35 search results for “gender” in the Student website
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What makes a text ‘gender fair’? ‘Concealing gender actually promotes stereotyping’
How do you write a job advertisement that appeals to both men and women? This question is particularly pressing in French, where every noun has a clearly visible grammatical gender. University researcher Benjamin Storme investigated how employers can best deal with this issue.
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Salwa TareenFaculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences
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Jojanneke van der ToornFaculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences
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Siddharth DivakaruniFaculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences
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Psychology Connected over gender differences: 'More research done on extraterrestrial life than the female body'
In medical and psychological sciences, little research has been specifically conducted on women. Hormonal fluctuations were considered too intricate. Yes, research into sex and gender differences is complex, acknowledge neuroscientists Ellen de Bruijn and Lara Wierenga, but that’s precisely why it's…
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Elsa MertalaFaculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences
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Simay CetinFaculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences
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Elsa CharletyFaculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences
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Suzanne NaafsFaculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences
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Lotte van der PolFaculty of Governance and Global Affairs
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Yara AbbingFaculteit der Rechtsgeleerdheid
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Mojan SamadiFaculteit der Rechtsgeleerdheid
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Hanum AtikasariFaculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences
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Syeda ShawkatFaculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences
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Jan JansenFaculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences
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Caroline ArchambaultFaculty of Governance and Global Affairs
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Jasmijn RanaFaculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences
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Diana SuhardimanKoninklijk Instituut Taal, Land- en Volkenkunde
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Ashley WilkinsonFaculty of Humanities
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Nurul Huda Binte Abdul RashidFaculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences
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Aya EzawaFaculty of Humanities
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Tessa MinterFaculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences
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Ratna Saptari Soetikno Slamet
Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences
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Carlotta RigottiFaculteit der Rechtsgeleerdheid
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Man, woman and more: 'Why does my passport have to say I'm a woman?'
Protests against textbooks on trans persons in America and against a reading hour by drag queens in Rotterdam: it has been raining protests recently against people with a gender expression that does not match their birth sex. Why does this evoke such resistance? We asked Professor by special appointment…
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Annemarie SamuelsFaculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences
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Sylvana Simons to give Annie Romein-Verschoor Lecture
Every year on or around International Women’s Day on 8 March, Leiden University holds its Annie Romein-Verschoor Lecture. This year’s lecture will be given by Sylvana Simons, MP and leader and parliamentary chair of the BIJ1 party. What does International Women’s Day mean to her and which challenges…
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Jeanette Wagenaar writes about Louise Six: ‘I wanted to give a voice to women in history’
When Jeanette Wagenaar read Simone van der Vlugt's De amulet (The Amulet) at the age of eleven, she decided that she too wanted to write a historical novel one day. Thirty years later, Gooilust, about Louise Blaauw-Six, has now been published.
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Belittling and threats are part of everyday life for outspoken women
In a fiery Annie Romein-Verschoor lecture, Sylvana Simons opened up about her experiences as a woman in politics. The leader of the BIJ1 party is regularly the subject of belittling comments and threats. Writer Aafke Romeijn, who reflected on the Simons’ lecture, has also been threatened frequently…
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Leiden Leadership Lunch – Do male or female leaders score better with employees?
How does gender of public leaders relate to employees’ satisfaction with the leadership of their direct supervisor? In the online Leiden Leadership Lunch on Friday September 24, Dr. Max van Lent (Assistant Professor of Economics) presented the results of his recent research on the differences between…
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Alumna Mojan Samadi: ‘Femicide is not about the perpetrator’s motive’
Mojan Samadi obtained her PhD in 2020 in Leiden and has since remained at the university as an assistant professor. Her research currently focuses on gender and criminal law, with a key question being how criminal law should address femicide.
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Kind, clever and hardworking: school reports are not without bias
White girls receive significantly more positive comments from their teachers in their primary school reports than white boys and children from migrant backgrounds. PhD candidate Antoinette Kroes researched subtle biases in different contexts and saw how harmful these can be.
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Logging in tropical forests has a major social impact on local people
Exploring logging's real impact: Insights from Anthropologist Tessa Minter in the Solomon Islands.
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Reimaging Peace Democratization in Yemen: Women, Transnationalism and Activism in Exile
Lecture, Leiden Yemeni Studies Lecture Series
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ASCL Seminar: Neoliberal Authoritarianism in Rwanda: A Feminist Analysis
Lecture