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Catalyst for Change: Empowering Women and Tackling Income Inequality

2021-present, Book/Handbook/Booklet, Convention/Conference/Discussion Paper, Economic Development, Gender, Gender Mainstreaming, Political Development, Social Development / By

This study shows empirically that gender inequality and income inequality are strongly interlinked, even after controlling for standard drivers of income inequality. The study analyzes gender inequality by using and extending the United Nation’s Gender Inequality Index (GII) to cover two decades for almost 140 countries,. The main finding is that an increase in the …

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“Hillary Clinton is the Only Man in the Obama Administration”: Dual Character, Concepts, Generics and Gender

2011-2020, Convention/Conference/Discussion Paper, Foreign, Gender, Political Development / By

This article tells about the remark in 2010 about Hilary Clinton as the “only man in the Obama administration.” It states that the speaker managed to derogate both the male members of the administration by deeming them not to be men, and Hillary Clinton by deeming her to be a man, and thus not really …

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‘Get a life, ladies. Your old one is not coming back’: ageing, ageism and the lifespan of female celebrity

2011-2020, Convention/Conference/Discussion Paper, Foreign, Gender, Journal/Magazine/Review, Social Development / By

This chapter explores the various forms that the ‘cougar’, the mature and sophisticated woman who dates younger men, takes in television and film in the new millennium, contrasting fictional representations with ‘real’ celebrity cougars currently ill the media spotlight. It also examines Cougar Town, the ABC sitcom launched in September 2009, starring Courteney Cox as …

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