Latest items for DMW-PRACTICE-1
March 14, 2025, 7:59 p.m.
Countries: Indonesia
Variables: DMW-PRACTICE-1
"[M]en are socially expected to have the role as backbone and leader of the family" (9). "Traditional social constructs still place women as the main caregivers for family members in Indonesia. Women are considered to have an important role in creating a 'superior generation'. This stereotype creates multiple stigmas against WUD [women who use drugs], namely as criminals due to drugs policies and also because they are considered to violate their gender role" (13).
Variables: DMW-PRACTICE-1
"[M]en are socially expected to have the role as backbone and leader of the family" (9). "Traditional social constructs still place women as the main caregivers for family members in Indonesia. Women are considered to have an important role in creating a 'superior generation'. This stereotype creates multiple stigmas against WUD [women who use drugs], namely as criminals due to drugs policies and also because they are considered to violate their gender role" (13).
March 13, 2025, 10:21 p.m.
Countries: Namibia
Variables: DMW-PRACTICE-1
"Many men in our [San] communities think that they are superior to women. We San girls are raised to 'respect' men but men are not taught to respect us" (4). "In some remote villages, girls are still being initiated into womanhood by sitting in a dark room for weeks, even during school time. Their grandmothers instruct them to be submissive and to obey and serve husbands and only do what men want" (5). This information applies specifically to San communities (ELW - CODER COMMENT). "We San girls are not encouraged to make our own choices, to think for ourselves! So we become shy and unwilling to talk in meetings" (7).more
Variables: DMW-PRACTICE-1
"Many men in our [San] communities think that they are superior to women. We San girls are raised to 'respect' men but men are not taught to respect us" (4). "In some remote villages, girls are still being initiated into womanhood by sitting in a dark room for weeks, even during school time. Their grandmothers instruct them to be submissive and to obey and serve husbands and only do what men want" (5). This information applies specifically to San communities (ELW - CODER COMMENT). "We San girls are not encouraged to make our own choices, to think for ourselves! So we become shy and unwilling to talk in meetings" (7).more
March 3, 2025, 8:46 p.m.
Countries: South Korea
Variables: DMW-PRACTICE-1
"[E]xperts believe are behind the reluctance to have larger families, including the high cost of living and education, a tough job market and growing opposition among women to traditional gender roles" (Para 8).
Variables: DMW-PRACTICE-1
"[E]xperts believe are behind the reluctance to have larger families, including the high cost of living and education, a tough job market and growing opposition among women to traditional gender roles" (Para 8).
Feb. 28, 2025, 5:27 p.m.
Countries: France
Variables: DMW-PRACTICE-1
"Following Ms. Borne’s appointment in May, Edith Cresson – France’s first female prime minister from 1991 to 1992 – wished the new leader 'lots of luck,' while heavily criticizing the French political class for its 'machismo'" (para 14).
Variables: DMW-PRACTICE-1
"Following Ms. Borne’s appointment in May, Edith Cresson – France’s first female prime minister from 1991 to 1992 – wished the new leader 'lots of luck,' while heavily criticizing the French political class for its 'machismo'" (para 14).
Feb. 26, 2025, 8:40 p.m.
Countries: North Korea
Variables: DMW-PRACTICE-1
"Traditional Confucian patriarchal values remain deeply embedded in North Korea. Confucianism is an ethical and philosophical system that is strictly hierarchical and values social harmony. In such a society, a woman’s position in society is lower than a man’s and her reputation depends largely on maintaining an image of “sexual purity” before marriage and obeying the men in her family" (par. 2). "Girls learn they are not equal to boys and cannot resist mistreatment and abuse, and that they should feel shame if they become targets of abuse by men, whether in the home or in public spaces" (par. 3).
Variables: DMW-PRACTICE-1
"Traditional Confucian patriarchal values remain deeply embedded in North Korea. Confucianism is an ethical and philosophical system that is strictly hierarchical and values social harmony. In such a society, a woman’s position in society is lower than a man’s and her reputation depends largely on maintaining an image of “sexual purity” before marriage and obeying the men in her family" (par. 2). "Girls learn they are not equal to boys and cannot resist mistreatment and abuse, and that they should feel shame if they become targets of abuse by men, whether in the home or in public spaces" (par. 3).
Feb. 12, 2025, 8:03 p.m.
Countries: South Korea
Variables: DMW-PRACTICE-1
"This expectation that women take two to three years off work when they have a child is common among women. When I asked Stella whether she could share the parental leave with her husband, she dismissed me with a look" (par. 38).
Variables: DMW-PRACTICE-1
"This expectation that women take two to three years off work when they have a child is common among women. When I asked Stella whether she could share the parental leave with her husband, she dismissed me with a look" (par. 38).
Feb. 7, 2025, 9:59 a.m.
Countries: India
Variables: DMW-PRACTICE-1
"[There is] a small tribal village, Kudoshi, about 230km away from India's financial capital, Mumbai, where girls' lives traditionally revolve around household chores, marriage and children" (para 6).
Variables: DMW-PRACTICE-1
"[There is] a small tribal village, Kudoshi, about 230km away from India's financial capital, Mumbai, where girls' lives traditionally revolve around household chores, marriage and children" (para 6).
Feb. 6, 2025, 7:27 p.m.
Countries: Morocco
Variables: DMW-PRACTICE-1
"Nevertheless, the Committee remains concerned about the persistence of stereotypical attitudes about the roles and responsibilities of women and men in the family and society" (6,7). "[There is a] lack of health-care coverage for women and girls in rural areas" (12).
Variables: DMW-PRACTICE-1
"Nevertheless, the Committee remains concerned about the persistence of stereotypical attitudes about the roles and responsibilities of women and men in the family and society" (6,7). "[There is a] lack of health-care coverage for women and girls in rural areas" (12).
Feb. 6, 2025, 3:58 p.m.
Countries: Sri Lanka
Variables: DMW-PRACTICE-1
"When the country all but ran out of cash and fuel, the burden fell disproportionately on women, who shoulder the domestic load" (para 7).
Variables: DMW-PRACTICE-1
"When the country all but ran out of cash and fuel, the burden fell disproportionately on women, who shoulder the domestic load" (para 7).
Feb. 3, 2025, 5:58 p.m.
Countries: Malawi
Variables: DMW-PRACTICE-1
"Her mother is overjoyed at her achievement, Lucy said, although her father is less so. She said he is still coming to terms with an independent daughter" (para 11).
Variables: DMW-PRACTICE-1
"Her mother is overjoyed at her achievement, Lucy said, although her father is less so. She said he is still coming to terms with an independent daughter" (para 11).
Jan. 30, 2025, 7:52 p.m.
Countries: Honduras
Variables: MARR-PRACTICE-2, DMW-PRACTICE-1, BR-PRACTICE-2
"The Committee remains concerned about the persistence of deep-rooted discriminatory stereotypes concerning the roles and responsibilities of women and men in the family and in society, which overemphasize the traditional role of women as mothers and wives, thereby undermining women’s social status, autonomy, educational opportunities and professional careers and exacerbating gender-based violence against women" (6).
Variables: MARR-PRACTICE-2, DMW-PRACTICE-1, BR-PRACTICE-2
"The Committee remains concerned about the persistence of deep-rooted discriminatory stereotypes concerning the roles and responsibilities of women and men in the family and in society, which overemphasize the traditional role of women as mothers and wives, thereby undermining women’s social status, autonomy, educational opportunities and professional careers and exacerbating gender-based violence against women" (6).
Jan. 29, 2025, 7:35 p.m.
Countries: Costa Rica
Variables: DMW-PRACTICE-1
"The Committee acknowledges the measures adopted by the State party to eliminate gender stereotypes, such as awareness-raising and educational campaigns in the framework of the national policy for effective equality of women and men in Costa Rica for 2018–2030, to sensitize public officials on gender equality. However, the Committee is concerned about the persistence of discriminatory gender stereotypes about the roles and responsibilities of women and men in the family and in society in the State party" (5).
Variables: DMW-PRACTICE-1
"The Committee acknowledges the measures adopted by the State party to eliminate gender stereotypes, such as awareness-raising and educational campaigns in the framework of the national policy for effective equality of women and men in Costa Rica for 2018–2030, to sensitize public officials on gender equality. However, the Committee is concerned about the persistence of discriminatory gender stereotypes about the roles and responsibilities of women and men in the family and in society in the State party" (5).
Jan. 28, 2025, 8:49 p.m.
Countries: Croatia
Variables: DMW-PRACTICE-1
"A men’s organization dubbed Muzevni Budite, or 'be masculine,' is behind the prayers in city squares, where they preach the revival of male dominance and traditional gender roles along with a campaign against abortions" (para 11).
Variables: DMW-PRACTICE-1
"A men’s organization dubbed Muzevni Budite, or 'be masculine,' is behind the prayers in city squares, where they preach the revival of male dominance and traditional gender roles along with a campaign against abortions" (para 11).
Jan. 28, 2025, 7:59 p.m.
Countries: Costa Rica
Variables: DMW-PRACTICE-1
"Also noteworthy is the 'Are you a good colleague?' campaign run by the Ministry of Justice and Peace, which is intended to encourage reflection on attitudes and practices that reinforce machismo in public institutions" (7-8).
Variables: DMW-PRACTICE-1
"Also noteworthy is the 'Are you a good colleague?' campaign run by the Ministry of Justice and Peace, which is intended to encourage reflection on attitudes and practices that reinforce machismo in public institutions" (7-8).
Jan. 24, 2025, 8:43 p.m.
Countries: Somalia
Variables: DMW-PRACTICE-1
"'Women are expected to be silent in Somalia,' she said, adding that she thought these women were murdered in order to shut them up" (para 16).
Variables: DMW-PRACTICE-1
"'Women are expected to be silent in Somalia,' she said, adding that she thought these women were murdered in order to shut them up" (para 16).
Jan. 24, 2025, 3:28 p.m.
Countries: Japan
Variables: DMW-PRACTICE-1
"Japan's Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba has called the country's stubbornly low birth rate a 'quiet emergency' and has pledged policies like flexible working hours. The expectation that working mothers should still shoulder domestic burdens, raise children and care for relatives is believed to be a key factor behind the dearth of babies" (para 2-3).
Variables: DMW-PRACTICE-1
"Japan's Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba has called the country's stubbornly low birth rate a 'quiet emergency' and has pledged policies like flexible working hours. The expectation that working mothers should still shoulder domestic burdens, raise children and care for relatives is believed to be a key factor behind the dearth of babies" (para 2-3).
Jan. 23, 2025, 5:29 p.m.
Countries: Kenya
Variables: DMW-PRACTICE-1
"Kenyan MP Esther Passaris told the BBC she was not surprised at the victim-blaming online because Kenya is a patriarchal society, and looks down on women" (para 14). "Onyango Otieno, a 35-year-old activist, who challenges dominant harmful narratives of heteromasculinity, told the BBC that men spew derogatory language because the 'promise of patriarchy' is being removed as women demand greater equality. He says Kenyan men have been socialised to believe their place is above women, but the rise of feminism has left many men feeling emasculated or displaced. 'Many men were not taught or educated on how to coexist with women as equal human beings,' Mr Otieno sighs. He says...more
Variables: DMW-PRACTICE-1
"Kenyan MP Esther Passaris told the BBC she was not surprised at the victim-blaming online because Kenya is a patriarchal society, and looks down on women" (para 14). "Onyango Otieno, a 35-year-old activist, who challenges dominant harmful narratives of heteromasculinity, told the BBC that men spew derogatory language because the 'promise of patriarchy' is being removed as women demand greater equality. He says Kenyan men have been socialised to believe their place is above women, but the rise of feminism has left many men feeling emasculated or displaced. 'Many men were not taught or educated on how to coexist with women as equal human beings,' Mr Otieno sighs. He says...more
Jan. 18, 2025, 3:28 p.m.
Countries: France
Variables: DMW-PRACTICE-1
"[There are] broader questions over the toxic masculinity riddling French society, how the police, courts and society treat rape victims, the use of drugs in rape, and, of course, consent, or the absence of the concept in French law" (23).
Variables: DMW-PRACTICE-1
"[There are] broader questions over the toxic masculinity riddling French society, how the police, courts and society treat rape victims, the use of drugs in rape, and, of course, consent, or the absence of the concept in French law" (23).
Jan. 18, 2025, 1:46 p.m.
Countries: India
Variables: DMW-PRACTICE-1
"When marriage is presented as an ultimate goal for women, they are compelled to adhere to the feminine norms of beauty" (par. 9).
Variables: DMW-PRACTICE-1
"When marriage is presented as an ultimate goal for women, they are compelled to adhere to the feminine norms of beauty" (par. 9).
Jan. 17, 2025, 11:50 a.m.
Countries: Cambodia
Variables: DMW-PRACTICE-1
"In a 2011 study, the reasons identified by male and female workers for the low rate of union women leaders include that women are more easily intimidated and less educated, which the study understands as itself a product of broader Cambodian culture and unequal access to education" (5).
Variables: DMW-PRACTICE-1
"In a 2011 study, the reasons identified by male and female workers for the low rate of union women leaders include that women are more easily intimidated and less educated, which the study understands as itself a product of broader Cambodian culture and unequal access to education" (5).
Jan. 16, 2025, 9:45 p.m.
Countries: Peru
Variables: DMW-PRACTICE-1
"The National Organization of Indigenous, Andean and Amazonian Women of Peru (ONAMIAP) indicates, for example, that in the consultation process of Lot 195, only 1 woman and 11 men participated; 2 women and 14 men participated in Lot 175, because in some communities women are not classified as community members, or because there is resistance to their effective participation" (6). "Furthermore, they live in contexts of coercion and violence, where sexual autonomy and their choices are limited by the structural position of man's domination and the presence of the forces of order" (6-7).
Variables: DMW-PRACTICE-1
"The National Organization of Indigenous, Andean and Amazonian Women of Peru (ONAMIAP) indicates, for example, that in the consultation process of Lot 195, only 1 woman and 11 men participated; 2 women and 14 men participated in Lot 175, because in some communities women are not classified as community members, or because there is resistance to their effective participation" (6). "Furthermore, they live in contexts of coercion and violence, where sexual autonomy and their choices are limited by the structural position of man's domination and the presence of the forces of order" (6-7).
Jan. 16, 2025, 11:36 a.m.
Countries: United Kingdom
Variables: DMW-PRACTICE-1
"Research from crisis organization Samaritans suggests that men in the UK are more likely than women to commit suicide because due to a gendered stigma surrounding mental health. Reaching out for help is seen as weak or feminine, making men less likely to find support for suicidal thoughts" (para 37).
Variables: DMW-PRACTICE-1
"Research from crisis organization Samaritans suggests that men in the UK are more likely than women to commit suicide because due to a gendered stigma surrounding mental health. Reaching out for help is seen as weak or feminine, making men less likely to find support for suicidal thoughts" (para 37).
Jan. 16, 2025, 11:19 a.m.
Countries: Burma/Myanmar
Variables: DMW-PRACTICE-1
"One aspect of that order is the tradition of hpoun, a belief that asserts that men possess greater spiritual power than women. It often keeps women from rising in society" (para 9). "Not all segments of Burmese society see women as inferior to men" (para 11).
Variables: DMW-PRACTICE-1
"One aspect of that order is the tradition of hpoun, a belief that asserts that men possess greater spiritual power than women. It often keeps women from rising in society" (para 9). "Not all segments of Burmese society see women as inferior to men" (para 11).
Jan. 16, 2025, 10:50 a.m.
Countries: Honduras
Variables: DMW-PRACTICE-1
"The municipal offices for women conduct awareness-raising and training sessions designed to transform sociocultural patterns and reduce attitudes of domination and discrimination" (15).
Variables: DMW-PRACTICE-1
"The municipal offices for women conduct awareness-raising and training sessions designed to transform sociocultural patterns and reduce attitudes of domination and discrimination" (15).
Jan. 10, 2025, 6:20 p.m.
Countries: Mexico
Variables: DMW-PRACTICE-1
"[M]en are yoked with the role of 'provider.' A study of single fathers from Mexico City in 2010 published in the Autonomous University of the State of Mexico’s quarterly academic journal, Papeles de Población, found that fatherhood is culturally defined as an obligation of men to fund a home. If a father is unable to afford child support, that can label him as a failure" (para 9). "These societal expectations can mean men and women are expected to act as caricatures of the masculine and feminine. Since women are idealized as caring, subservient and self-denying homemakers, they are also typified as the parent responsible for raising their children, while fatherhood...more
Variables: DMW-PRACTICE-1
"[M]en are yoked with the role of 'provider.' A study of single fathers from Mexico City in 2010 published in the Autonomous University of the State of Mexico’s quarterly academic journal, Papeles de Población, found that fatherhood is culturally defined as an obligation of men to fund a home. If a father is unable to afford child support, that can label him as a failure" (para 9). "These societal expectations can mean men and women are expected to act as caricatures of the masculine and feminine. Since women are idealized as caring, subservient and self-denying homemakers, they are also typified as the parent responsible for raising their children, while fatherhood...more
Jan. 10, 2025, 6:10 p.m.
Countries: Maldives
Variables: DMW-PRACTICE-1
"Women who stray from 'feminine' traits are considered as an affront to religion, abused as being without faith" (para 10).
Variables: DMW-PRACTICE-1
"Women who stray from 'feminine' traits are considered as an affront to religion, abused as being without faith" (para 10).
Jan. 10, 2025, 6:04 p.m.
Countries: Kenya
Variables: DMW-PRACTICE-1
"Naisimoi explained that many women from her community were expected to fit traditional roles. 'They’re just there to be married'" (para 6).
Variables: DMW-PRACTICE-1
"Naisimoi explained that many women from her community were expected to fit traditional roles. 'They’re just there to be married'" (para 6).
Jan. 9, 2025, 10:48 a.m.
Countries: Spain
Variables: DMW-PRACTICE-1
"The characterization of girls with sexual connotations will be prohibited and the exclusive association of toys with roles such as caring, domestic work or beauty with them (girls), and action, physical activity or technology with boys will be avoided" (para 3). This indicates that this is how views of manhood and womanhood were in the society, but efforts are being made to change that (MB2-CODER COMMENT). "The idea is that companies will no longer use colors such as blue or pink to indicate products intended for boys or girls" (para 4).
Variables: DMW-PRACTICE-1
"The characterization of girls with sexual connotations will be prohibited and the exclusive association of toys with roles such as caring, domestic work or beauty with them (girls), and action, physical activity or technology with boys will be avoided" (para 3). This indicates that this is how views of manhood and womanhood were in the society, but efforts are being made to change that (MB2-CODER COMMENT). "The idea is that companies will no longer use colors such as blue or pink to indicate products intended for boys or girls" (para 4).
Jan. 9, 2025, 9:58 a.m.
Countries: Argentina
Variables: MULV-PRACTICE-1, DMW-PRACTICE-1
"Carbó said the notion of 'the good mother' is so strong in society that anyone who does not recognise their pregnancy is immediately disapproved of" (para 12).
Variables: MULV-PRACTICE-1, DMW-PRACTICE-1
"Carbó said the notion of 'the good mother' is so strong in society that anyone who does not recognise their pregnancy is immediately disapproved of" (para 12).
Jan. 9, 2025, 9:53 a.m.
Countries: Chile
Variables: DMW-PRACTICE-1
"According to a recent survey carried out by pollster Criteria, 58% of Chileans still consider their country machista, and 82% of men and 65% of women said they felt little or no connection to Chile’s feminist movement" (para 15).
Variables: DMW-PRACTICE-1
"According to a recent survey carried out by pollster Criteria, 58% of Chileans still consider their country machista, and 82% of men and 65% of women said they felt little or no connection to Chile’s feminist movement" (para 15).