New article published by two of our directors Dr Stroma Cole and Dr Lucy Ferguson
“Towards a gendered political economy of water and tourism” has been published by Taylor & Francis Online. It is available here. In many holiday destinations, the tourism industry exerts an enormous strain on water supplies. This generates a range of social problems, not least because local inhabitants often have to compete with the tourism […]
Daniela Moreno Alarcon a panellist at ILO event “Green Jobs – Pathways to a Sustainable Future”
Our Director Daniela Moreno Alarcon is a panellist today (24 July 2015) in Mindelo, Cape Verde, at an ILO event “Green Jobs – Pathways to a Sustainable Future”. Her presentation will explore the issue of the issue of Green jobs and the Empowerment of women. She will focus in particular on the challenges and opportunities […]
Stroma Cole’s chapter in a forthcoming book
Our Director Stroma Cole has been busy recently, including working on a chapter for a new book. The chapter, entitled ‘A Gendered Political Ecology of Tourism and Water’ has been accepted for inclusion in Mary Mostafanezhad, Roger Norum, Eric Shelton, Anna Thompson (eds) Political Ecology of Tourism: Community, Power and the Environment. New York and […]
Daniela Moreno Alarcon’s work in Cape Verde
Our Director Daniela Moreno Alarcon is currently spending a month in Cape Verde, working on a project with UN Women. The project involves developing an action plan for Gender and Tourism. We’ll post an update on Dani’s work once she returns.
New report by two of our Associates and others: The Gender Gap in the Tourism Academy
Two of our Associates, Ana Maria Munar and Dianne Dredge, are co-authors of a new report: The Gender Gap in the Tourism Academy: Statistics and Indicators of Gender Equality. Click here to read the full report and here to watch a video with Ana and Dianne about the project “While Waiting for the Dawn’. More […]
Lucy Ferguson’s paper on gender and tourism published in the International Encylopedia of Behavioural and Social Sciences
Our Director Lucy Ferguson has just had an article published in the International Encylopedia of Behavioural and Social Sciences: Tourism, the Millennium Development Goals, and Gender Equality. The article reports that while those representing the industry claim that tourism contributes to the Millennium Development Goals, there is little evidence to support this. Rather, tourism too […]
GenTour International Forum 1-2 July 2015
Our Associate Fiona Bakas is involved in organising GenTour’s International Forum on 1-2 July 2015 in Aveiro, Portugal. Titled “Re-engineering the tourism labour market through gender-aware research: Interdisciplinary approaches and future trends” the conference will include keynote speeches, participant presentations and interactive discussions to showcase trends of economic growth strategies and gender equality within the […]
Stroma Cole’s Bali presentation on tourism-related water shortages
Following Stroma’s widely published (2012, 2014 and 2015) study of tourism and water in Bali she was asked to give a seminar on the topic in Denpasar. Also addressing the very well attended seminar was the head of the Hotel and Restaurant association and the head of the water department. Stroma was asked to be […]
New paper by our Associate Fiona Bakas: Gender and Tourism Seasonality
Our Associate Fiona Bakas’ paper reports on research conducted in Crete. Her main, context-specific findings from this study were that seasonality is a positive thing for tourism handicraft micro-entrepreneurs; that it creates a liminal period at the beginning and end of each season where gender roles are re-negotiated; and that in tourism destinations characterized by […]
Daniela Moreno Alarcon’s paper published in new Spanish book on gender equality and tourism
Our Director Daniela Moreno Alarcon has co-authored a paper in a new book in Spanish about gender equality and tourism: Reflexiones y propuestas para un turismo responsable con enfoque de género La experiencia en la Isla de Santo Antão, Cabo Verde Daniela Moreno Alarcón y Nuria Tovar Velázquez The book is available here.
Dr Stroma Cole’s presentation on Water and Tourism in Bali
Our Director, Dr Stroma Cole, recently gave a presentation in Bali, Indonesia, concerning the water situation and crisis there as it relates to tourism. We’re happy to share some of the photos and articles reacting to the event here.
Watch an Interview with our Associate, Freya Higgins Desbiolles
Equality In Tourism Associate, Freya Higgins-Desbiolles, Senior Lecturer of Tourism at the University of South Australia, spoke at the IORA Summit 2014. Watch the video of her interview here. Participants from all 20 Indian Ocean Rim Association (IORA) countries across Africa, South and East Asia and the Middle-East called for greater investment in women’s productivity […]
Dr Stroma Cole awarded British Academy Research Grant
One of our directors, Dr Stroma Cole, has been given a British Academy grant to undertake a unique research project to explicitly explore the gender dimensions of the impact of tourism-related water scarcity in an emerging tourism destination. In Labuan Bajo, Indonesia the number of tourists has more than doubled in the past five years, […]
Daniela Moreno Alarcón’s Research in Nicaragua
During October and November 2014, Daniela Moreno Alarcón, a Director of Equality in Tourism, conducted research in Nicaragua regarding her PhD thesis “Tourism and Gender: an essential approach in the context of responsible and sustainable tourism”, which she is undertaking at the Complutense University of Madrid, Spain. She found that despite some success stories, themes […]
Associate’s Blog: Shirley Randell on improving secondary education in Bangladesh
News from our Associates: Equality In Tourism’s Associate Professor Shirley Randell reflects on her work to improve the quality of teaching in secondary schools in Bangladesh. Blog by Shirley Randell I have now returned to Bangladesh after the last nearly nine years in Rwanda, and am back in education – where I first began my […]
