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European UnionSection Chairs:
Gill Allwood (Nottingham Trent University) Email Eva-Maria Eucher (Ludwig-Maximilians-University of Munich) Email Description:
Gender equality is claimed by the EU to be one of its founding principles, yet scholars have repeatedly and consistently demonstrated the gap between rhetoric and reality. The pay gap; the underrepresentation of women in sites of political and economic decision making; their overrepresentation in care-giving in the domestic, private and public sphere; and the persistence of gender-based violence against women, all demonstrate that 60 years after the introduction of equal pay for equal work in Article 119 of the Treaty of Rome, gender equality in the EU has yet to be achieved. This section invites panels and papers which engage with the European Union from a gender perspective. Possible topics include, but are not limited to:
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Societal Movements and Civil Society | Political Participation | Power and Representation | Governance, Institutions and Public Policy | Research Methods for Gender and Politics | European Union | International Studies | Political Theory | Intersectionality, Citizenship and Multiculturalism | LGBTQI Rights, Sexuality and Politics |