A damsel in distress, a maid, the just being there to make the hero look good, a housewife, a lover, a woman who changes a bad man into a good man, a writer, the woman who cannot stand other pretty women, a journalist, a mother, changing from a nerd into a popular girl after a …
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“Oh, you like this? How surprising…” “Ugh, that is typically something that women like” are most likely phrases that young women have heard before. Teenage girls are shamed for enjoying girly things. Take for example Taylor Swift, the Beatles, Twilight, K-pop BTS, but also hobbies such as dancing and tinkering. Even make-up was for a …
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In recent times, the hymn of many institutions has been more, more, we need more women in business, parliaments, and in power. Given the slow speed by which the number of women is growing in these institutions and positions, there are increased calls for efficient methods to reach gender equality. A quota system is a …
Waarom Vrouwelijke Vertegenwoordiging Belangrijk Is Lees verder »
For centuries, traditional beliefs on gender roles dictated what a woman’s life looked like. A woman’s life revolved around staying at home cooking, cleaning, and raising children. A man’s job was to work outside, take care of the finances, and build. In present day, this traditional division of responsibility has faded as many women have …
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Over the past decades, empowerment has become a buzzword within the international development field in the same way as sustainability has. In the 1980s, the term ‘empowerment’ was coined by feminist movements to fight grassroots struggles of unjust and unequal power relations through which women were put at a disadvantage (Cornwall, 2016). Today, it is …
Conceptuele begrip van women's empowerment: verleden en heden Lees verder »
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