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Feminism, Gender, and Power Relations in Policy – Starting a New Conversation
Author(s) -
Carey Gemma,
Dickinson Helen,
Cox Eva Maria
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
australian journal of public administration
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.524
H-Index - 41
eISSN - 1467-8500
pISSN - 0313-6647
DOI - 10.1111/1467-8500.12324
Subject(s) - conversation , gemma , power (physics) , feminism , citation , library science , sociology , computer science , gender studies , botany , physics , communication , quantum mechanics , biology
Stemming from the United Nations Conference in 1975 on women, there was previously a strong global recognition that governments needed to develop formal policies and processes to ensure women’s needs are met and gender equity is pursued (Harris Rimmer and Sawer 2016). However, the last two decades have seen a shift away from these as a result of the neoliberal agenda (Harris Rimmer and Sawer 2016). Although it is sometimes argued that neoliberal policies negate the need for an explicit gender focus, growing gender-based inequities in many OECD countries suggest otherwise. This includes issues such as wages and pay disparities, media roles, promotion, political leadership, and science to name a few. Alongside this trend, in developing countries, neoliberal and ‘liberal’ forms of feminism have been promoted which have been found to extend and deepen gendered inequalities in many cases (Davids et al. 2014; Stratigaki 2005; Yeatman 2015). Harris Rimmer and Sawer (2016) conclude that in the Australian context, where