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Massachusetts State Universities’ Equal Opportunity, Nondiscrimination, and Title IX Plan
Full text linkTogether, Bridgewater State University, Fitchburg State University, Framingham State University, Massachusetts College of Art and Design, Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts, Massachusetts Maritime Academy, Salem State University, Westfield State University, and Worcester State University (collectively, “the Universities”) have carefully developed the major elements of this Equal Opportunity, Nondiscrimination, and Title IX Plan (“Plan” or “EO Plan”) in accordance with applicable local, state and federal constitutions, statutes, regulations, and executive orders
The Representation of Women Politicians in Pakistani English-Language Newspapers
Full text linkGender representation, in terms of both narratives and images of women in the public sphere, is an indicator of gender equality in a society. In particular, mass media plays a significant role in shaping the perceptions of the public towards women. Our present study aims to investigate the representation of women politicians in two Pakistani English-language newspapers in 2012, 2017, and 2022: Dawn and The Nation. With the rise of quotas reserved for women in both the National and Provincial Assemblies in Pakistan, our study hopes to analyze how often and in which news genre that women politicians are represented. By employing a content analysis approach, our findings reveal that women politicians are greatly underrepresented in both Dawn and The Nation newspapers compared to men politicians. They are usually depicted in shorter, hard news stories rather than given more in-depth portrayals in features or editorial sections. In addition, there was no significant change found throughout the ten-year period investigated, despite the country’s law to reserve 20% of parliamentary seats for women. Limited representation in media can affect the political careers of women politicians, by limiting their chances of being elected on open merit seats in general elections and also undermining their importance in the eyes of the public. Therefore, it is imperative that the media should have balanced reporting on women politicians. This is especially of concern in a society where women are already facing considerable challenges in all aspects of life due to the sociopolitical contexts of the country
Feminist Rehabilitation Counseling: Vocational Rehabilitation for Women with Disabilities in Global Contexts
Full text linkPeople with disabilities are the most unemployed and underemployed minority group in the world, and women with disabilities (WWD) are further marginalized. Vocational rehabilitation (VR) is a human services discipline designed to support people with disabilities in obtaining and maintaining their employment goals. Competitive employment is a potential means for WWD to be empowered and to flourish by fostering a sense of economic security, encouraging community engagement, facilitating optimum levels of independence, contributing to the local economy, subverting the implications of poverty (e.g., limited healthcare, rehabilitation, and education access), and developing identities rooted in pride that often accompany the status of employed. These factors underlie the importance of instituting a feminist rehabilitation counseling lens. The notion of what constitutes human flourishing is both subjective and flexible and is based on the individual and their sociocultural contexts. Factors include but are not limited to employment and finances, education, marriage, motherhood, symptom management, self-esteem, social acceptance, and peace of mind. However, human flourishing means thriving as opposed to barely surviving, which is the status quo for many women with disabilities globally. The person-centered nature of human flourishing makes it an appropriate framework through which to analyze the experiences of women with disabilities and their pursuit of employment and well-being. The purpose of this paper is to bring feminist theory into rehabilitation counseling so that VR counselors and women clients can collaboratively and holistically illuminate individual meanings of flourishing and set rehabilitation goals that align with these perspectives. This paper will present feminist rehabilitation counseling (FRC) as a new framework with which to understand, navigate, and support employment endeavors of women with disabilities
How Did Women in India Fare during the COVID-19 Pandemic? A Study of Work-Life Balance
Full text linkThe COVID-19 pandemic has significantly impacted women globally, resulting in numerous work-life balance (WLB) challenges. The intersection of paid employment and familial obligations inside the household has compelled Indian women to assume many tasks. Married women encounter heightened stress due to the specific gender roles that society imposes upon them within a patriarchal sociocultural context; these gender roles were exacerbated by the COVID-19 pandemic, hindering Indian women in their management of domestic duties and reconciliation of personal and professional disputes. The pandemic’s fusion of professional and familial domains disrupted Indian women’s transition between home and work environments, leading to indistinct boundaries and a lack of balance. This article illustrates the effect of COVID-19 on the WLB of Indian women by utilising a descriptive research methodology and examining it through the frameworks of social role theory and border theory. To support the arguments, this article analyzes data from 305 women aged 25 to 60 who work in both the public and private sectors across three states in India. It underscores the importance of work and family support as well as the role of networks in enhancing women’s WLB during the lockdown. Additionally, this article highlights the necessity of establishing rules for maintaining WLB at both the organisational and societal levels since these rules link directly to women’s overall performance and well-being in these domains. The article further enhances the discourse on WLB by affirming that diverse support systems from both family and employers significantly connect to women’s WLB
Voicing Stardom: Alain Delon
Full text linkOn August 18, 2024, the world lost one of its most charismatic actors: Alain Delon, whom many still consider the most beautiful actor of the twentieth century. At the heyday of his career, Delon became the icon of European cinema, an international sex symbol, and the epitome of a new cosmopolitan style of masculinity
Change-Makers: Women’s Studies Scholar-Activism across the Disciplines (10th World Conference on Women’s Studies)
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System Administration Practices and Experimentation
No full textThis undergraduate departmental honors capstone project experiments with and demonstrates System Administration practices that are used in enterprise environments. The skills and practices of System Administrators are crucial to maintain large-scale IT infrastructure. This project aimed to gain a deeper, practical understanding of the role of a System Administrator in an emulated environment. Through hands-on experimentation, this project addressed the responsibilities of a System Administrator, such as controlling user access, adding hardware, automating tasks, monitoring systems, overseeing and developing a backup strategy, maintaining local documentation, and security practices. This project demonstrated some of the complexities that lie in each of these processes, and goes on to explain where more potential for growth and improvement is possible. User access for a large scale environment was deployed, and automation that can scale to an arbitrary size was applied. This process successfully deepened my understanding of System Administration practices, with these systems deployed I have been able to understand how networks and tools interact in a way I haven’t been able to before