.../value The originality of this paper lies in it being the first study that qualitatively explores the complex challenges female parliamentarians face in their political careers and family lives in Ghana. The participants painted a picture of their responsibilities as parliamentarians and how...

...Sharon Mavin; Patricia Bryans; Rosie Cunningham Purpose The purpose of this paper is to highlight gendered media constructions which discourage women's acceptability as political leaders and trivialise or ignore their contribution. Design/methodology/approach Media analysis of UK newspapers...

... research methodology to a brief critique of current research on gender and accounting, in order to overcome some of the power relationships inherent within the research and define a more explicitly political research agenda. Findings The paper suggests that much research in the accounting is concerned...