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The Discursive Construction of Contemporary Family Types

A new online issue of degenere - Journal of Literary, Postcolonial and Gender Studies entitled "The discurisive Construction of Contemporary Family Types" by Prof. Giuseppe Balirano, Jai Mackenzie and Angela Zottola is available. The tenth issue focuses on exploring the social norms, structures and

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Breaking the binary mold: Understanding social representations of nonbinary gender identities among the LGBTQIA+ Italian population.

Rosati, F., Lorusso, M. M., Albanesi, C., Baiocco, R., Pistella, J., & Compare, C. (2024) To comprehend nonbinary identity, it is necessary to incorporate new and more inclusive social representations (SRs). Transnormativity, cisnormativity, and genderism may characterize lesbian, gay, bisexual,

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Are we getting there? A synthesis of UN system evaluations of SDG 5

Publication year: 2024As we cross the midpoint of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and amidst stalled progress on achieving gender equality, the independent evaluation offices of UN Women, UNDP, UNFPA, UNICEF, and WFP saw an opportunity to conduct an inter-agency synthesis of UN system

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‘We’re respectful boys … we’re not misogynistic!’: analysing defensive, contradictory and changing performances of masculinity within young men’s in-person and digitally mediated homosocial spaces

by Fiona O’Rourke and Craig HaslopPublished online: 25 Apr 2024This paper situates contemporary manospheric culture within archaic forms of masculine identity formation foundational to patriarchal political orders and fascism. What happens when 21st century emergent masculinity is also what Deleuze

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Exploring gender-inclusive approaches in Turkish disaster risk management: insights from decision-makers, service providers, and NGOs

by Edip Kaya, Ebru Inal Onal and Nüket Paksoy ErbaydarPublished online: 29 April 2024This study aims to reveal the experiences and views regarding gender sensitivity of service providers, decision-makers, and non-governmental organization (NGO) workers who operate during disasters. The study uses a

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