1,001 search results for “gender stereotypes” in the Public website
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LISF committee investigates gender bias
The LUF International Study Fund (LISF) will make changes to its allocation process following an investigation into diversity in its grants policy. This investigation, which was carried out for the LISF by, among others, former committee member Mariska Kret and master’s student Marjolijn Wijnen, has…
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An interview with NATO on gender and counter-terrorism
An interview with Assistant Secretary General for Emerging Security Challenges David van Weel, and NATO Secretary General’s Special Representative for Women, Peace and Security (WPS) Clare Hutchinson
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Publication | Gender sidestreaming? Analysing gender mainstreaming in national militaries and international peacekeeping
Twenty years after the passing of Resolution 1325, the participation of women as military personnel in peacekeeping operations remains limited. Women currently comprise just under five per cent of military personnel in UN peacekeeping missions, and the UN consistently calls for more.
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Loes Oudenhuijsen
Afrika-Studiecentrum
l.w.oudenhuijsen@asc.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 3372
- Improving the gender imbalance in mathematics
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"Toddler Time". How are preschoolers supposed to behave?
Children of preschool age are increasingly understanding what adults expect of them. What rules of behavior do these children learn from their fathers and mothers in certain cultures within the Netherlands?
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Migrants in between. The construction of illegal and temporal migration, 1945-2000
Subproject of
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Women and Property Rights in Indonesian Islamic Legal Contexts
In Women and Property Rights in Indonesian Islamic Contexts, eight scholars of Indonesian Islam examine women’s access to property in law courts and in village settings.
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Christa Tobler speaks on gender identity discrimination
On 17 October 2017 an international conference took place at the University of Warwick Brussels Office and in the framework of the research project
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Knowledge event on the gender pension gap
On Friday 19 April, Netspar (Network for Studies on Pensions, Aging and Retirement) and Network Vrouwen FNV held a knowledge event at Madurodam in The Hague on the topic of the gender pension gap. Suzanne Kali, lecturer and researcher at the Labour Law and Social Security department, was a speaker and…
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Helen Steele
Faculty of Humanities
h.l.steele@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 70 800 9500
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Yara Abbing
Faculteit Rechtsgeleerdheid
y.a.y.abbing@law.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2727
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Martha Kapazoglou
Faculteit der Sociale Wetenschappen
m.kapazoglou@fsw.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2727
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Is asylum bad for men (and better for women)? Changing perspectives on female and male refugees and asylum seekers in the Netherlands in the
Subproject of
- Visualizing Cryptographic Networks of Spies, Diplomats and Scientists, 1603-1701
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Podcast #3 | Birgitta Niklasson on the Gendered Networking of Diplomats
The Hague Journal of Diplomacy is delighted to announce it will be starting its own podcast series! The series will be aimed at bringing the themes of the journal’s research off the page, and onto the discussion table. Each episode will feature a guest who will share their insights and personal experience…
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In-Forest: A multi-method study of inequality and its epistemic effects in forest research
The project seeks to explore the interplay of valuation and inequalities in science, using the interdisciplinary and planet-critical field of forest research as empirical case. It examines which/whose knowledge is recognised on what grounds, and how social dimensions like gender and geographical location…
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Eric Eliel receives RISE prize for gender equality
Resigning scientific director of the physics institute Eric Eliel has received the RISE prize for his outstanding commitment to increasing gender equality.
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"Putting Yourself in Their Shoes”: Fostering Positive Attitudes Towards Venezuelan Migrants Among the Youth in Ecuador
Does “putting yourself in the migrant’s shoes” elicit more positive attitudes toward migration? Can perspective-taking – the active consideration of others’ mental states and subjective experiences – help undermine negative stereotypes and prejudice against migrants? We explore these questions in Ecuador,…
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Mobility, Globalisation, and Interculturality
Mobility, Globalisation, and Interculturality is one of the six research themes of the LUCAS Modern and Contemporary cluster.
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Children learn early on that scientists are men
When children were asked to draw a scientist, a bald, middle-aged man in a white coat was most often depicted. Why is that? A group of Leiden University science communication researchers discovered that children already get this impression in primary school. Published in PLOS ONE on 16 November.
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Women’s Involvement in the Leftist Guerrilla Movements in Iran and Turkey during the 1960s and 1970s
This project compares and contrasts how and why several Turkish and Iranian women were compelled to participate in leftist guerilla movements in the 1960s and 1970s.
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Pedro Russo on gender preconceptions on Times Higher Education
Three in four scientists depicted in primary school science textbooks are men, according to a recent study by Observatory scientist Pedro Russo. In an interview he explains how this might impact children's later careers.
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Women and non-Western characters underrepresented in secondary school textbooks
Textbooks in the Netherlands contain significantly fewer female than male characters and relatively few characters from a non-Western background. They also contain implicit stereotyping. This is what Judi Mesman, Professor of the Interdisciplinary Study of Societal Challenges at Leiden University, has…
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Miyuki Kerkhof
Honours Academy
m.j.h.kerkhof@ha.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 1205
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Mojan Samadi
Faculteit Rechtsgeleerdheid
m.samadi@law.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 5309
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Marion Pluskota
Faculty of Humanities
m.pluskota@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 8568
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Lara Wierenga
Faculteit der Sociale Wetenschappen
l.m.wierenga@fsw.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 3787
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Jasmijn Rana
Faculteit der Sociale Wetenschappen
j.rana@fsw.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 3732
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Marleen Groeneveld
Faculty Governance and Global Affairs
m.g.groeneveld@fgga.leidenuniv.nl | +31 70 800 9503
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Lennie Geerlings
Faculteit der Sociale Wetenschappen
l.r.c.geerlings@fsw.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2727
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Jeannette Kamp
Faculty of Humanities
j.m.kamp@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2723
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Syeda Shawkat
Faculteit der Sociale Wetenschappen
s.s.shawkat@fsw.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 3961
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Circulating cells as biomarkers in cardiovascular disease : the difference between men and women
Promotor: J. Kuiper
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Dean of LUC elected as a new member of KNAW
The Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences has elected five Leiden professors from different disciplines as new members. One of them is Judi Mesman, Dean of LUC
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EmbRace: The Embodiment of Racialization: Running Muslim Women and the Sense of Non-Belonging
The project 'EmbRace: The Embodiment of Racialization: Running Muslim Women and the Sense of Non-Belonging' investigates the embodied and sensorial dimension of the racialization of Muslims and its intersections with gender, class and religion.
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Embodied borders: an ethnography of female migrants in Singapore
This ethnographic research is a joint project with the Institute of Cultural Anthropology and Development Sociology, Leiden University, and KITLV/Royal Netherlands Institute of Southeast Asian and Caribbean Studies. It aims to understand the experiences of social inclusion and exclusion of female migrants…
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The Critical Visitor
The Heritage Sector at a Crossroads: The way of Intersectionality. This project investigates how heritage institutions can achieve inclusion and accessibility within their organization, collection, and exhibition spaces that meets the breadth of demands placed by today’s “critical visitors.” Fifteen…
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Women Writing, Writing Women in Nigeria
How are the narrative concerns of Nigerian female writers constructed in relation to the structure to their society?
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Q&A on Gender in UN Peacekeeping missions with Leila Zerrougui
Leila Zerrougui (born in Algeria 1956) is a legal expert on human rights, justice, and rule of law. She is the current Special Representative of the Secretary-General and Head of the United Nations Stabilization Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (MONUSCO). Before she was Special Representative…
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Christa Tobler speaks about ‘CJEU case law on gender diversity and discrimination’
On 16 April 2024, ERA (Europäische Rechtsakademie / European Law Academy) organised an online conference on the subject of 'Legal Aspects of Gender Identity in Europe', including information on the experiences of gender diverse people, case law by the European Court of Human Rights and by the Court…
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CfP - Winter School: Gender, Emotion and Monstrosity in the Middle Ages (Tübingen, 9-11 November)
The Eberhard-Karls Universität Tübingen organises a Winter school on the theme of Gender, Emotion and Monstrosity in the Middle Ages. Deadline for proposals: 1 August.
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Sex and gender analysis needs a more prominent role in research
Researchers, policymakers and funders have to take more account of the effect of sex and gender in scientific research. This is the view presented in an advice paper published by LERU, the League of European Research Universities. The lead author is Vice-Rector Simone Buitendijk.
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‘It’s a real balancing act for doctors at gender clinics’
Do young people who want to change gender have the unconditional right to medical treatment? Pediatric Endocrinologist Martine de Vries, who is also Professor of Medical Ethics, treats transgender children and adolescents. She will discuss this in her ‘Pride Talk’ on 18 September.
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The typology and formal semantics of adnominal possession
On May 2nd, Elena Karvovskaya succesfully defended her doctoral thesis and graduated. The Leiden University Centre for Linguistics congratulates Elena on this great result.
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Blog Post | Colouring Diplomacy through Feminist and Pro-Gender Bodies and Foreign Policies
In the past months the COVID-19 pandemic has made the world become more reliant on digital communication and social media. As virtual spectators of diplomacy during these times, it is not difficult to notice that diplomacy is more colourful nowadays.
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Hanum Atikasari
Faculteit der Sociale Wetenschappen
h.atikasari@fsw.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 3451
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Marlisa den Hartog
Faculty of Humanities
m.i.den.hartog@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2733
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Ratna Saptari Soetikno Slamet
Faculteit der Sociale Wetenschappen
r.saptari.soetikno.slamet@fsw.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2727
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Elsa Charlety
Faculteit der Sociale Wetenschappen
e.c.charlety@fsw.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 3852