Gender and Family Roles Resources

Questions on Gender and Family Roles were asked in 1998, 2002 and 2005.

ARK Resources

• Attitudes towards Lesbian, Gay and Bisexual People in Northern Ireland (Research Update 66) by Neil Jarman uses NILT data from 2001.
• What women want? Women and Gender Roles in Northern Ireland (Research Update 24) by Ann Marie Gray and Gillian Robinson uses data from the 2002 and 1998 Gender and Family Roles module
• Women in the Northern Ireland Labour Market: A Guide to Data Sources and Resources by Gillian Robinson and Fran Porter (1995) provides a useful resource.
  
• Men and Women in Northern Ireland: Challenging the Stereotypes by Lizanne Dowds, Gillian Robinson, Ann Marie Gray and Deirdre Heenan (Research Update 1) uses data from the 1994 Northern Ireland Social Attitudes Survey and 1998 Life and Times Survey to examine some frequently expressed stereotypes relating to men and women.
• Men in the Mirror by Steve Biddulph (Research Update 7) is based on the 2000 Men's Life and Times module.
• Mystery Man? by Paula Devine (Reserach Update 38) is based on the 2004 Men's Life and Times module.
  
• The Online Research Bank includes a summary of every chapter from Women's Working Lives by John Kremer and Pamela Montgomery. This research was commissioned by the Equal Opportunities Commission for Northern Ireland in 1990 and includes chapters on Childcare, Work Histories and Attitudes and Motivations. Other relevant publications can be found by searching the 'subject' field using the term 'gender'.

Links

• The Equality Commission for Northern Ireland is an independent public body established under the Northern Ireland Act 1998, and replaces the Equality Opportunities Commission for Northern Ireland. Its responsibilities include discrimination based on sex or on sexual orientation.
• The responsibility of the Gender Strategy Unit within the Office of the First Minister and Deputy First Minister (OFMDFM) is to develop and implement a Gender Equality Strategy to tackle inequalities between men and women, and boys and girls where that inequality relates to their gender, marital or relationship status, whether or not they have dependants or caring responsibilities or are transgendered.
• Sexual orientation equality issues also fall into the remit of OFMDFM.
• Publications on the OFMDFM Research website include Gender Equality Indicators for Northern Ireland (by Esther Breitenbach and Yvonne Galligan), Gender and Poverty in Northern Ireland (by Fiona Scullion and Paddy Hillyard), Researching Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender issues in Northern Ireland (by Esther Brietenbach) and An acceptable prejudice: Homophobic violence and harrassment in Northern Ireland (by Neil Jarman and Alex Tennant).
  
• The Women and Equality Unit works across the UK government to bring about measurable improvements in the position of women which benefit society generally; and to promote equality for all, particularly in the development and delivery of Government policy and services.works towards the Government's objective of ensuring that the women's agenda is at the heart of government.
  
• The BBC Eyewitness site includes a section on gender equality focussing on women in Northern Ireland, and also on sexual orientation.
  
• The Men's Project seeks to tackle the issues facing local men and boys.
  
• The Northern Ireland Assembly and Women: assessing the gender deficit, by Margaret Ward, Democratic Dialogue, December 2000, uses data from Life and Times Survey.

Maintained by Paula Devine