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Aides-soignantes, caissières, aides à domicile… ce sont majoritairement des femmes qui se retrouvent en première ligne contre le virus. Comme le rappelle l’historienne Clyde Plumauzille dans ce podcast, ces inégalités ne sont pas nouvelles, la prise en charge d’autrui au sein du foyer ou dans la société étant historiquement dévolue aux femmes.

Le Réseau québécois d’action pour la santé des femmes se dédie à travers sa Campagne Rouge #LaVieEnRouge, qui durera 2 ans, à défaire les mythes et les tabous qui entourent les menstruations. Il s’agit d’une campagne participative: nous aurons besoin de vous tou.te.s pour parvenir à un changement global et positif concernant les perceptions et donc le vécu des menstruations… car nous sommes tou.te.s concerné.es! Précarité menstruelle S’engager contre la précarité menstruelle, c’est contribuer à une société plus équitable en favorisant l’accès pour toutes les personnes menstruées aux produits d’hygiène menstruelle. Découvrez la liste de nos partenaires collecteurs et distributeurs, et contactez-nous si vous souhaitez vous aussi vous engager: ensemble, tou.te.s solidaires contre la précarité menstruelle!

Unpaid care work, mostly performed by women, is a central but undervalued contributor to economies. During the COVID-19 pandemic, the need for unpaid care work increased due to restricted movement, social isolation, and economic challenges. This pandemic has highlighted the urgency of recognizing and valuing women's work at the household level which has been systematically overlooked. At the same time, it has increased the demand for technology usage, exposing the gender digital divide. This article aims to shed light on the additional burden women are facing, especially when trying to balance unpaid care work with paid employment from the seclusion of their homes. We do this by reviewing a number of surveys conducted in Indonesia. We combine this with other examples from additional contexts in order to draw attention to a global trend of amplified inequalities and struggles women are experiencing. We advocate for an urgent paradigm shift by providing vital recommendations for policymakers and managers.

The year 2020, marking the twenty-fifth anniversary of the Beijing Platform for Action, was intended to be ground-breaking for gender equality. Instead, with the spread of the COVID-19 pandemic, even the limited gains made in the past decades are at risk of being rolled back. The pandemic is deepening pre-existing inequalities, exposing vulnerabilities in social, political and economic systems which are in turn amplifying the impacts of the pandemic. Across every sphere, from health to the economy, security to social protection, the impacts of COVID-19 are exacerbated for women and girls simply by virtue of their sex. This policy brief by the UN Secretary-General explores how women and girls’ lives are changing in the face of COVID-19, and outlines suggested priority measures to accompany both the immediate response and longer-term recovery efforts.

Among the critical challenges around the COVID-19 pandemic is dealing with the potentially detrimental effects on people’s mental health. Designing appropriate interventions and identifying the concerns of those most at risk requires methods that can extract worries, concerns and emotional responses from text data. We examine gender differences and the effect of document length on worries about the ongoing COVID-19 situation. Our findings suggest that i) short texts do not offer as adequate insights into psychological processes as longer texts. We further find ii) marked gender differences in topics concerning emotional responses. Women worried more about their loved ones and severe health concerns while men were more occupied with effects on the economy and society. This paper adds to the understanding of general gender differences in language found elsewhere, and shows that the current unique circumstances likely amplified these effects. We close this paper with a call for more high-quality datasets due to the limitations of Tweet-sized data.

Purpose>The purpose of this paper is to explore the work-life (WL) experiences of live-in women migrant domestic workers (MDWs), who represent a significant proportion of migrant workers globally. MDWs play a key role in enabling the work-life balance (WLB) of others, namely the middle-class households that employ them. Yet, their experiences have largely been invisible in mainstream WL literature. The authors draw on an intersectional approach to frame the WL experiences of this marginalized group of women at the intersection of being secondary labour segment workers, with significant legal and employment restrictions as migrant workers, who work and live in the same place as their employers.Design/methodology/approach>Qualitative interviews were conducted with 13 women MDWs from Indonesia and the Philippines working in Malaysia. The women talked about the meaning of work as MDWs, how they maintain familial connections whilst working abroad, and how they negotiate their WLB as live-in workers. Thematic analysis of the interviews focused on the intersection of the women’s multiple dimensions of disadvantage, including gender, class and temporary migrant-foreigner status, in shaping their accounts of the WL interface.Findings>Three thematic narratives highlight that any semblance of WLB in the MDWs’ lived experience has given way to the needs of their employers and to the imperative to earn an income for their families back home. The themes are: working as MDWs enables the women and their families back home to have a life; the co-existence of WL boundary segmentation and integration in relation to “real” and “temporary” families; and the notion of WLB being centred around the women’s ability to fulfil their multiple duties as MDWs and absent mothers/sisters/daughters.Research limitations/implications>The study is based on a small sample of live-in women MDWs in Malaysia, intended to promote typically excluded voices and not to provide generalizable findings. Accessing potential participants was a considerable challenge, given the vulnerable positions of women MDWs and the invisible nature of their work.Practical implications>Future research should adopt a multi-stakeholder approach to studying the WL experiences of women MDWs. In particular, links with non-governmental organizations who work directly with women MDWs should be established as a way of improving future participant access.Social implications>The study underscores the existence of policies and regulations that tolerate and uphold social inequalities that benefit primary labour segment workers to the detriment of secondary labour segment workers, including women MDWs.Originality/value>Extant WL literature is dominated by the experiences of “the ideal work-life balancers”, who tend to be white middle-class women, engaged in professional work. This study offers original contribution by giving voice to a taken-for-granted group of women migrant workers who make other people’s WLB possible. Moreover, the study challenges WL research by underscoring the power inequities that shape the participants’ marginal and disadvantaged lived experience of work, life, family and WLB.

The COVID-19 pandemic, originated in China, has affected millions of people worldwide, leading to various situations such as psychological disorders and diseases that affect people’s physical and mental health, and disrupt their quality of life. Objective. To analyze stress levels during social distancing due to COVID-19 by gender and to determine the moderating effect of adaptability to the situation. Method. The study is cross-sectional and quantitative, with a descriptive-correlational scope. The sample consisted of 1,173 Mexican subjects (522 males [44.5%] and 651 females [22.5%]) with an average age of 25.99 years (DT = 11.19; range = 12 - 77 years). Adaptability and perceived stress were measured, obtaining reliability from appropriate instruments. Results. The results indicated that the greater the number of weeks of social distancing, the higher the perceived level of stress. Also, the better people adapt to social distancing, the less stress occurs. Women were observed to have higher levels of stress compared to men. Discussion and conclusion. The findings highlight the importance of adaptability to the stressful situation of the pandemic, because the effect of severe stress on women largely disappears when there is a high level of adaptability to the event.

Shows how reproductive justice organizations' collaborative work across racial lines provides a compelling model for other groups to successfully influence change Patricia Zavella experienced firsthand the trials and judgments imposed on a working professional mother of color: her own commitment to academia was questioned during her pregnancy, as she was shamed for having children "too young." And when she finally achieved her professorship, she felt out of place as one of the few female faculty members with children. These experiences sparked Zavella's interest in the movement for reproductive justice. In this book, she draws on five years of ethnographic research to explore collaborations among women of color engaged in reproductive justice activism. While there are numerous organizations focused on reproductive justice, most are racially specific, such as the National Asian Pacific American Women's Forum and Black Women for Wellness. Yet Zavella reveals that many of these organizations have built coalitions among themselves, sharing resources and supporting each other through different campaigns and struggles. While the coalitions are often regional-or even national-the organizations themselves remain racially or ethnically specific, presenting unique challenges and opportunities for the women involved. Zavella argues that these organizations provide a compelling model for negotiating across differences within constituencies. In the context of the war on women's reproductive rights and its disproportionate effect on women of color, and increased legal violence toward immigrants, The Movement for Reproductive Justice demonstrates that a truly intersectional movement built on grassroots organizing, culture shift work, and policy advocating can offer visions of strength, resiliency, and dignity for all.

Demi-journée d'études organisée par l'IREF, 30 mai 2019 - L’injustice épistémique : un concept pertinent pour les études féministes. Conférence de la professeure de sociologie Janik Bastien Charlebois - Les apports de la théorisation de l'injustice épistémique à l'analyse des expériences intersexes.

Background Previous research shows that mortality varies significantly by residential context; however, the nature of this variation is unclear. Some studies report higher mortality levels in urban compared to rural areas, whereas others suggest elevated mortality in rural areas or a complex U-shaped relationship. Further, the extent to which compositional factors explain urban-rural mortality variation, the extent to which contextual factors play a role and whether and how the patterns vary by gender also remain unclear. This study investigates urban-rural mortality variation in England and Wales and the causes of this variation. Method The study applies survival analysis to the Office for National Statistics Longitudinal Study; the population aged 20 and older in 2001 is followed for 10 years. Results and conclusions The analysis demonstrates a clear urban-rural mortality gradient, with the risk of dying increasing with each level of urbanisation. The exceptions are those living in areas adjacent to London, who consistently exhibit lower mortality than anticipated. Once the models are adjusted to individuals’ socio-economic characteristics, the variation across the urban-rural continuum reduces substantially, although the gradient persists suggesting contextual effects. Females are found to be influenced more by their surrounding environment and males by their socio-economic position, although both experience lower mortality in rural compared to urban areas.

A Black feminist disability framework allows for methodological considerations of the intersectional nature of oppression. Our work in this article is twofold: to acknowledge the need to consider disability in Black Studies and race in Disability Studies, and to forward an intersectional framework that considers race, gender, and disability to address the gaps in both Black Studies and Disability Studies. By employing a Black feminist disability framework, scholars of African American and Black Studies, Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies, and Disability Studies have a flexible and useful methodology through which to consider the historical, social, cultural, political, and economic reverberations of disability.

Ce mémoire s'intéresse aux lignes (de fuite et de risque) qui émergent du corps malade des narratrices et créent de nouvelles cartographies corporelles, des manières inédites d'être au monde. Son objectif est d'analyser la performance du corps féminin malade comme hétérotopie queer et les modalités d'inscription de la maladie dans les œuvres autopathographiques Journal du cancer (1980) et Un souffle de lumière (1988) d'Audre Lorde, et D'ailleurs de Verena Stefan (2008). Ces textes, chaotiques, offrent des représentations subjectives du cancer du sein et du foie, mais refusent de témoigner d'un quotidien qui serait uniquement marqué par l'expérience de la maladie. Ainsi, le récit du diagnostic et des traitements est entrelacé, chez Stefan, avec celui de son processus migratoire et, chez Lorde, avec celui de sa survivance en tant que poète lesbienne et noire née aux États-Unis. En s'écrivant, ces auteures défient les discours normatifs et dévoilent une construction discursive de soi qui met en œuvre un contrediscours. À l'intérieur de l'institution médicale, elles sont un site que l'on cherche à normaliser et à baliser; toutefois, leur corps narré, en refusant de vivre en ligne droite et de se réorienter, se définit comme un ailleurs, comme une hétérotopie, tant spatiale que sémantique. Ma démonstration se décline en trois chapitres : le premier sert à définir ce qu'est et ce que fait l'autopathographie en tant que registre narratif qui répond à l'impératif de jeter du sens sur un corps bruyant, tandis que les deux autres bâtissent une analyse croisée des œuvres. Le deuxième chapitre, en arrimant les réflexions de Michel Foucault sur les hétérotopies à celles de Sara Ahmed sur la phénoménologie queer, développe l'idée que les corps lesbiens malades des narratrices s'incarnent en « espaces autres», visibles et invisibles, lisibles et illisibles. Il est dès lors question des actes de lecture qui adviennent entre les narratrices et les spécialistes, lesquels dévoilent et réactualisent les signes inscrits (transcrits) sur et dans leur corps malade. J'y oppose deux postures, soit le face-à-face médical et le corps-à-corps amoureux, afin de mettre en lumière une approche qui puisse toucher et lire différemment ce corps souffrant. Finalement, le troisième chapitre s'attarde à ce qui, dans l'écriture des récits, se risque au cri comme symptôme d'un langage qui déborde. Le cri pointe à et vers autrui en contournant, tout en l'aiguisant, l'écart entre celle qui l'émet et celle qui l'accueille. _____________________________________________________________________________ MOTS-CLÉS DE L’AUTEUR : hétérotopie, autopathographie, ligne de fuite, phénoménologie, patiente, médecin, corps malade, cancer, féminisme, femmes, queer, lesbiennes.

Cette recherche féministe, qualitative et compréhensive s'intéresse aux pratiques des intervenantes oeuvrant dans les Centres d'aide et de lutte contre les agressions à caractère sexuel (CALACS) en lien avec la santé mentale au travail. Elle a été menée en partenariat avec le Regroupement québécois des CALACS (RQCALACS). Les CALACS sont des organismes féministes autonomes dont les activités se déclinent en plusieurs volets : le soutien direct, la prévention et la lutte politique, ce à quoi s'ajoute la gestion. Comme d'autres groupes communautaires, ils sont influencés par différentes contraintes structurelles et doivent continuellement s'adapter. Dans ce contexte, les travailleuses peuvent être exposées à différents risques psychosociaux. Cette recherche a pour objectif de comprendre les sources de plaisir et de souffrance que peuvent vivre les travailleuses ainsi que les pratiques qu'elles mobilisent pour maintenir un certain bien-être au travail. Pour cadrer l'analyse, des repères théoriques ont été identifiés puis articulés. Les perspectives féministes radicales et intersectionnelles campent à la fois les principes politiques et les pratiques qui influencent les Centres. L'approche de la psychodynamique éclaire les rapports intersubjectifs qui se jouent au travail en insistant, entre autres, sur la centralité du travail dans la construction identitaire et les mécanismes de régulation des activités. La collecte de données a été réalisée à l'aide de huit entretiens individuels semi dirigés menés auprès d'intervenantes de CALACS distincts, situés dans sept régions du Québec. Elles ont été recrutées par l'intermédiaire du RQCALACS. Elles devaient travailler dans leur centre depuis au moins deux ans. L'analyse thématique du corpus a permis de dégager le lien fort que les intervenantes entretiennent entre soi et le travail ; la responsabilité de l'organisation du travail quant aux impacts sur la santé et le bien-être des travailleuses ; et enfin, la manière dont le travail est accompli concrètement au travers de l'intersubjectivité et des relations. Les CALACSiennes s'investissent beaucoup dans leur travail, qu'elles perçoivent comme politique, créatif et pertinent. Lorsqu'elles ne parviennent plus à préserver une cohérence de sens entre ce qu'elles souhaiteraient et ce qu'elles vivent en réalité, lorsqu'elles n'ont plus de moyens pour compenser les obstacles, elles sont à risque qu'une détresse s'installe. Si les Collectifs de travail sont assez forts et permettent des espaces de négociation, de réflexion et de valorisation, alors elles surmontent l'épreuve de travail, le plus souvent en retrouvant du sens. _____________________________________________________________________________ MOTS-CLÉS DE L’AUTEUR : CALACS, intervention féministe, santé mentale, travail, pratiques

Despite sustained feminist criticism, the production and consumption of pornography does not show signs of waning. Here, I offer a critical review of the existing feminist anti-pornography debate, arguing that it has largely failed to provide suitable grounds for a stable and comprehensive critique, instead often indirectly providing theoretical resources for pornography to reinvent itself. This is a product, in my view, of a misguided focus on the pornographic object. Feminist critics are better served, I argue, by redirecting their critical gaze towards the consumers of pornography, and, in particular, to the attitudes such consumption reflects. To that end, I introduce an alternative, attitudinal approach that enables criticism of pornography as a reflection of sexist attitudes, as well as for its role in concealing these attitudes.

Dans des contextes sociaux souvent hostiles, les parents qui ont des enfants trans doivent prendre des décisions pour eux·elles concernant leur transition personnelle, sociale, légale et médicale. En plus d'être eux·elles aussi à risque de subir de la stigmatisation et de l'isolement, ces parents craignent que leurs enfants soient marginalisés·es ou qu'ils·elles subissent de la violence. Pourtant, peu de professionnels·les de la santé et des services sociaux du réseau public québécois sont formés·es ou sensibilisés·es aux besoins spécifiques des personnes trans et de leur entourage. À travers les récits de huit parents d'enfants trans, cette recherche vise donc à documenter le point de vue de ces parents en explorant leur trajectoire dans les services, en identifiant les ressources auxquelles ils·elles ont eu recours et en analysant les répercussions des services dans leur vie et dans l'accompagnement de leur enfant trans. L'analyse des récits repose sur des théories issues de la psychologie clinique, du féminisme et du travail social. Le concept de maltraitance théorique permet de questionner les discours tenus sur la transidentité au sein des services sociaux et de santé ainsi que les interventions qui en découlent. La perspective féministe favorise une analyse critique dans une perspective de construction des rapports sociaux de genre et l'approche narrative met de l'avant le sens que les parents attribuent à leur expérience dans les services en lien avec leur vie personnelle et familiale. Les données recueillies démontrent de grandes lacunes dans l'offre de services sociaux et de santé du réseau public : rareté des services, délais, outils conceptuels inadéquats et pratiques inappropriées. D'autre part, les services reçus ont des répercussions importantes sur la vie personnelle et familiale des parents, mais également sur l'accompagnement de leur enfant et de sa différence. À cet effet, il importe que tous·tes les professionnels·les adoptent des pratiques trans-affirmatives dans l'accompagnement de ces familles et prennent en compte le point de vue des parents dans l'élaboration des services et des politiques les concernant, eux·elles et leurs enfants trans. _____________________________________________________________________________ MOTS-CLÉS DE L’AUTEUR : parents d'enfants trans, services d'aide et d'intervention, féminisme, transféminisme, récits d'expérience, carte narrative, maltraitance théorique, pratique transaffirmative.

One health emphasizes the interdependent health of humans, animals, and their shared environments and shows promise as an integrated, equitable transdisciplinary approach to important ecohealth issues. Notably, research or programming explicitly examining the intersection of gender and one health is limited, although females represent half of the human population and play important roles in human and animal health around the world. Recognizing these gaps, scholars from the University of Wisconsin-Madison in collaboration with United States Department of Agriculture convened a consultative workshop, ‘‘Women and One Health,’’ in 2016. This paper outlines the workshop methods and highlights outcomes toward shared terminology and integration of frameworks from one health, gender analysis, and women in agriculture. Further, recommendations for education, policy, and service delivery at the intersection of women’s empowerment and one health are offered as important efforts toward the dual goals of gender equality and sustainable health of humans,animals, and their shared ecosystems.

Indigenous communities in Canada suffer disproportionately from compromised water insecurity, with multiple negative implications. Some attention has been paid to gender and water insecurity in developing countries, especially in sub-Saharan Africa, but the topic has been neglected for subarctic settings. We conducted long-term research in Black Tickle, a remote Inuit community in Labrador, Canada, with no piped water and limited access to potable water. Our research was aimed at understanding the multiple dimensions of water security, identifying materialist responses, and conducting a pilot project in domestic rainwater harvesting. Water security emerged as a gendered phenomenon. We supplemented our reflective analysis on this research with two focus group discussions during which Inuit women described their experiences of water security. Participants reported that their physical and mental health are undermined by water insecurity and that water is a source of multiple stresses that demand resilience. Given a developing remittance economy, gender was identified as an increasingly significant determinant of water insecurity in this subarctic community. Having to retrieve water themselves, Inuit women experience altered gender norms and a persistent values conflict in addition to physical strain. Water acquisition is an added responsibility, impacting their labour load. Alternatively, in relying on available men to retrieve water, participants reported feeling guilty and anxious and they worried about men fetching water in dangerous weather conditions and in the vicinity of dangerous wildlife. Participants’ experiences make clear the urgency for a materialist response to water insecurity in the Indigenous subarctic.