...Elias Andersson; Maria Johansson; Gun Lidestav; Malin Lindberg Purpose In Sweden, gender mainstreaming policies have a long political history. As part of the national gender equality strategy of the Swedish forest industry, the ten largest forestry companies committed themselves to gender...

...Silvia de Simone; Daniela Putzu; Diego Lasio; Francesco Serri Purpose Despite the ongoing increase of women in the top positions, they are still underrepresented in politics. The studies that primarily focus on women’s underrepresentation in politics neglect the role of gender as a category...

... of inclusion, including those particularly relevant for organizational diversity and inclusion practitioners. Paradox Leadership Inclusion Politics Diversity initiatives Multicultural societies The election and installation of Donald J. Trump as President of the USA present a set of unique...

...Dr Aidan McKearney; Jeff Hearn Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to reflect, personally, regarding work, politically and theoretically, on 40 years of involvement in organization studies, profeminism and intersectionality. Design/methodology/approach – The paper uses autoethnography...

...Katherine J.C. Sang; Simy Joy; Josephine Kinge; Susan Sayce; Lena Wånggren; Karin Sellberg Purpose The paper aims to examine the potential feminist politics of teaching: is there a clear connection between feminism and teaching, and is there a particular feminist way of teaching? Through notions...

...Gözde Yirmibeşoğlu Purpose The purpose of this paper is to evaluate the specific reasons for the Turkish women in the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus not reaching the same level of achievement in the political sphere as their male counterparts. The aim is to draw attention to the extremely low...

... of change. She has had extensive consultancy and action research experience in a number of large organisations. Jim Barry is a political sociologist and Reader at the University of East London. He is currently Co-director of the University s Organisation Studies Research Group based in the East London...