The research must develop a concreate thesis and support that thesis by providing multiple arguments with rich concrete examples comparing the countries (Russia, Iran, UK). You must also address any potential criticisms or weaknesses of your thesis.
Resources
> Russia
Pisklakova-Parker, Marina. “Gender Issues in Russia.” 19 June 2022, www.jstor.org/stable/resrep41975
Abbas S. M. S. (2016). Nigerian employees’ study on locus of control and subjective well being: North Eastern context. Indian Journal of Applied Research, 6 (4), 374–378.
Rebrey S. M. (2021). Gender equality: Interlinkages within SDGs and official development assistance. World and National Economy, 4 (in Russian). mirec.mgimo.ru/2021/2021-04/gender-equality-sgp
Rebrey S. (2022). Inequality of opportunities among women and men in Russia: An agency analysis based on the World Values Survey. Woman in Russian Society, 4, 22–32. doi.org/10.21064/WinRS.2022.4.3
Nikolaev I., Marchenko T., Tochilina O. (2018). The gender gap in pay. Society and Economy, 2, 59–79 (in Russian).
Kalabikhina I., Rebrey S. (2020). Household chores amid pandemic: Russia’s case. Woman in Russian Society, 3, 65–77 (in Russian). doi.org/10.21064/WinRS.2020.3.6
Muravyeva, Marianna. “Women’s Rights and the Russian Constitution: 30 years of Failure”, 2024/2/09, verfassungsblog.de/womens-rights-and-the-russian-constitution
Ferris-Rotman, Amie. “Putin’s War on Women”, April 9, 2018, foreignpolicy.com/2018/04/09/putins-war-on-women
“Protest, Persecution, And Prison: Women’s Anti-War Resistance In Putin’s Russia”, 9 Feb, 2023, iapss.org/protest-persecution-and-prison-womens-anti-war-resistance-in-putins-russia/
Human Rights Watch. (2022, March 9). Russia: Brutal Arrests and Torture, Ill-Treatment of Anti-War Protesters. Retrieved from Human Rights Watch: www.hrw.org/news/2022/03/09/russia-brutal-arrests-and-torture-ill-treatment-anti-war-protesters
> Iran
Tohidi, Nayereh. “Women’s rights and feminist movements in Iran.” An overview of how the Iranian women’s movement has emerged in the face of unique contexts, 2016, sur.conectas.org/wp-content/uploads/
Glob J Health Sci. 2014 Jul, 6(4): 226–235. www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4825391/
Kaveh, T. M. et al. (2014). Comparative study of women’s political participation in the constitutional period, Pahlavi and the Islamic Republic of Iran. Quarterly Journal of Sociological Studies of Youth, 5(16), 107‒122.
Koulaei, E. (2019). Women’s social rights in Iran; Forty years after the revolution. per.euronews.com/2019/02/10/women-social-rights-in-iran-forty-years-after-the-revolution
Masoudnia, H., Nazari, M., & Mohammadifar, N. (2013). A comparative study of the presence of women in the legislature: Developments before and after the Islamic Revolution of Iran. Journal of Women in Development and Politics, 11(4), 575‒594.
Negin, V. (2019). Women have to work many times more than men to be seen. www.isna.ir/news/97120804542
Maliheh, Mousanejad. “Women’s Status in the Process of Socio-Political Development in Iran”, 22 March 2023 ink.springer.com/chapter
Hashem, Kaitlyn. “Iran: The Politics of Women’s Rights and Hypocrisy”, 21 Feb 2023 carnegieendowment.org/sada/89079
Mittelhammer, Barbara. Sepehri, Tara. Tahmasebi, Sussan. “Rethinking the EU’s Approach to Women’s Rights in Iran”, 25 April 2023, carnegieeurope.eu/2023/04/25/
Burkova, Rozalina. “It’s a Men’s Club” Discrimination Against Women in Iran’s Job Market. May 25, 2017, www.hrw.org/report/2017/05/26/its-mens-club/discrimination-against-women-irans-job-market
> UK
Francis-Devine, Brigid. Hutton, Georgina. “Women and the UK economy”, 04 March, 2024, https://commonslibrary.parliament.uk/research-briefings/sn06838/
Holly Dustin, Dr Helen Mott and Nicola Waterworth, with Gillian Cowell and Janet Veitch. “Gender equality and the empowerment of women and girls in the UK”, October 2016, www.britishcouncil.org/research-insight/gender-equality-empowerment-women-girls-uk
BUSINESS ENVIRONMENT PROFILES – UNITED KINGDOM. “Female Participation Rate in the Labour Force” 04 October, 2022, https://www.ibisworld.com/uk/bed/female-participation-rate-in-the-labour-force/157/
Bosworth, Derek. “Opportunities and outcomes in education and work: Gender effects”, November, 2015, assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/5a815349ed915d74e33fd95d/
Esteban Ortiz-Ospina, Sandra Tzvetkova and Max Roser. “Women’s Employment”, March 2018, https://ourworldindata.org/female-labor-supply
Ambavat, Shruti. “Women’s Progress in the UK Workplace”, 26 February, 2024, https://diversity-mark-ni.co.uk/womens-progress-in-the-uk-workplace/
Catalyst, Quick Take: Women in the Workforce – UK (July 9, 2020). www.catalyst.org/research/women-in-the-workforce-uk/
Higher Education Statistics Agency (HESA), Higher Education Student Statistics: UK, 2018/19 – Student Numbers and Characteristics (January 29, 2020) www.hesa.ac.uk/news/16-01-2020/sb255-higher-education-student-statistics/numbers
Office for National Statistics, Female Employment Rate (Aged 16 to 64, Seasonally Adjusted) (June 16, 2020) www.ons.gov.uk/employmentandlabourmarket/peopleinwork/employmentandemployeetypes/timeseries/lf25/lms
Kate, Whiting. “This UK campaign is working to close the politics gender gap”, 11 May, 2021, https://www.weforum.org/agenda/2021/05/politics-gender-gap-uk-50-50-parliament/
