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2. Gender Discrimination in the Workplace: China from a Global Comparative Perspective
- Author:
- Rong Zhao
- Publication Date:
- 10-2020
- Content Type:
- Video
- Institution:
- Weatherhead East Asian Institute, Columbia University
- Abstract:
- How does gender-based discrimination play out in the workplace? What are the overt and covert forms of gender discrimination existing in the Chinese and Western societies? What have been done and what more need to be done to address this profound inequality that has held generations of women back in gaining independence and equal rights? Drawing on economic, sociological, and feminist organizational theories, Rong Zhao, Assistant Professor of Social Work at Hunter College, City University of New York, analyzes: 1) how women have been kept in the low-paying secondary professions and the lower level of organizations; 2) how the discrimination in the workplace is related to the state-led patriarchal society that purposefully restricts women in the domestic world; and 3) what kind of social policies need to be developed and implemented to address this pressing issue. In the end, the speaker will also speak about strategies that individual women may adopt to mitigate the negative influences of gender discrimination on their career development. Rong Zhao is an Assistant Professor of Social Work at Hunter College, City University of New York. She earned her doctorate from Columbia University School of Social Work in May 2018, and previously studied at Beijing Normal University in Beijing, China. Dr. Zhao’s research deals with social welfare practice and policy in a global perspective. Her specific research interests include gender inequality in the workplace, human service workforce, gender in relation to nonprofits, volunteering, and service contracting. Her work has appeared in peer-reviewed publications such as the Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector Quarterly, Voluntas: International Journal of Voluntary and Nonprofit Organizations, and Human Service Organizations: Management, Leadership & Governance.
- Topic:
- Gender Issues, Labor Issues, Women, and Discrimination
- Political Geography:
- China and Asia
3. Sher Bahadur Deuba, Prime Minister of Nepal
- Author:
- Sher Bahadur Deuba
- Publication Date:
- 09-2017
- Content Type:
- Video
- Institution:
- Columbia University World Leaders Forum
- Abstract:
- Right Honourable Sher Bahadur Deuba, Prime Minister of Nepal, addresses the Columbia University World Leaders Forum in Low Library.
- Topic:
- Development, Gender Issues, Democracy, and Constitution
- Political Geography:
- New York, Asia, Nepal, and United States of America
4. Modern Taiwan Lecture Series: Taiwan's Feminist Movement
- Author:
- Ya-chen Chen, Myron L. Cohen, and Murray Rubinstein
- Publication Date:
- 04-2015
- Content Type:
- Video
- Institution:
- Weatherhead East Asian Institute, Columbia University
- Abstract:
- Modern Taiwan Lecture Series: "Taiwan's Feminist Movement and the Changing Role of Women: A Literary Perspective." Featuring Professor Ya-chen Chen of Clark University. Introduced by Myron L. Cohen (Columbia University) and Murray Rubinstein (Baruch College) Recorded March 24, 2015. Presented by the Weatherhead East Asian Institute and the Department of Anthropology, Columbia University. Graciously supported by the Taipei Economic and Cultural Office in New York.
- Topic:
- Gender Issues, History, Social Movement, Domestic Politics, Feminism, and Anthropology
- Political Geography:
- Taiwan and Asia