Artificial intelligibility: the role of gender in assigning humanness to natural language processing systems

by Jenny Carla MoranPublished online: 06 May 2024In place of ‘Artificial Intelligence’, this article proposes artificial intelligibility as the more accurate term for describing the mistaken assignment of humanness to non-living objects. Artificial Intelligibility is manifested when a user assumes

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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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(Re)producing sex/gender normativities: LGB alliance, political whiteness and heteroactivism

by Helen ClarkePublished online: 21 Jan 2024LGB Alliance, as a prime example of gender-critical feminism, argues that the ‘sex-based’ rights of those who are ‘same-sex attracted’ are threatened by the inclusion of trans individuals, and trans lesbians especially. In seeking to exclude trans women

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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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Gender alert: Scarcity and fear: A gender analysis of the impact of the war in Gaza on vital services essential to women’s and girls’ health, safety, and dignity – Water, sanitation, and hygiene (WASH)

Publication year: 2024As the war on Gaza reached its six-month mark, it continues to be a war on women. According to UN Women estimates, more than 10,000 women have been killed to date, among them an estimated 6,000 mothers who left 19,000 orphan children behind. Women who have survived have been

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Mother’s Day: Maternal Health

by Lucia LupottiIn honor of Mother’s Day, we would like to share information about maternal health and its implications. What is Maternal Health?The World Health Organization defines maternal health as the health of a mother during pregnancy, childbirth and the postnatal period. Some doctors define

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Gendered Analysis in Rights and Development

by Lucia LupottiWomen play an important role in society and their work is particularly critical for development. However, while their work is necessary for the maintenance of a community, their political, social, and economic participation is confined. Land rights, water distribution, access to

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Climate Resilience and the Role of Five Indigenous Women

By Lucia Lupotti With the beginning of 2024, we have entered the second year of the International Decade of Indigenous Languages 2022-2032, established by the Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues to prevent the extinction of 50-90% of spoken languages that are spoken today. Estimates claim that this

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Gender in Medical Treatment: Invisible Illnesses

by Francesca Tosi and Lucia LupottiGender-specific medicine, according to the World Health Organization, consists in studying the influence of biological (sex-defined) and socio-economic and cultural (gender-defined) differences of the state of health and disease of each person. These differences

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Next Generation CEC

NextGenerationCEC is a new project of the Elena Cornaro University Centre, created on the initiative of a group of young researchers, doctoral candidates and students of the University. The project intends to create a mapping of ongoing research at the University of Padua dedicated to gender issues

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Stage and internship

The Elena Cornaro University Centre offers the opportunity to start a stage and/or internship for students in bachelor's and master's degrees. To apply, please send an email to centro.elenacornaro@unipd.it with the subject "Application for CEC internship - Name and Surname" containing your updated

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