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Institutional work in Czech and US business assistance programmes and implications for entrepreneurial inclusion
Topics: Gender, Work, Public Policy
HandsOn Screen: Influencers and Digital Intimacy on Instagram
Topics: Internet, Social Capital, Lifestyle
Politicisation of the Domestic: Populist Narratives About Covid‐19 Among Influencers
The article analyses the proliferation of narratives about Covid‐19 as an orchestrated political event among female lifestyleinfluencers on Czech Instagram. As the Covid‐19 pandemic turned even the most basic everyday activities into politicallyloaded questions, the boundaries between lifestyle, domestic, and political content posted by influencers became increas‐ingly blurred. The article explores this process of “politicisation of the domestic” with a focus on (a) the gendered characterof influence…
Topics: Gender, Internet, Politics and Political Attitudes
‘I’m Always Telling You My Honest Opinion’: Influencers and Gendered Authenticity Strategies on Instagram
Topics: Gender, Internet, Culture, Media
Cultures of Authenticity
Authenticity has become a buzzword for our times. Much of the travel industry is built around the provision of ‘authentic’ experiences, global brands fight to be seen as ‘authentic’ and social media platforms are awash with arguments about the authenticity of this post or that vlogger. But what do we mean by authenticity? And why have these debates grown so dramatically in the last two decades?This collection explores the complex and at times controversial idea of authenticity. Addressing the concept f…
Topics: Gender, Culture, Media
Fragile Pronatalism and Reproductive Futures in European Post‐Socialist Contexts
This editorial seeks to define fragile pronatalism by highlighting why pronatalism in the examined Central and Eastern European post‐socialist countries should be considered fragile. Moreover, it aims to map desirable future changes in fertility policies in the region. Following a brief presentation of the articles contained in this thematic issue, our concluding thoughts complete this editorial.…
Topics: Gender, Parenting
Women and employment: advances and challenges in policies for women's labour-force participation in Europe, Latin America and the Caribbean in the context of the post-pandemic recovery
The purpose of this document is to provide inputs and contribute to reflection for decision-making in the field of equality in employment between men and women. It aims to be a document of proposals and measures of public policies that can be taken into consideration, both in the 27 countries of the European Union (EU27) and in their relationship with their partners in Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC), to increase women's participation into the labour market in a stable and equitable manner.…
Topics: Economy, Gender
Dobrá praxe rovného odměňování na Islandu
Topics: Gender, Wages and Incomes
Rodičovství a genderové mzdové rozdíly ve vybraných kontextech trhu práce před pandemií covidu-19 a na jejím začátku
The article addresses the influence of parenthood on the gender pay gap (GPG). The linked employer − employee data available that is suitable for a detailed GPG analysis, does not include parenthood in Czechia. It is thus possible to examine the relationship between the GPG and parenthood via this data only indirectly through the use of data on age. Information System on Average Earnings (ISPV) data allows for the monitoring of compliance with the legal standard that requires equal pay for equal work. The an…
Topics: Gender, Wages and Incomes, Care, Work, Parenting, Social Inequalities
Prodlužující se pracovní dráhy, digitalizace, propouštění a gender v peněžnictví
Topics: Gender, Wages and Incomes, Work, Social Inequalities, Age and Aging
“We Are in Control”: Instagram Influencers and the Proliferation of Conspiracy Narratives in Digital Spaces
Female spiritual influencers on Instagram engage with conspiracy content and appeal to the issue of control over female bodies to bridge the gap between mainstream and fringe online spaces. I use the concept of “third space” to analyse the dynamics of Instagram communities around spiritual influencers and highlight how these communities operate as spaces for political discussion while simultaneously appearing apolitical from the outside. Analysing data from participant observation and interviews with six f…
Topics: Gender, Media, Public health, Lifestyle
Ups and downs in finance, ups without downs in inequality
The upswing in finance in recent decades has led to rising inequality, but do downswings in finance lead to a symmetric decline in inequality? We analyze the asymmetry of the effect of ups and downs in finance, and the effect of increased capital requirements and the bonus cap on national earnings inequality. We use administrative employer–employee-linked data from 1990 to 2019 for 12 countries and data from bank reports, from 2009 to 2017 in 13 European countries. We find a strong asymmetry in the effect of…
Topics: Economy, Elites, Gender, Wages and Incomes, Social Inequalities
The role of experts in forming family policy under an adversarial subsystem in the Czech Republic
Topics: Gender, Parenting, Social Policy
Gender a změny v dělbě práce v domácnostech s dětmi v době pandemie covidu-19
The article ties in with the scholarship on the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic on gender equality. Based on a qualitative analysis of interviews with parents of children under 12, we examine the processes that led to the increase or dismantling of the gender division of labour in families during the first nationwide lockdown. Using the concepts of path dependency and ‘doing’ and ‘undoing’ gender, we explain the strategies couples with children used to adapt to the enormous increase in reproductive wor…
Topics: Gender, Work, Parenting
Rozdíl v odměňování žen a mužů, efekt rodičovství a prekarity
Gender pay gap, parenthood and work precarity. The paper focuses on how parenthood(measured by the number of children) contributes to the high level of gender pay gap (GPG)in the Czech Republic and how is it shaped by precarious work contracts. The analysis isbased on a questionnaire survey of a representative sample of 1119 respondents aged 20 to55 years. Sequential testing of regression models proved that number of children affectssignificantly the size of a GPG, even after controlling for several factors. T…
Topics: Gender, Wages and Incomes
Linked employer-employee data týkající se mezd a rodičovství: Dobrá praxe v zahraničí a právní analýza ČR
Publikace se zaměřuje na problematiku sběru dat umožňujících analýzu genderových rozdílů ve mzdách podle rodičovství. Zaměřuje se na to, jak by bylo možné upravit sběr dat ISPV (Informační systém o průměrném výdělku) o indikátory sledující rodičovství tak, aby bylo možné v českém kontextu systematicky sledovat vliv rodičovství na mzdy a genderové mzdové rozdíly. Jedná se o tzv. linked employer-employee (LEE) data, která propojující informace o konkrétních zaměst…
Topics: Gender, Wages and Incomes
Childlessness and Barriers to Gay Parenthood in Czechia
This mixed‐methods article focuses on childlessness and barriers to parenthood among non‐heterosexual men in Czechia. On the quantitative sample of 419 men (165 gays, 125 bisexuals, and 129 heterosexuals with same‐sex romantic/sexual attraction), recruited on a representative online panel, we map the parenting desires, intentions, and perceived barriers to parenthood. Our analysis identifies a substantial group of gay men without parenting desires and intentions compared to heterosexuals and bisexuals, a…
Topics: Gender, Parenting
Structural misrecognition of migrants as a critical cosmopolitan moment
Topics: Globalization, Migration and Mobility
Sisterhood in 5D: Conspirituality and Instagram Aesthetics
The article explores the proliferation of conspiracies in female dominated spaces on Instagram, specifically among spiritual influencers who base their authority and influence on a combination of wellness culture practices and conspirituality narratives. It uses the example of a prominent Czech spiritual influencer Helena Houdová to illustrate the blending of spiritual, aspirational and conspiracy content among Instagram influencers and it argues that the specific aesthetics of Instagram conspiracies needs t…
Topics: Gender, Media, Lifestyle
Childlessness and Barriers to Gay Parenthood in Czechia
This mixed‐methods article focuses on childlessness and barriers to parenthood among non‐heterosexual men in Czechia. On the quantitative sample of 419 men (165 gays, 125 bisexuals, and 129 heterosexuals with same‐sex romantic/sexual attraction), recruited on a representative online panel, we map the parenting desires, intentions, and perceived barriers to parenthood. Our analysis identifies a substantial group of gay men without parenting desires and intentions compared to heterosexuals and bisexuals, a…
Topics: Gender, Parenting, Sexuality
„Všichni tím volantem nakonec musí točit stejně“: gender, věk a tělesnost v práci řidičů veřejné dopravy
Topics: Gender, Age and Aging
Péče jako individuální odpovědnost a prohloubení ekonomického znevýhodnění sólo matek v pandemii covid-19
The Covid-19 pandemic had a particularly severe impact on people in a vulnerable position, such as solo mothers living alone with their children. In this article I use an intersectional approach in order to understand how their different positions in life affected their ability to cope with the crisis situation. I present a longitudinal qualitative study of the situation of solo mothers in the Czech Republic during the Covid-19 crisis, based on repeated interviews with women from three Czech regions. The preli…
Topics: Gender, Care
Cash for Care as Special Money: The Meaning and Uses of the Care Allowance in Close Relationships in the Czech Republic
Investigating what happens when money in the form of a cash-for-care benefit enters family relationships, this article examines long-term family care in the Czech Republic where a “care allowance” was introduced in 2007. It compares two qualitative studies: one of adult children providing care to their parents and the other of mothers caring for a disabled child in both cases, the adults are entitled to the benefit. The studies used narrative and in-depth interviews with forty-eight informal caregivers. Da…
Topics: Gender, Value Orientations, Care, Age and Aging
Why Women Leave Earlier: What Is Behind the Earlier Labour Market Exit of Women in the Czech Republic
Topics: Gender, Age and Aging
Child and Family Support Policies Across Europe: National Reports from 27 Countries
Topics: Care, Family, Social Policy
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