Researchers call for gender equality and career support for women in the workplace, and an end to 鈥渢he doom and gloom narrative鈥 over their limited numbers.
In a paper prepared for the workshop 鈥淕ender, Equality and Intimacy: (Un)comfortable Bedfellows?鈥 聽at the Institute of Education today 鈥 Cambridge scholar Monica Wirz explores how couples, whose gender roles have been reversed, deal with work-life balance, equality, intimacy and their sense of identity.
UK law is different for men and women on issues such as maternity or paternity leave. Dr. Jude Browne鈥檚 research asks about whether our gender roles are being prescribed for us, and what needs to change in the interests of a more balanced and fair society.