Recommending Books for Purchase (Bulletin 107 - Sep 2020) - IGI 2021 Publications: Gender and Diversity

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Challenges to Integrating Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Programs in Organizations is an essential reference source that shares the challenges and opportunities faced by diversity, equity, and inclusion officers who are leading their organizations to becoming more diverse, equitable, and inclusive working environments. Featuring research on topics such as institutional equity, organizational culture, and diverse workplace, this book is ideally designed for administrators, human resource specialists, researchers, business professionals, academicians, and students, as well as organizations looking to make the intentional shifts necessary to develop and foster a more inclusive working and learning environment.

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Recently, greater emphasis has been placed on the fact that women, regardless of whether they are located in developed or developing nations, are still facing numerous challenges regarding their financial status, education, and independence. As recent movements have highlighted such problems as unequal pay and sexual harassment and abuse, it has become imperative that steps must be taken to analyze these problems and offer solutions to combat these inequalities that would improve women's lives and society as a whole. The Handbook of Research on Business, Socioeconomic, and Educational Challenges for Women is an essential reference source that highlights cross-cultural perspectives, obstacles, and opportunities pertaining to the advancement of women's lives in society. The chapters within the book explore a variety of concepts for building a bridge to women empowerment and improving their participation in the development of their respective societies. Featuring research on topics such as global business, higher education, and gender discrimination, this book is ideally designed for managers, business professionals, entrepreneurs, social scientists, policymakers, gender studies researchers, students, and academicians looking for strategies that will help to empower women through the book's social justice model, which acts as an underlying theoretical construct.

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Compared with the representation of women in the U.S. labor force, an overall gap continues to persist in the number of women in positions of power and authority at the top of the hierarchy within organizations. Lessons learned from the challenges and opportunities articulated by women and men in positions of power will inform organizations of the importance of building a culture of gender inclusivity across organizational boundaries. The Handbook of Research on Women in Leadership Roles is a critical scholarly resource that examines gender constructions as they intersect and interact with various sociological identities as well as case studies on the rising voice and experience of women as senior organizational leaders. The book also addresses the social reengagement by women as part of significant movements and highlights organizations and practices that are breaking the barriers of gender inequality in the workplace. Featuring a wide range of topics such as entrepreneurship, social justice, and crisis leadership, this book is ideal for professionals, researchers, managers, executives, leaders, academicians, sociologists, policymakers, and students in fields that include humanities, social sciences, women's studies, business management, health sciences, educational studies, and political sciences.

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Immigrant Women’s Voices and Integrating Feminism Into Migration Theory comprehensively documents the experiences of immigrant women across the globe and the important theories that define their experiences. The chapters give firsthand accounts of women speaking about their own experiences on migration and topics associated with women and migration. This book aims to give women their own voice and to stand apart from previous literature in which male relatives spoke on behalf of immigrant women to tell their stories for them. While highlighting topics on women in migration including feminism, gendered social roles, first-person narratives, and the female identity, this book is ideally for professionals in social science disciplines as well as practitioners, stakeholders, researchers, academicians, and students wanting to expand their knowledge on women and migration, gender violence, and women empowerment.

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"This book provides perspective on the perception and reception of women across time and space, tackling various aspects, such as gender studies, linguistic studies, literature and cultural studies, discourse analysis, philosophy, anthropology, and sociology issues. Its main objective is to present new approaches and propose new answers to old questions related to gender inequalities, stereotypes and prejudices about women and their place in the world"--

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Across the world, it has remained a significant challenge for women to be heard within crucial components of society. Male domination has a vast history of restricting the visibility and voices of women in areas including economics and politics. In recent years, however, those longstanding barriers are beginning to crumble as feminism and women's rights have become vital areas of research. Understanding the importance of having a voice and its relation to the construction of women's empowerment, as well as existing limitations in global regions, is imperative. Multidisciplinary Perspectives on Women, Voice, and Agency is a collection of innovative research on the examination of giving voice to women's issues in the contemporary world and their increasing impact within the various pillars of society. While highlighting topics including social change, digital activism, and inclusion, this book is ideally designed for researchers, activists, policymakers, practitioners, politicians, advocates, educators, and students seeking current research on women empowerment and the interpretation of women's voices throughout the globe.