These proceedings represent the work of contributors to the 3rd International Conference on Gender Research (ICGR 2020), hosted by the University of Reading, UK. The Conference Chair is Dr Karen Jones and the Programme Co-Chairs are Professor Claire Collins, Professor Madeleine Davies, Professor Marina Della Giust and Professor Grace James, all from University of Reading. The conference was due to run at University of Reading in April 2020 but due to the global COVID-19 pandemic the conference was postponed. We plan to run the conference virtually or physically later in the year and hope that the invited keynote speakers will be able join us then. ICGR is a well-established event on the academic research calendar and in its 3rd year the key aim remains the opportunity for participants to share ideas and research. The subjects covered illustrate the wide range of topics that fall into this important and ever-growing area of research. The opening keynote presentation is given by Heather Joshi, from the Centre for Longitudinal Studies, UCL Institute of Education on the topic of Parenthood and Paid Work: conflict, compromise and compatibility. The second day of the conference will open with an address by Julie Bindel, journalist, writer, broadcaster and researcher who will talk about What do we do about male violence? These proceedings represent the work of contributors to the 3rd International Conference on Gender Research (ICGR 2020), hosted by the University of Reading, UK. The Conference Chair is Dr Karen Jones and the Programme Co-Chairs are Professor Claire Collins, Professor Madeleine Davies, Professor Marina Della Giust and Professor Grace James, all from University of Reading. The conference was due to run at University of Reading in April 2020 but due to the global COVID-19 pandemic the conference was postponed. We plan to run the conference virtually or physically later in the year and hope that the invited keynote speakers will be able join us then. ICGR is a well-established event on the academic research calendar and in its 3rd year the key aim remains the opportunity for participants to share ideas and research. The subjects covered illustrate the wide range of topics that fall into this important and ever-growing area of research. The opening keynote presentation is given by Heather Joshi, from the Centre for Longitudinal Studies, UCL Institute of Education on the topic of Parenthood and Paid Work: conflict, compromise and compatibility. The second day of the conference will open with an address by Julie Bindel, journalist, writer, broadcaster and researcher who will talk about What do we do about male violence? With an initial submission of 194 abstracts, after the double blind, peer review process there are 30 Academic research papers, 9 PhD research papers and 3 work-in-progress papers published in these Conference Proceedings. These papers represent research from Argentina, Australia, Bangladesh, Belgium, Canada, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Egypt, Germany, Hungary, Indonesia, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Japan, Kuwait, Mexico, Morocco, Nigeria, Pakistan, Poland, Portugal, Qatar, Russia, Slovenia, South Africa, Spain, Sri Lanka, The Netherlands, UAE, UK, USA, Vietnam and Zambia.

Conference Proceedings of 4th International Conference on Gender Research

These proceedings represent the work of contributors to the 4th International Conference on Gender Research (ICGR 2021), hosted by University of Aveiro, Portugal on 21-22 June 2021. The Conference Co-Chairs are Professor Elisabeth T. Pereira and Professor Carlos Costa, and the Programme Chair is Professor Zélia Breda, all from University of Aveiro, Portugal. ICGR is a well-established event on the academic research calendar and now in its 4th year the key aim remains the opportunity for participants to share ideas and meet the people who hold them. The conference was due to be held at The University of Aveiro, Portugal but due to the global Covid-19 pandemic it was moved online to be held as a virtual event. The scope of papers will ensure an interesting two days. The subjects covered illustrate the wide range of topics that fall into this important and ever-growing area of research. The opening keynote presentation is given by Professor Vanessa Ratten, from La Trobe University, Victoria, Australia on the topic of Gender, Ageing and Entrepreneurial Ecosystems. The second day of the conference will open with an address by Professor Erica Wilson, Southern Cross University, NSW, Australia who will talk about Gender in the time of COVID: Imagining a more Inclusive (Tourism) World. With an initial submission of 113 abstracts, after the double blind, peer review process there are 37 Academic research papers, 2 PhD research papers, 1 Masters Research paper and 8 work-in-progress papers published in these Conference Proceedings. These papers represent research from, Austria, Belgium, Canada, Denmark, Iceland, India, Iran, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Mexico, Nigeria, North Cyprus, Poland, Portugal, South Africa, Spain, Turkey, UK, UAE, USA and Vietnam