Equality, Diversity and Inclusion: Volume 32 Issue 6

Rethinking differences and inequality at the age of globalization: A case study of white immigrant domestic workers in the global city of Chicago

Shu‐Ju Ada Cheng

The purpose of this paper is to use the case of white immigrant women domestics’ experiences in migration to demonstrate that their work experiences are different due to their…

New maids – new butlers? Polish domestic workers in Germany and commodification of social reproductive work

Ewa Palenga‐Möllenbeck

In the last decades, migration of domestic workers and, in particular, care workers has grown into a significant part of movement from the global South to the global North. This…

“People like us”: experiencing difference in the working life of immigrant women

Huriye Aygören, Monika Wilińska

The main aim of this article is to research the lived experience of difference. In this article, the authors are interested in the field of working life in the context of…

Working hard with gender: Gendered labour for women in male dominated occupations of manual trades and information technology (IT)

Louisa Smith

Manual trades and information technology (IT) are male‐dominated occupations and as such cultivate unique forms of hegemonic masculinity. Women entering these occupations…

“Psychopolitics” at work: the subjective turn in labour and the question of feminization

Alexandra Rau

The purpose of this paper is to discuss the relationship between recent transformations of labour and corresponding predictions made to gender equity. It reflects in particular…

Gender, diversity and migration – challenges to Nordic welfare, gender politics and research

Birte Siim

The aim of the article is to discuss the challenges from immigration to Nordic (gender) politics, theories and research. The research question is to what extent Nordic welfare and…

Age Discrimination – Ageism in Employment and Service Provision

Jacqueline Stephenson

Special issue on Critical transitions: the (re-)production of gender (in-)equality in the life course

Making the difference – critical perspectives on the configuration of work, diversity and inequalities

Brigitte Aulenbacher, Cacilia Innreiter-Moser