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- Cracking Under Pressure? Gender Role Attitudes Toward Maternal Employment During COVID-19 in Germany – Mathias Huebener, Natalia Danzer, Astrid Pape, Pia Schober, C. Katharina Spiess & Gert G. Wagner
- Gender role attitudes became less egalitarian during the 2021 COVID-19 lockdown in Germany.
- When restrictions lifted, egalitarian gender role attitudes returned, indicating the changes were largely transitory.
- Mothers of dependent children, who shouldered most of the additional care burden, demonstrated remarkable stability in views on gender roles.
- Norm-setting, social diffusion, cognitive dissonance, and defense of a cultural worldview explain variance by gender and presence of children in the household.
- Public support for maternal employment and childcare infrastructure is important for shaping societal norms.
- Women’s Empowerment in Agriculture in the Semi-Arid: A Case Study of Northeastern Brazil – Erika Valerio, Luca Panzone & Emma Siliprandi
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- Climate change increases risks for rural livelihoods, highlighting the need for resilience.
- Women’s empowerment is key to bolstering agriculture’s resilience in semi-arid regions, such as northeastern Brazil.
- Participatory approaches in policy design are crucial for women’s empowerment success.
- Inclusion of feminist pedagogy in interventions enhances rural women’s empowerment.
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- Angry Men and Civic Women? Gendered Effects of Conflict on Political Participation in Kosovo – Julie Litchfield, Elodie Douarin & Fatlinda Gashi
- The view that conflict victims are more politically active than non-victims needs nuancing.
- In Kosovo, women’s war displacement is only associated with an increase in voting.
- But men will join a political party (if injury or death in the family) or demonstrate (if displaced).
- This implies that victimization does not contribute to challenging gendered social norms.
- The accepted “post-traumatic growth” hypothesis is insufficient to explain these findings.
- Impact of Female Peer Composition on Gender Norm Perceptions in Secondary School in Uruguay – Martina Querejeta
- In Uruguay, higher exposure to female peers in the class leads to more progressive gender perceptions by male students.
- Class sex composition also reduces time devoted to domestic work and improves mathematics performance of female students.
- Even one-year peer interactions in secondary school may have substantial effects on increasing gender-egalitarian attitudes and behaviors.
- “Missing” Women in Economics Academia in India – Ambrish Dongre, Karan Singhal & Upasak Das
- In India, only one-third of faculty, conference participants, and published researchers in economics are women.
- The drop in the representation of women occurs mainly at the doctoral and faculty levels.
- Norms around marriage age and desire for financial freedom affect women’s pursuit of doctoral programs.
- Biases in recruitment and the “two-body” problem impact women’s presence in faculty positions.
- Indian institutions must invest in faculty mentoring, promotion transparency, and childcare availability to foster academic success of students and faculty.