversity and business performance. To achieve this goal, descriptive statistical analysis is used. Data correspond to the period 2005 to 2017. The findings confirm the under-representation of women on the boards of directors of 162 publicly listed companies. The findings also show that the most profitable companies are those that have the greatest female representation on their boards of directors.

SWS 2015 Feminist Lecture

2016 ◽  
Vol 30 (6) ◽  
pp. 869-889 ◽  
Author(s):  
Manisha Desai
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Political Economy ◽  
Global Change ◽  
Women Activists ◽  
Global Justice ◽  
Gender Issues ◽  
World Social Forum ◽  
Representation Of Women ◽  
The World ◽  
Justice Movements

The World Social Forum (WSF)—a global gathering of social movements and a process of global change—has come to signify the global justice movements. Since its inception in 2001 in Brazil it has traveled across the Global South, with the 2016 WSF in Montreal. As the WSF has traveled across the world, it has reflected the particular geographies and histories of movement politics in each place. Yet everywhere it has demonstrated what I have called the gendered geographies of struggle. By gendered geographies I mean the epistemic, spatial, and praxis divisions along gender lines evident in the marginalizing of feminist insights about the global political economy and global justice; low representation of women activists in public plenaries and private decision-making structures; and outsourcing of gender issues to women’s activists and movements. Without addressing these gendered geographies, I argue, there can be no global justice.

Finding Agreement among Women on Gender Issues

1994 ◽  
Vol 75 (1) ◽  
pp. 35-44 ◽  
Author(s):  
Larry Jensen ◽  
Robert Christiansen
Keyword(s):  
Sex Differences ◽  
Women Students ◽  
Feminist Theory ◽  
Young Women ◽  
Equal Opportunity ◽  
Gender Issues ◽  
California State University ◽  
State University ◽  
Men And Women ◽  
San Luis

This study was done to identify areas of agreement on gender issues. The sample of 161 students attended California State University at San Luis Obispo and 27 nonuniversity students were friends. Among university students, 112 were women, 49 were men. A questionnaire asked respondents to indicate agreement on the issues of equal opportunity, sex differences, tactics of social change, education, protectionism, sexuality, family, and sexual standards for women. Agreement was high among different groups, men and women, students and nonstudents, old and young women, and denominational affiliations. The results were discussed in terms of building feminist theory and evaluating social policy on areas of agreement as depicted in this sample.

Gender Representation in the American Politics Canon: An Analysis of Core Graduate Syllabi

2018 ◽  
Vol 51 (03) ◽  
pp. 635-640 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sean M. Diament ◽  
Adam J. Howat ◽  
Matthew J. Lacombe
Keyword(s):  
Graduate Students ◽  
Identity Politics ◽  
American Politics ◽  
Gender Diversity ◽  
Introductory Courses ◽  
Underrepresented Groups ◽  
Representation Of Women ◽  
Graduate Seminars ◽  
Basic Level ◽  
Unique Dataset

ABSTRACTCore graduate-level seminars, in many ways, establish the “canon” literature for scholars entering a discipline. In the study of American Politics, the contents of this canon vary widely across departments and instructors, with important implications for the perspectives to which graduate students are exposed. At a basic level, the demographic characteristics of the authors whose work is assigned can have a major impact on the diversity (or lack of diversity) of viewpoints presented in these introductory courses. Using a unique dataset derived from a survey of core American Politics graduate seminars at highly-ranked universities, this project assesses the gender diversity of the authors whose research is currently taught—overall and within a comprehensive list of topics and subtopics. We also assess the “substantive representation” of women (and other underrepresented groups) within the American Politics canon by examining the frequency with which gender, racial, and other forms of identity politics are taught in these introductory courses.

scholarly journals LUTE COMO UMA MENINA: questões de gênero nas ocupações das escolas de São Paulo em 2016

2017 ◽  
Vol 3 (6) ◽  
pp. 417 ◽  
Author(s):  
Cynthia Mara Miranda ◽  
Ana Paula Dos Santos
Keyword(s):  
Mass Media ◽  
Young Women ◽  
Social Reality ◽  
Gender Issues ◽  
Sao Paulo ◽  
São Paulo ◽  
Palabras Clave ◽  
The Media ◽  
Las Mujeres ◽  
Medios De Comunicacion

O artigo pretende analisar a inserção das jovens mulheres no movimento secundarista e a visibilidade das questões de gênero alcançada pelas jovens estudantes que participaram do movimento das ocupações das escolas de São Paulo em 2016. Percorrendo os caminhos da narrativa documentária e interpretando as características específicas desse tipo de filme como representação do mundo histórico e de uma realidade social, analisamos o documentário Lute como uma menina, de Flávio Colombini e Beatriz Alonso, que acompanhou o dia a dia das ocupações e realizou entrevistas com 40 meninas que estiveram à frente do movimento. A análise do documentário como um produto midiático alternativo aos meios de comunicação de massa mostrou uma ruptura com a abordagem arbitrária que a mídia faz das mulheres ao retratá-las de forma padronizada; no documentário, as jovens são representadas como protagonistas da sua própria história.   PALAVRAS-CHAVE: Jovens mulheres. Gênero. Mídia. Documentário. Política.   ABSTRACT The article intends to analyze the insertion of the young women in the secondary movement and the visibility of the gender issues reached by young students who participated in the movement of the occupations of schools of São Paulo in 2016. Going through the paths of documentary narrative and interpreting the specific characteristics of this type of film as a representation of the historical world and a social reality, we analyze the documentary Fight light a girl by Flávio Colombini and Beatriz Alonso, which accompanied the day-to-day reality of occupations and conducted interviews with 40 girls who were ahead of the movement. The analysis of documentary as an alternative media product to the mass media showed a rupture with the arbitrary approach that the media makes with the women when portray them in a standardized way; in the documentary, the young girls are represented as protagonists of their own history.   KEYWORDS: Young women. Gender. Media. Documentary. Politics.    RESUMEN El artigo pretiende analisar las inserciones de las mujeres jovenes en el movimiento de la escuela secundaria y la visibilidad de las cuestiones de genero alcanzada por las jovenes estudiantes que participaran del movimiento de las ocupaciones de las escuelas de São Paulo en 2016. Caminar por los senderos de la narrativa documental y la interpretación de las características específicas de este tipo de películas  como representación del mundo histórico y de una realidad social, analisamos el documental Lucha como una niña, de Colombini Flávio y Alonso Beatriz, que acompaña el dia a dia de las ocupaciones y llevo a cabo entrevistas con 40 niñas que estaban em la vanguardia de movimiento. La analisis del documental como un produto de media alternativo a los medios de comunicación mostró una ruptura con el enfoque arbitrario que los medios de comunicación hace de las mujeres cuando las retrata de manera estandarizada; en el documentario, las jovenes son representadas como protagonistas de su propia historia.    PALABRAS-CLAVE: Jovenes mujeres. Genero. Medios de comunicación. Documental. Política.    

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