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  2. Women's liberation movement in Asia - Wikipedia

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    The women's liberation movement in Asia was a feminist movement that started in the late 1960s and continued into the 1970s. Women's liberation movements in Asia sought to redefine women's relationships to the family and the way that women expressed their sexuality. Women's liberation in Asia also dealt with particular challenges that made the ...

  3. Women in Asia - Wikipedia

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    Traditional social norms and lagging economic development in Azerbaijan's rural regions continue to restrict women's roles in society and the economy, and there were reports that women had difficulty exercising their legal rights due to gender discrimination. [3]

  4. Hijra (South Asia) - Wikipedia

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    Her works have been translated into more than eight languages and act as primary resources on gender studies in Asia. Her book is part of a research project for more than 100 universities. She is the author of Unarvum Uruvamum (Feeling and Form), the first of its kind in English from a member of the hijra community.

  5. Gender in Bugis society - Wikipedia

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    These roles can also be seen as fundamental occupational and spiritual callings, which are not as directly involved in designations such as male and female. [ 8 ] [ 9 ] In daily social life, the bissu , the calabai , and the calalai may enter the dwelling places and the villages of both men and women.

  6. Women in government - Wikipedia

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    Women are largely underrepresented in government bodies for a variety of reasons, with the leading theory being a gap in political ambition between men and women. In addition, women are encouraged to run for office less than men and will usually be at a disadvantage if they choose to run due to negative stereotypes and gender role expectations.

  7. Gender roles in post-communist Central and Eastern Europe

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    Gender and Identity in Central and Eastern Europe. London: Frank Cass Publishers and Routledge. ISBN 9780714680873. Gal, Susan; Kligman, Gail (2000). The Politics of Gender after Socialism. Princeton: Princeton University Press. ISBN 9780691048949. Salecl, Renata (1994). The Spoils of Freedom: Psychoanalysis and Feminism After the Fall of ...

  8. Feminisation of the workplace - Wikipedia

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    The feminization in the workplace destabilized occupational segregation in society. [1]"Throughout the 1990s the cultural turn in geography, entwined with the post-structuralist concept of difference, led to the discarding of the notion of a coherent, bounded, autonomous and independent identity... that was capable of self-determination and progress, in favor of a socially constructed category ...

  9. Femininity - Wikipedia

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    Gender stereotypes influence traditional feminine occupations, resulting in microaggression toward women who break traditional gender roles. [62] These stereotypes include that women have a caring nature, have skill at household-related work, have greater manual dexterity than men, are more honest than men, and have a more attractive physical ...