Assimilation and Resistance: The Token Status of Women Leaders in South Korea

AbstractThe postconflict period in Timor-Leste is significant for the status of women and the struggle for gender equality. Women today face cultural and political pressure to conform to patriarchal demands, driven by a complex history of conflict, colonialism and changing customary practices. The contemporary East Timorese women's movement, largely a coalition of local NGOs, key women leaders and parliamentarians, has successfully driven the introduction of progressive egalitarian laws and policy, but it continues to grapple with the deeper changes in social practices required for systemic change. We argue that a better understanding of the history of the women's movement, forged within an anticolonial, nationalist independence movement, alongside a conceptualization of the intersecting structures that have shaped the capacity for East Timorese women to effect social change in their communities and nation, is necessary to fully realize the movement's goals and potential. Situating the movement within this framework provides new perspectives on these successes and on strategizing for the transformation of gender relations to make gender equality a lasting reality in everyday practice in contemporary Timor-Leste.

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Status of Women Leaders in Japan: Challenges and Opportunities

Japanese Women in Leadership ◽

10.1007/978-3-030-36304-8_1 ◽

2021 ◽

pp. 3-23

Author(s):

Yoshie Tomozumi Nakamura ◽

Mayuko Horimoto

Keyword(s):

Women Leaders ◽

Challenges And Opportunities ◽

Status Of Women

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The Importance of Worldviews on Women’s Leadership to HRD

Advances in Developing Human Resources ◽

10.1177/1523422316641419 ◽

2016 ◽

Vol 18 (2) ◽

pp. 260-270 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Gary N. McLean ◽

Mina Beigi

Keyword(s):

Women Leaders ◽

Women's Leadership ◽

Women In Leadership ◽

Leadership Roles ◽

Religious Traditions ◽

Government Organizations ◽

Business Politics ◽

The Family ◽

The Status ◽

Status Of Women

The Problem The challenges faced by women in leadership, to some extent, appear throughout the world, across country-based cultures and religious traditions, even where there has been progress. The eight articles that comprise this issue raise questions related to women in leadership, providing a cross-case opportunity to explore what might yet be needed to empower women in leadership roles in business, politics, non-government organizations, academia, and the family. The Solution There are no easy solutions that emerge from our analysis across these eight articles. Worldviews influence women in leadership; from these articles, we understand the influences better and glimpse opportunities for improving the status of women leaders, globally, as well as within specific countries and religious traditions. We also suggest perspectives that might lead to valuable studies that will help/pave the way for developing future women leaders. The Stakeholders HR scholars and practitioners, potential and current women leaders, and those working with or accommodating women leaders in multiple contexts are the main stakeholders of this issue. Furthermore, because this is the concluding article to this issue, all the stakeholders listed with each article will be interested in our overall conclusions to this issue.

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How South Korean women leaders respond to their token status: assimilation and resistance

Human Resource Development International ◽

10.1080/13678868.2021.1885207 ◽

2021 ◽

pp. 1-24

Author(s):

Yonjoo Cho ◽

Sehoon Kim ◽

Jieun You ◽

Heeyoung Han ◽

Minjung Kim ◽

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Keyword(s):

Women Leaders ◽

Korean Women ◽

South Korean ◽

Token Status

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Bargaining with Patriarchy?

Fieldwork in Religion ◽

10.1558/firn.v8i1.74 ◽

2013 ◽

Vol 8 (1) ◽

pp. 74-91 ◽

Cited By ~ 2

Author(s):

Tapiwa Mapuranga

Keyword(s):

Women Leaders ◽

Religious Movements ◽

New Religious Movements ◽

Leadership Roles ◽

Biblical Hermeneutics ◽

Pentecostal Movement ◽

The Status ◽

Pentecostal Churches ◽

Moderate Position ◽

Status Of Women

The status of women remains contested. While women constitute the majority of members in literally all religions, the top positions tend to be monopolised by men. An array of historical, cultural, theological and socio-economic reasons has been proffered to account for this anomaly. New religious movements have often promised women liberation and emancipation. In Africa, Pentecostal and neo-Pentecostal movements have accorded women leadership roles as they interrogate missionary Christianity. This study examines women’s notable rise to influential leadership within the Pentecostal movement in Zimbabwe. While the older Pentecostal churches of the 1970s and 1980s were male dominated, the 1990s ushered in the phenomenon of women leaders within the Pentecostal movement in Zimbabwe. Notable examples include Apostle Eunor Guti, Apostle Petunia Chiriseri, Dr Faith Wutawunashe and others. However, these women Pentecostal leaders tend to be married to charismatic founders of Pentecostal ministries. This study interrogates their status within the Pentecostal movement. On the hand, it contends that these women must be accepted as leaders in their own right. It argues that they have appropriated the religious significance of women in indigenous culture and have applied it to the Pentecostal movement. They are leaders of specific ministries and are not mere appendages of their husbands. However, on the other hand, the study argues that their position as wives of Pentecostal leaders needs to be approached critically. It has tended to generate a moderate position on feminist issues within the Pentecostal movement. The study concludes that women Pentecostal leaders in contemporary Zimbabwe tend to bargain with patriarchy. They are unwilling to challenge patriarchy and promote a biblical hermeneutics that is subservient. It suggests that gender within the Pentecostal movement in contemporary Zimbabwe requires a liberating biblical hermeneutics.

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