Women's Studies 1022F/G Study Guide - Quiz Guide: Invisibility, Glass Ceiling, Netherlands Antilles

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Gender and world politics: stereotypes, dichotomies, ideologies. Ideologies shift, however usually to give the people in power more control, they are dynamic. Sri lanka (1960), india (1966) and israel (1969) Argentina, central african republic, portugal and great britain. Bangladesh, nicaragua, france** and switzerland. (nancy adler global women political leaders) ** in france, the president has more power. Of the ten most populous nations in the world, five have had women leaders. The other five countries- china, russia, usa, nigeria and japan have not elected a woman leader. An invisible barrier in the workforce where, you are unable to progress further, you may be able to see where you want to go, but can progress no further. The glass cliff (ryan & haslam, 2004) Often when institutions are in crisis, they elect minority groups (often women), in an interim position (impermanent).