Sentences with phrase «around gender issues»

Works evolving around gender issues, nationalism and status have questioned the autonomy of the individual.

This prominent rise in women, alongside media attention towards a new definition for the word «gamer,» came after the controversial Gamergate incident, wherein over the course of months, discussion around gender issues and the integrity of gaming journalism broke down into a long - term «flame war» of insults.

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We have witnessed over the last couple of weeks a surge of conversations and activities across Canada and beyond around the issue of gender equality.

It actually reminds me of a lot of the debate going on around the sexuality and gender issues.

Megan is a Christian theologian who facilitates conversation around controversial issues for churches, Christian organizations, communities, and colleges, particularly around issues related to sex, gender, and sexuality.

Although our study aimed to assist fathers to support their breastfeeding partner, topics around lifestyle changes and intimacy issues also featured in discussions where participants were able to reflect upon how they might manage these changes and the expected gender role changes inherent in the transition to fatherhood.

She and Esther discuss issues around birth support work as it relates to racism, politics, gender roles, anthropology and yes, even chemistry.

But it must be recognised that by exercising their voice, unions have in fact highlighted key issues and achieved important changes around workplace safety, holiday entitlement, low pay and the gender pay gap.

«The election of Jeremy Corbyn as Labour leader has galvanised a new generation of activists, and this year at Left Field we aim to give them a platform to discuss issues around social justice, the economy, gender and the possibilities for genuine change under a Corbyn government.»

In this, he concedes that he and other professionals are contending with «deep - rooted social and cultural norms around divisions of labor and a lack of awareness regarding gender issues.»

The majority of my yoga therapy clients, across gender and age, present with some issue around self image, ranging from more general negative self esteem and its implications, to clinically diagnosed eating and body image disorders often partnered with depression and anxiety.

«Their opinions — about violence, about commercialism, about issues of race and gender — are often developed as a result of the media images around them,» he adds, «but many aren't even aware of it until they slow down and analyze the process.»

Safe Is Not Enough Michael Sadowski There has been a sea change in public attitudes around gender and sexuality, yet progress on LGBTQ issues in schools has moved slowly, writes Michael Sadowski, Ed.M.»

«Many of my colleagues believe our fourth - graders are too young to hold discussions around issues of race, place, class and gender equity.

The task group frames the danger this way: «How can we be sure that teaching supervisors are themselves developed and equipped in cultural competence outcomes in order to supervise beginning teachers around issues of race, class, culture, and gender?»

She is committed to community organizing, having worked in organizing Florida around issues of racial, gender and economic justice.

As more pupils are raising issues around their gender identity, there is a concern that schools and colleges are not adequately prepared to support and educate young people.

Initially, the BOE was hesitant to speak up; one member of the school board said that because the Superintendent is female, they had tiptoed around in an effort to be sensitive to potential gender dynamics issues.

Our International Women's Day Report 2018 is a culmination of Credit Sesame data and surveys we have conducted over the last year that specifically targets issues around gender and finances, including who handles money better and what kind of sacrifices men and women would make to obliterate their debt.

In the 1980s the artist became known for her attention to feminist issues and her multimedia projects feature recurring themes around the subject of gender, memory, race, and transnational politics, especially in reference to India's postcolonial history after independence and partition.

Issues around race, gender, status and nationality are key to our understanding of how power can be used to shape and control societies.»

Performative strategies today, such as those practiced by Patty Chang, revolve around issues of the body and related themes, including endurance, sexuality, and gender difference.

This «play set» even seems to suggest that the cast of characters and their settings could be reorganized, creating new narratives that revolve around issues of oppression and power, race and gender, and moral ambiguity.

Of course it's about «exploring issues which affect us all... around ageing, memento mori, the transience of life,» and «themes around gender, masquerade, performance and the idea of the self.»

This year's Jarman Award Weekend brings together the six artists shortlisted for the 2017 Jarman Award — Lawrence Abu Hamdan, Marianna Simnett, Oreet Ashery, Adham Faramawy, Melanie Manchot and Charlotte Prodger — to explore ideas ranging from the issues around sound and memory, Botox, gender, future censoring of language, the cloud, snow and «queer wilderness» through discussions, screenings and storytelling.

«Many of the societal norms Lipi and Rahman challenge within the context of their native Bangladeshi culture have deep resonances around the world — from issues of personal identity to gender equality to migration,» said Caitlín Doherty, curator of the exhibition and Deputy Director of Curatorial Affairs at the Broad MSU.

Contemporary artists aged 18 to 80 from around the world have created these artworks that were inspired by such issues as racism, sexism, discrimination, health care, climate change, transgender rights, white supremacy, gender equality, and gun control, among others.

Quadrille (1976) by Rose English highlights the fetishisation of women's bodies and explores issues around gender roles, whereby dressage can be seen as a metaphor for power struggles and relationships.

Among the galleries exploring feminist issues, Salon 94 (New York) will feature works by three women artists — Huma Bhabha, Francesca DiMattio, and Katy Grannan — offering commentary on issues of race, gender, class and sexuality; and Galleri Magnus Karlsson (Stockholm) will present a thematic stand curated around the question of what it means for works of art to be designated as «female».

Throughout the run, our public programs will support dialogue around how artists and activists illuminate critical issues related to race and gender today.»

«The conversations become a way of questioning people's perceptions around issues of masculinity, gender, race and ethnicity.»

The exhibition catalogue and wall text seemed to toe a line of disclosure of both the artist's gender and orientation, avoiding gendered pronouns and often using indirect language around the issue of sexuality, which, knowing her work, may well have been the artist's idea.

Given the often loaded nuances of these words, and considering how vocabularies are enlisted by various professions, we also have to read issues of class, and at times ethnic culture and gender, into the dialogue around craft.»

(1978) and True Romance Etc. (1982), were made with young Londoners who are invited to act, improvise scripts and to discuss issues around racism, gender and sexuality.

Dolgin is also a co-founder of Ladyfest Atlanta, an annual political arts festival that fosters collaboration and dialogue between local artists, activists, and community leaders around gender - centered oppression issues.

«There is a very particular way in which Minoliti thinks about reality, the future, utopia, and dreamspaces, addressing issues of gender and working to challenge fixed ideas around it,» says Pablo León de la Barra, curator - at - large of Latin American art for the Guggenheim.

How these young women are provocatively engaging with issues around gender in their work is brilliant and complicated, and I want to do everything I can to make space for that to be seen.

As outgoing Law Society President Karen Clearwater explains in the May 2015 issue of Communiqué 2.0, Law Society benchers have been considering how to address a lack of diversity, in skills, experience, gender, culture and more, around the bencher table.

We've also played a role in policy - level lobbying around issues like child care and the gender pay gap.

Beyond this, while the reporting doesn't measure pay equality and is intended as a motor of social change, revelations about women systemically being paid lesser salaries are bound to shine a spotlight on wider issues around discrimination on gender or minority lines.

How to maximize being a pro athlete to facilitate conversation and action around issues such as police brutality, gender equality and gay rights.

Dubai About Blog I, Fadi Zaghmout, started my blog The Arab Observer a few years ago with an urge to talk about social issues that was not addressed in the traditional media in Jordan, issues of gender and sexuality that have big effect on the lives of people around me yet neglected by mainstream media.

Young people can attend counselling sessions either on their own, or with their family to address issues around dispute resolution, grief, anxiety, depression, violence, stress and conflict, as well as sexuality and gender issues.

Students become adept at healing childhood wounding and trauma, and are empowered to facilitate social transformation around issues of race, gender, sexuality, rank, privilege, religion, socioeconomic differences, and more.

''... the unwillingness to accept the fact of mothers» role in childrearing within the context of custody policy conforms to the popular gender neutral focus at the expense of reality... even if the ultimate goal is gender neutrality, the imposition of rules embodying such a view within the context of family law issues is disingenuous since the effect is to the detriment of those who have constructed their lives around «genderized» roles.»

The three Start Early modules look at developing Respectful Relations, explore issues around Gender, Respect and Identity, and encourage Father Inclusive Practice.

Given social changes around gender and parenting issues — particularly in middle to upper income countries — it would seem obvious that fathers these days would be more interested in playing an active role in parenting.

«We remain concerned about the record and qualifications of Rex Tillerson to serve as an effective Secretary of State, especially when it comes to protecting issues of women's health and gender equity around the world.

The presenter will provide opportunities for participants to reflect on their worries, biases, and awareness around sexual and gender identity issues with children.

The members of our team have the most specialized training, but all our therapists have access to consultation and support around gender identity issues and the informed consent process.