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Lauren DeCrosta; Anne M. Spear – Gender and Education, 2024
This article draws from a qualitative study that examines teachers' responses to school-related gender-based violence (SRGBV) in two secondary schools in Burkina Faso. To analyse educators' responses, we apply the lens of hegemonic masculinity and the concept of institutional betrayal to argue that schools justify the subordination of women and…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Teacher Attitudes, Gender Bias, Secondary School Teachers
American Association of University Women, 2015
In 1920 AAUW's predecessor, the Association of Collegiate Alumnae, helped raise $100,000 for Polish scientist Marie Curie to purchase a gram of radium. Members honored Curie in New York City as she kicked off her triumphant 1921 fundraising tour of the United States, which allowed her to continue her relentless work and eventually establish the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Females, Sex Fairness, Social Status
Staurowsky, Ellen J.; De Souza, Mary Jane; Miller, Kathleen E.; Sabo, Don; Shakib, Sohaila; Theberge, Nancy; Veliz, P.; Weaver, A.; Williams, Nancy I. – Women's Sports Foundation, 2015
"Her Life Depends On It III" (HLDOI) is the Women's Sports Foundation's comprehensive report that reviews existing and emerging research on the links between participation in sport and physical activity and the health and well-being of American girls and women. As with the previous editions in 2004 and 2009, this study also confirms that…
Descriptors: Womens Athletics, Physical Activities, Females, Physical Activity Level
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Kim, Kyung Mee – Disability & Society, 2010
Since the late 1990s disabled women's advocacy organizations have fought against oppression and have made great strides in Korea. This paper aims to describe the accomplishments, challenges and future directions of disabled women's advocacy organizations in Korea. A qualitative design was employed to explore disabled women's perspectives.…
Descriptors: Females, Foreign Countries, Womens Education, Advocacy