Equal Opportunities International: Volume 1 Issue 2

WOMEN AND CO‐OPERATIVE VENTURES

Jenny Blake

The traditional male model of 9 to 5 working hours, a vertical career structure and a separation of home and work lives has been “feminised” by some women, who seem to have…

WOMEN‘S STUDIES IN SOCIOLOGY: A PERFUMED GHETTO?

One of the fields of sociology which is experiencing a dramatic explosion is that catch‐all area of Women's Studies. Books and articles touching on women's experiences in the…

THE MOST DIFFICULT REVOLUTION: WOMEN AND TRADE UNIONS

Alice H. Cook

Historically trade unions were in the forefront of social reform, campaigning against child labour, against the 12‐hour day and for free public education and universal suffrage…

WOMEN AT VOLVO

Margaret Hitch

For women working at Volvo, the first hope for equal status began with the arrival of the new President, Mr. Gyllenhammar, in 1970. In his previous job he had been involved in…

NETWORKING News and Events Conferences

4–6 June 1982: University of Adelaide, Australia WOMEN AND LABOUR CONFERENCE The third conference in this successful series (over 2000 people attended the second conference in…

BARRIERS TO THE EMPLOYMENT OF WOMEN

Derek L. Bosworth, Peter J. Dawkins

The post‐war period has been characterised by a persistent and substantial expansion in the employment of women. At the same time, women have become increasingly protected in…

ATTITUDES TO WOMEN IN SPORT: PROLEGOMENA TOWARDS A SOCIOLOGICAL THEORY

Elizabeth A.E. Ferris

The orthodox view about women in sport is that, when compared with males, females have always held, and will always continue to hold an inferior position in sporting achievement.