Shirley Randell
Biographic Data
| ID | 4194346 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Shirley Randell |
| GIVEN NAMES | Shirley |
| FAMILY NAME | Randell |
| SIGNATURE | RANDELL S |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Newcastle Australia |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-0140-355X |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 5 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 5 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 5 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2012 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2020 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
An Exploration of the Metaphors and Images Used to Describe Leadership in Two Different Cultural Contexts
This paper is developed from qualitative data exploring the metaphors used to describe women’s leadership in differing cultural contexts. Metaphors are a useful communication tool, allowing us to understand an idea or concept through some other phenomenon. Understandably, studies of metaphor tend to focus on metaphors deriving from the English language and from Western cultures. Our everyday language literature abounds with metaphors that evoke i…
Invisible Women
In this opinion piece, Shirley Randell reflects on her personal experiences of the invisibility of women - older women and women in sport. She gives examples of how media reporting and agenda setting can minimise the involvement and achievements of women, rendering them invisible or absent
Gender and development
This Briefing examines the recent approach of the Government of Rwanda and Rwandan civil society to involve men in gender equality initiatives. Specifically, it will review the progress being made and highlight the barriers encountered through two concise case studies. The first case study analyses the drafting and passing of the Law on the Prevention and Punishment of Gender-Based Violence (Republic of Rwanda, 2009), which involved significant m…
Surviving Genocide, Thriving in Politics
Rwandan women have given their nation new status as a world leader in gender equality, having achieved a 56 percent majority in Parliament. Women have reached this level of political power for many reasons, including the current government's political will and women parliamentarians' conscious decision to emphasize pre-colonial traditions of leadership as an alternative to prevailing patriarchal notions of women's capacity. Highlighting women's h…
Legacy of Colonialism in the Empowerment of Women in Rwanda
The empowerment of women in Rwanda is rooted in colonial times. In the second half of the 1940s, the Belgian administration, together with religious missionaries, started some educational and social welfare programs for women, known as the foyers sociaux (social homes). This paper explores how this program of female promotion and its progeny affected the domestication of Rwandan women, what caused the situation to change following the genocide ag…
Gender and development
This Briefing examines the recent approach of the Government of Rwanda and Rwandan civil society to involve men in gender equality initiatives. Specifically, it will review the progress being made and highlight the barriers encountered through two concise case studies. The first case study analyses the drafting and passing of the Law on the Prevention and Punishment of Gender-Based Violence (Republic of Rwanda, 2009), which involved significant m…
Legacy of Colonialism in the Empowerment of Women in Rwanda
The empowerment of women in Rwanda is rooted in colonial times. In the second half of the 1940s, the Belgian administration, together with religious missionaries, started some educational and social welfare programs for women, known as the foyers sociaux (social homes). This paper explores how this program of female promotion and its progeny affected the domestication of Rwandan women, what caused the situation to change following the genocide ag…
Legacy of Colonialism in the Empowerment of Women in Rwanda
The empowerment of women in Rwanda is rooted in colonial times. In the second half of the 1940s, the Belgian administration, together with religious missionaries, started some educational and social welfare programs for women, known as the foyers sociaux (social homes). This paper explores how this program of female promotion and its progeny affected the domestication of Rwandan women, what caused the situation to change following the genocide ag…
Gender and development
This Briefing examines the recent approach of the Government of Rwanda and Rwandan civil society to involve men in gender equality initiatives. Specifically, it will review the progress being made and highlight the barriers encountered through two concise case studies. The first case study analyses the drafting and passing of the Law on the Prevention and Punishment of Gender-Based Violence (Republic of Rwanda, 2009), which involved significant m…
Surviving Genocide, Thriving in Politics
Rwandan women have given their nation new status as a world leader in gender equality, having achieved a 56 percent majority in Parliament. Women have reached this level of political power for many reasons, including the current government's political will and women parliamentarians' conscious decision to emphasize pre-colonial traditions of leadership as an alternative to prevailing patriarchal notions of women's capacity. Highlighting women's h…
Invisible Women
In this opinion piece, Shirley Randell reflects on her personal experiences of the invisibility of women - older women and women in sport. She gives examples of how media reporting and agenda setting can minimise the involvement and achievements of women, rendering them invisible or absent
An Exploration of the Metaphors and Images Used to Describe Leadership in Two Different Cultural Contexts
This paper is developed from qualitative data exploring the metaphors used to describe women’s leadership in differing cultural contexts. Metaphors are a useful communication tool, allowing us to understand an idea or concept through some other phenomenon. Understandably, studies of metaphor tend to focus on metaphors deriving from the English language and from Western cultures. Our everyday language literature abounds with metaphors that evoke i…
Gender Studies (4 works) · Sociology (4 works) · Economic growth (3 works) · Law (3 works) · Political science (3 works) · Politics (3 works) · Artificial Intelligence (2 works) · Computer Science (2 works) · Empowerment (2 works) · Gender Politics and Representation (2 works)