Gender
Gender is the range of characteristics pertaining to, and differentiating between, femininity and masculinity. Depending on the context, these characteristics may include biological sex, sex-based social structures (i.e., gender roles), or gender identity. Most cultures use a gender binary, having two genders (boys/men and girls/women); those who exist outside these groups fall under the umbrella term non-binary or genderqueer. Some societies have specific genders besides "man" and "woman", such as the hijras of South Asia; these are often referred to as third genders (and fourth genders, etc.). Sexologist John Money introduced the terminological distinction between biological sex and gender as …
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IISD: International Institute for Sustainable Development · 18 July 2024 English
for Climate Adaptation in Sub-Saharan Africa (SUNCASA) project aims to enhance climate resilience, gender equality and social inclusion, and biodiversity protection in urban communities in Dire Dawa (Ethiopia) … (Rwanda), and Johannesburg (South Africa). Focused on community-level capacity building and leveraging gender-responsive nature-based solutions (NbS), SUNCASA will benefit 2.2 million people living in high-flood-risk …
capacity to adapt to climate change. By implementing gender-responsive NbS for the restoration of watersheds … organizations with expertise in restoration and gender, equity, and social inclusion, SUNCASA will work … the most vulnerable. This includes mainstreaming gender-responsive NbS into policy frameworks, sharing … and unlocking finance for scaling NbS projects. Gender, Equity, and Social Inclusion Women and girls, … making. SUNCASA will facilitate conversations around gender-based barriers, driving the improved engagement …
MQUP: McGill-Queen's University Press · 15 July 2024 English
Resistant Practices in Communities of Sound explores the ways that sonic practices (speaking, listening, recording, etc.) serve as forms of aesthetic and political dissent throughout the literary, artistic, and academic …
stereotype designated by twentieth-century popular culture; one that is lodged in my psyche as a white, able-bodied, cis-gendered … savvy gatekeeper to the boss (pre- sented in the image of a handsome, pow- erful, middle-aged, white, able-bodied, cis-gendered …
MQUP: McGill-Queen's University Press · 15 July 2024 English
An Accidental History of Canada explores accidents, their causes, consequences, and afterlife, in colonial, Indigenous, and urban contexts, from the 1630s to the 1970s. These investigations make plain that accidents …
cultural-history scholars interro- gating the workings of gender and emotions. Simon P. Thomas and Steve10 Belshaw … Nancy Forestell’s 2006 work on disability and gender in Canadian mining communities, which provides … examining how modern ideas of risk influenced gender in postwar Canada, this time with a focus on Vancouver … Like other historians, we are interested in work, gender, children, risk, the state, and legal and medical … interrogates risk along the lines of race, region, gender, ability, and class, and looks closely at the …
MQUP: McGill-Queen's University Press · 15 July 2024 English
Friendless or Forsaken? is the story of child emigration agencies operating in North West England from 1860 to 1935. The book traces the imperial relationships, transnational economy, religious networks and …
that fuelled this research: histories of crime, gender, and urban space (Eloise Moss and Charlotte Wildman) …
MQUP: McGill-Queen's University Press · 15 July 2024 English
From 1650 to 1750 the provision of medical care for injured seamen in the Royal Navy underwent a major transformation, shifting from care provided by civilians in private homes to …
denied subsequent benefits.22 There was clearly a gender component in parish leaders’ conception that women …
DDN: Dundurn Press · 9 July 2024 English
From Trench Town to the top of the world — one man's inspiring fight for meaning, dignity, and respect. Tiga’s Tale chronicles the remarkable life of world champion boxer Barrington …
new to us too. We hadn’t yet decoded Canada’s gender- specific colour palette, which means we couldn’t …
NSP: New Society Publishers · 25 June 2024 English
Deep polarization in our society prevents us from working collaboratively to solve the problems we face. The Solutionary Way offers a practical approach, providing clear and achievable methods to bridge …
The Solutionary Way habits, and we may have some gender-bending opportunities at hand. The scene is moving … their views. Power, class, religious, ethnic, gender, and racial dynamics can put those with less power … solutionary mindset for next-level Change 3 race, gender, sexual orientation, et cetera, it’s important …
Fraser Institute · 21 June 2024 English
In its 2023 Emission Reduction Plan, the Government of Canada has committed to a target of reducing greenhouse gas emissions to at least 40 per cent below 2005 levels by …
(2024a). Population estimates on July 1, by age and gender. Table 17-10-0005-01 (formerly CANSIM 051-0001) …
Fraser Institute · 18 June 2024 English
ESG investing incorporates environmental (E), social (S), and governance (G) considerations into investment decisions. Until recently, ESG-themed investing comprised an increasing share of investments made by professional money managers and …
including specific personal characteristics beyond gender. This has made Canada the first jurisdiction in …
CIHI: Canadian Institute for Health Information · 18 June 2024 English
A summary of the clinical outcomes, PREMs, PROMs and costs results found in the report.
Measures Desired value Age group Recorded sex or gender Neighbourhood income quintile Geographic location …
