Gais et lesbiennes en milieu de travail : rapport synthèse de recherche

La recherche faisant l’objet de ce rapport synthèse a été financée par le Conseil de recherches en sciences humaines du Canada (CRSH) et le Fonds québécois de recherche sur la société et la culture (FQRSC

Social Protection, Building Dignity: Improving working conditions of women workers in the berry sector of Morocco

Results from this report show that increased collaboration and joint initiatives between workers, civil society, producers, European importers and government institutions have enabled change in the lives of thousands of women. This synergy is now ongoing and the collaboration between these stakeholders will continue. Looking forward, there is room for local associations, government agencies, producers and importers to build on the accomplishments achieved to date. Through the leadership that they have developed throughout the course of the programme, women workers can be central to these efforts to drive long-term sustainable changes across Morocco's agriculture sector

Sexualité lesbienne et catégories de genre

This article is based on the qualitative part of a study about the social integration of lesbians and gays in their work environment in Quebec. According to a series of semi-directed interviews, the most frequent stereotypes and prejudices about lesbians are related to gender and sexuality. On the one hand, masculinity, or inverted gender, still operates as a signifier of a lesbian identity; on the other hand, lesbian sexuality is interpreted through the sexist stereotypes of the Mother (denial of sexuality) and of the Whore (eroticization thereof). The recurrence of these patterns shows the extent to which heteronormativity has entered the workplace and illustrates the difficulty of thinking about lesbianism without resorting to binary gender and sexual categories. For lesbian workers, it means that it is not easy to retort to stereotyped and prejudiced comments while deconstructing, rather than reproducing, postulate of the heteronormative matrix

Les stéréotypes à l’égard des gais et lesbiennes : Des révélateurs de l’intersection entre genre et sexualité

Cet article réexamine des données qualitatives tirées d’une étude portant sur les processus de marginalisation opérant sur la base de l’orientation sexuelle en milieu de travail. L’analyse des stéréotypes à l’égard des gais et lesbiennes fait ressortir la porosité de la ligne de démarcation entre des propos qui peuvent être considérés comme relevant soit de l’homophobie et de l’hétérosexisme, soit du sexisme. Tout en constatant l’impossibilité de dissocier analytiquement les représentations sociales de la sexualité et celles du genre, l’article adopte une approche intersectionnelle pour mettre en lumière les mécanismes interconnectés de construction de la normativité sexuelle et de genre en milieu de travail.This paper re-examines qualitative data from a study of marginalization processes operating on the basis of sexual orientation in the workplace. The analysis of stereotypes against gays and lesbians revealed the porosity of the line between statements that can be considered either as homophobia and heterosexism, or as sexism. While noting the impossibility to analytically separate the social representations of sexuality from those of gender, the article adopts an intersectional approach to highlight the interconnected mechanisms that construct sexual and gender normativity in the workplace

Sexualité lesbienne et catégories de genre

This article is based on the qualitative part of a study about the social integration of lesbians and gays in their work environment in Quebec. According to a series of semi-directed interviews, the most frequent stereotypes and prejudices about lesbians are related to gender and sexuality. On the one hand, masculinity, or inverted gender, still operates as a signifier of a lesbian identity; on the other hand, lesbian sexuality is interpreted through the sexist stereotypes of the Mother (denial of sexuality) and of the Whore (eroticization thereof). The recurrence of these patterns shows the extent to which heteronormativity has entered the workplace and illustrates the difficulty of thinking about lesbianism without resorting to binary gender and sexual categories. For lesbian workers, it means that it is not easy to retort to stereotyped and prejudiced comments while deconstructing, rather than reproducing, postulate of the heteronormative matrix

In Work But Trapped in Poverty: A summary of five studies conducted by Oxfam, with updates on progress along the road to a living wage

Oxfam believes that access to decent work on a living wage is a fundamental pathway out of poverty, and one of the best ways to counter growing inequality. This summary of recent Oxfam research in Morocco, Kenya, Malawi, Vietnam and Myanmar paints a picture of workers, mostly women, who are working hard but trapped in poverty producing food and garments for consumers. Four of the five studies were conducted with companies who source or sell the products. The paper outlines the findings, gives a progress update and looks at what needs to change for workers like these to enjoy decent work on a living wage in the future