Pronouns are unavoidable. They lie in our everyday, every sentence usage. When professors call on imaginary people to prove a point, how do they frame these people and why? What effect does it have? Toby Bernstein comments… [Read more]
Tag: gender
How Brexit is turning back the clock on gender equality
Gender inequality in the UK was one of the causes of Brexit and will be one of its effects, yet it is overlooked in the crisis discourse. Further neglect will only exacerbate the deep fissions… [Read more]
What a Way to Make a Living: Katri Bertram and Stephan Höyng on Gender and Labour
In April 2017, the Hertie School’s Gender Equality and Sexuality Club held its first “Cracking the Ceiling” Gender and Labour Conference. Governance Post editors Isabela Vera, Lisa Gow and Sara Cooper talked to two speakers… [Read more]
Cracking the Ceiling – While Raising Children
A few months ago, it looked likely that America would elect its first female President, and there was a possibility that the United Nations would be headed by a woman for the first time. This… [Read more]
“Cracking the Ceiling”: Gender and Labour Conference 2017
On Saturday, 1 April 2017, the Gender Equality and Sexuality (GES) Club at the Hertie School of Governance will hold “Cracking the Ceiling”, their 2017 Gender and Labour Conference. Through speeches, panel discussions and interactive… [Read more]
Neutral, or Just Not Fair? The CJEU’s Ruling on the Headscarf Cases
On 14 March 2017, the Court of Justice of the European Union ruled that private sector employers may be justified in banning employees from wearing religious, philosophical or political symbols, including headscarves, at work. Executive… [Read more]
Talking Feminism in the Land of Femicides
With International Women’s Day right around the corner, MIA and MPP students Azucena Moran and Mariano Valentini take up the #NiUnaMenos movement, a collective outcry against gender-based violence in Latin America. The movement started unraveling on… [Read more]
Going Beyond the Binary in Humanitarian Aid
In April 2015, Nepal was hit by a devastating 7.8 magnitude earthquake. The ensuing flood of international humanitarian organisations, armed with tents, blankets and hygiene kits, sought to provide all victims with equal access to… [Read more]
Sexualised Violence Requires Smarter Policy-Making
With a man who once bragged about sexually assaulting women now sitting in the White House, it’s easy to despair over the lack of justice for victims of sexual assault across the world. However, this should only serve… [Read more]
Slippery Poles Apart
This year’s US Presidential Election continues to throw gender stereotypes and sexism onto the spotlight, not least because it’s the very first time that a female candidate has been put forward. Klara Marie Schröder, one of… [Read more]