Gender, Sexuality and the UN's SDGs: A Multidisciplinary Approach

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Against the backdrop of Covid-19, this edited volume will utilize a gendered lens to explore the United Nation’s Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), with a clear focus on challenging the omission of sexuality in relation to the SDGs as well as analyzing the ways in which the SDGs are also equally relevant for Western countries. While acknowledging the importance of these goals, contributors unpack the exclusion of marginalized genders and sexualities as well as how popular media and social media contribute to the wider understanding of issues of gender and sexuality and the SDGs. This volume also dispels assumptions about the irrelevance of SDGs to countries in the West, with a particular focus on the UK. Chapters examine a variety of topics including: HIV/AIDS, sex work, global migration, climate change and environmental sustainability, poverty, education, and sexual harassment. This collection will be of interest to scholars, researchers, and students across Sociology, Gender & Sexuality Studies, Education, Development Studies and Sustainability Studies. Contents Notes on Contributors List of Photos List of Tables Chapter 1: Introduction The Sustainable Development Goals Sexuality and the SDGs SDGs and the Wider Picture When it Comes to Gender and Sexuality Structure of the Book References Chapter 2: Have We Left Behind the Rainbow Warriors? The Climate Emergency and Its Impact on Global Queer People and Their Communities Introduction Shifting from ‘Climate Change’ to ‘Climate Emergency’ Giddens and the Climate Emergency as a ‘Back of the Mind Issue’ Hetero/cisnormative Structures and Homogenised Narratives—‘It Effects All of Us Equally’ The Disconnect in Climate Justice Movement Representation Queer Lives and Communities as ‘Beyond the Back of the Mind’ Queer People and the Climate Emergency—Where Are the Links? Resistance to This? Queer People and the Climate Emergency What Needs to Happen Next? Some Recommendations References Chapter 3: ‘Developed’: Administrative Violence in Sexual Diversity Asylum Claims at the UK Home Office Sexual Diversity Asylum Claims in Theory and Practice The Lived Experiences of Sexually Diverse Refugees Implications for States and the Sustainable Development Goal Framework Conclusion References Chapter 4: Vegansexuality: Troubling Gender and Sexuality Norms to Combat Climate Change Introduction Global Catastrophe The Role of Individuals Meat and Dairy Feed the Crisis Industrialised Animal Agriculture Nature’s Revenge? Meat and the Other Feminist Recognition of Shared Suffering Vegan Identity: Creating a Climate for Change Conclusion References Chapter 5: Ensuring Equitable, Equal, Empowering Education Why This, Why Now? Literacy as a Bedrock for Equity ‘The Golden Five’ A Diverse Curriculum Removing Barriers to Inclusivity Case Study 1: Shane Elsworth, Vice Principal Academic at Bede Academy, Blyth, Northumberland, UK Case Study 2: Rosanna Hume, Lead Practitioner for Intervention and Pupil Premium at St Wilfrid’s RC College, South Shields, UK Pupil Premium Strategies High-Quality Teaching Targeted Academic Support Wider Strategies Strategically Identifying Children in Need of Support Girl-Kind References Chapter 6: The Sustainable Development Paradox: The Economics of Child Marriage and Prevention Within India’s Neoliberal Landscape Introduction Global Overview of Child Marriage Development as an Economic Endeavour Gender Blindness and Development Child Marriage as a Development Issue Poverty, Dowry, and the Commodification of Girls Development Efforts Through Cash Transfers The SDG Paradox Conclusion References Chapter 7: (In)decent Work for All? How the Decriminalisation of Sex Work Is Crucial to Achieving the SDGs Acknowledging the Work in Sex Work Theoretical Perspectives and Legal Regulation ‘Everyone Works, But Not Everyone Is Employed’ The Case for Decriminalisation Rights for All? References Chapter 8: Sharing Stories of an Experience Shared: From ‘Me Too’ as Narrative to #MeToo as Political Movement Introduction Small Stories, Big Stories, and Social Networks Twitter, Public Spaces, and Mediated Narratives Theoretical Framework Data Description Some Numbers Narratives of Personal Experience Representing Acts of Sexual Aggression A Lack of Familiarity with the Medium A New Discursive Arena The Me Too Narrative #MeToo as ‘Second Story’ The ‘Tale’ Me Too #MeToo 2017 Tellers Forms of Telling Non-narrative Actions #MeToo as a Collective Concluding Remarks References Chapter 9: Gender-Based Violence in Higher Education: A Case Study of an Institution in England Fourth Wave Feminism in the UK The Rise of Feminist Activism and the Links with MeToo The UK Context Methods Data and Analysis Conclusion and Recommendations References Chapter 10: Relating the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals to Trans and Marginalised Gender Identities: Are They Adequate? Introduction Trans Identities and the UN Sustainable Development Goals Data and Analysis The Narratives of Trans Identities in News Media Debating Identity Trans People as Drains on Resources Trans People as Peculiarities and Novelties The Problematic Language of Gender-Variant Identities in the Media Conclusion References Chapter 11: Hate, Disgust, and Restrictive Eating: Abusive Comments on Body-Inclusive Posts on Instagram Introduction What Is Instagram? Body Positivity, Body Love, and Body Neutrality Online Abuse and Hate Method and Methodology Data Analysis Food Restriction Dignity and Disrespect Disgust Weight Bias Conclusion References Chapter 12: ‘T’Ain’t Right, T’Ain’t Fair, T’Ain’t Proper’: Examining the Representations of Women in Poldark Representation, Gender and Adaptation Domesticity, Laws and Sexual Violence Conclusion References Chapter 13: Are Stay-at-Home Dads Real Men? The Potential of Critical Media Literacy to Enhance Teacher Training Introduction Sustainability Goals Changing Patterns in Gendered Expectations Different Ways of Understanding Gender/Agency Understanding Sustainability in Higher Education The Contribution of Universal Design for Learning and Multiple Forms of Representation Graduate Skills Analysis of Stay-at-Home Fathers in Motherland and Working Moms with Students Conclusions References Index