Traditionally non-governmental organizations (NGOs) have always been in the forefront of promoting new ideas and in encouraging governments to implement them. At all levels - local, national and ...

Contemporary relationships are moving away from rigid gender role models (the man as the provider, the woman as the caregiver) to embrace co-responsibility. This transition, though sometimes ...

Elisabeth Kelan receives funding from a Leverhulme Trust Major Research Fellowship (MRF-2019-069) and a British Academy grant (SRG20\200195). This research was funded by a British Academy Mid-Career ...

For years, gender inclusion has been at the forefront of the development agenda. Yet, women worldwide only enjoy an average of 77 percent of the legal rights than men do. Perhaps more worryingly, ...

Gender equality is central to the World Bank Group’s goals of ending extreme poverty and boosting shared prosperity in a sustainable manner. No society can develop sustainably without transforming the ...

Women remain significantly underrepresented in Europe’s hydropower sector, particularly in technical and leadership roles.

It is not surprising that people might be confused by the concept of gender. Theorists, researchers and laypeople alike tend to use the term gender in different and often contradictory ways. As a ...

I’ve been writing about the negative impact of gender role socialization on men and their intimate relationships here for over four years. Occasionally I hear from younger readers who critique my work ...