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A twofold understanding of gender may have led to overtreatment of transgender people
“The binary view of gender was particularly dominant in the 1950s,” says Ketil Slagstad. He has written a paper on the history of trans medicine.
Most read articles from Kilden genderresearch.no in 2022
Articles about intersectionality, academic freedom, and Toril Moi were among the most read last year.
The speaking subject: A conversation with Toril Moi
"I believe that any sentence you utter is an expression of a judgment. It’s a judgment of how you see the world", Toril Moi says.
A forgotten suitcase from a queer life
An old, anonymous leather suitcase found in a museum storage area in Halden put three eager museum employees on the trail of the life of "The Fencing Lady".
Danish research on violence under political pressure
Last year, Signe Uldbjerg’s research on digital violence against women became a hot political issue at the Danish Folketinget. Followed by a political statement on the relationship between activism and research, outrage from Danish academia and a debate on academic freedom.
Andrea Pető: “Working within higher education has become high-risk”
The Hungarian researcher receives the University of Oslo's Human Rights Award for her work in academic freedom and institutional autonomy. Gender research is like the canary in the coal mine, she says.
Digital misogyny on the rise
Research shows that misogynist online communities have increased in numbers intensity and become more extreme in the past decade.
Changing perspectives in gender equality research
A new report has identified trends and knowledge gaps in Norwegian scientific publications on gender equality and diversity in research and innovation. According to the report, it is not a given that measures aimed at gender equality are also effective when it comes to ethnic diversity.
“We need queer life stories”
“I am surprised that the coming-out stories are still so important, and that coming out is so stressful and difficult for young people also today,” says researcher.
“Research needs criticism”
All disciplines need criticism, both from within their own ranks and in the media. But if the criticism is unreasonable and personal, it can threaten freedom of speech in academia, believes one Swedish gender researcher.
From gender equality to inclusion
How will gender equality efforts in the research sector evolve as we take more and more groups into consideration?
New policy brief from Kilden
How can gender equality be made an integrated part of the green transformation of the labour market? Is there a risk that the green transition of the labour market market will reproduce and reinforce the gender segregation of the world of work, or can the green transition provide new opportunities to create less segregation? This policy brief provides facts and figures and raises key issues concerning the relevance of gender equality in the green transition of the labour market.
From gender equality to inclusion
How will gender equality efforts in the research sector evolve as we take more and more groups into consideration?
Critical colleagues may prevent researchers from stepping into the public eye
Researchers are particularly worried about criticism from colleagues and superiors working in the same field, according to sociologist Marte Mangset. In a new book, she has studied factors that may prevent researchers from expressing themselves in the media.
Fascism and Masculine Ideals – Thoughts on the Russian War in Ukraine
It may be fitting to observe the war in Ukraine through the lens of gender equality, according to Erik Melander.
“We are not certain why endometriosis occurs”
According to specialists, more knowledge about causes, more funding, and more education may provide better treatment of the condition currently affecting one in ten women.
“A woman’s international career seldom takes priority”
Even though more women researchers are coming from abroad than before, it is often more difficult for a woman to move her family to Norway, asserts researcher Ingvild Reymert.
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Call for papers: Diversity and Difference
The conference ‘Diversity and Difference’ invites abstracts on contributions. Deadline: January 31st, 2023, and the conference takes place in Kiel September 2023.
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