It is our belief that no piece of research is complete unless it
takes account of gender as an independent variable and that no policy document
is adequate unless it addresses issues of equality of opportunity. However
we also think it can be dangerous to regard gender (or, indeed, race or disability)
as homogenous and unvarying, so that 'men', 'women', 'black people', 'white
people' or 'the disabled' are assumed to have common interests which can
be represented adequately by a few token individuals. It is also dangerous to assume that people from any given category
can speak only about their experiences as members of that category.
Black people are not only (or necessarily) experts on race. They are just
as likely to be able to give an overview of any other subject as are white
people. Similarly, women are not necessarily expert on the subject of gender
or inexpert on other subjects. Within each of these groups there is infinite variety and every
individual has something unique to express which transcends these categories.
The justification for using them is that many, if not most, social institutions
still diminish this individual potential by conscious or unconscious systems
of categorisation or stereotyping which result in inequalities. While people
are still treated unequally because they are female, or black or disabled,
then it is necessary for social researchers to continue to think in these
categories, and monitor the differences. Here are some publications by Ursula Huws which explicitly address
issues of gender and inequality. Where you see a link, this leads either
to a downloadable version of the publication itself or to further information
about how to get hold of it. - 'Telearbeit in Europa/Teleworking in Europe' in Arbeit
2002:Zukunft der Frauen/Employment 2002: the Future for Women,Cyba, E. and Knipp, M. (eds) Federal Ministry for Women's Affairs,
Austria, in association with the European Commission and Archimedia
(bilingual German/English), Vienna, 1999
- 'Teleworking and telematics' in
Women'space, Volume 4 no 1, 1999
- 'Flexible Labour Markets and Equality Between the Sexes:
threat or opportunity?' in Mosconi, N., (ed) Égalité des
Sexes en Éducation et Formation, Presses Universitaries de France,
Paris, 1998
- 'Autonomy, power and gender: telematics and the paradox of choice' published in Swedish as
'Distansarbete Kraver en Valfardsstat' in Manniskan Jobbeet & den Nya Industrin, a book edited by Lars Skold and Gunnar von Sydow published by the Svensa Industritjanstemannaforbundet (SIF) 1997
- 'Bread and Roses: reflections on women's politics at the end
of the twentieth century' in
Red Pepper, October, 1997
- 'Le Télétravail', in Diversification du Temps
de Travail, Itineraires Professionels et Egalité Professionnelle'
, Conseil Superieur de l'Egalité Professionnelle, Ministère
des Affaires Sociales, de la Santé et de la Ville, France, February,
1996
- Follow-up to the White Paper- Teleworking, European Commission
Directorate General V, September, 1994, also published as Social Europe,
Supplement 3, European Commission DGV, 1995 (includes section on equality
of opportunity) also published in German
and French
- 'Teleworking and Training for Women' in Franceskides, R. and
De Troy, C. (eds) A Wider Vision: Reflections on Women's Training,
IRIS, 1995
- 'Reflections on Twenty Years Research on Women and Technology',
in Mitter and Rowbotham, eds, Women Encounter Technology, UN University
Instititute of Technology and Routledge, 1995
- Gertie Roche, Policy Research Unit, Leeds Polytechnic,
1992 (an extended article about a remarkable woman, active in politics, trade
unions and the women's movement in the North of England from the 1920s to
the 1980s)
- 'The Global Restructuring of Service Industries and its Implications
for Women' in IRENE Newsletter, Industrial Restructuring Network Europe,
March, 1991
- 'Equality with Whom? Tensions between the Individual and Collective
Aspirations of Women in the Workplace' in, The Construction of Sex/Gender.
What is a Feminist Perspective?, Swedish Council for Research in the
Humanities and the Social Sciences, 1990
- 'Grasping the Political Nettle: Job Design' in Women and
the Built Environment Quarterly, Issue 14: the Office, 1990
- Negotiating Equality, Workers Education Association, Studies
for Trade Unionists Series, October l989
- What Price Flexibility?: the Casualisation of Women's Employment,
(co-author with Hurstfield, J. and Holtmaat, R.), Low Pay Unit,
September l989
- 'Danger: women at work', New Statesman & Society,
March l989
- Negotiating for Equality, a guide to tackling sex discrimination
in collective agreements, Equal Opportunities Commission, l988
- Women's Employment in Brent, Brent Local Economy Resource
Unit, for the London Borough of Brent, 1988
- Women Working, A Woman's Guide to Rights at Work , Channel
4 Publications, l988
- 'Bargaining for Equality', Labour Research, April 1987
- Equal Opportunities for Local Authority Workers: the Trade
Union Experience in Seven London Boroughs, London Strategic Policy Unit,
Empirica, 1987
- Home Sweet Workplace: Report of a survey into the employment
needs of people with severe disabilities with particular reference to homeworking,
GLC Equal Opportunities Group, 1986 (co-author with Ashok,
H. and Hall, J.) (looks inter alia at the interactions of gender,
race and disability in structuring patterns of dependence)
- 'The effects of AI on women's lives', in Artificial Intelligence
for Society, ed Gill, K.S., John Wiley, 1986
- Who Cares?, a survey of childcare facilities in Greater
London, GLC Equal Opportunities Group, 1985
- 'Ten years of women's employment' in The Invisible Decade,
eds Ashton, G. and Bannerjee, L., Gower Press, 1985
- 'Hiraeth' in Truth Dare or Promise: Girls Growing up in the
Fifties, Heron, L (ed), Virago, 1985
- 'Le moderne lavoratrici a domicilio', in Terminal Donne,
eds Manacorda, P.M. and Piva, P., Studi e Richerche 46, Edizioni
Lavoro, Rome 1985
- 'Terminal Isolation: the Atomisation of Work and Leisure in
the Wired Society', in Making Waves, Radical Science 16, Winter/Spring
1985
- Keying into Careers: Opportunities for Keyboard Operators
in the GLC's Central Reprographic Service and Central Computer Service,
Greater London Council Equal Opportunities Group, 1984
- 'Opening Address, ISIS International Conference on New Technology
and Women's Employment', ISIS Bulletin, Geneva, Autumn 1983
- Your Job in the Eighties: a woman's guide to the effects of
new technology, Pluto Press, 1982
- 'Chips on the Cheap: South East Asian Women Pay the Price',
in Scarlet Women No 14, January, 1982
- 'Domestic Technology: liberator or enslaver?' in Scarlet
Women, No 14, January 1982, reprinted in Sweeping Statements: Writings
from the Women's Liberation Movement 1981-1983, eds Kanter, Lefanu, Shah
and Spedding, The Women's Press, 1984
- New Technology and Women's Employment: Case Studies from West
Yorkshire, Equal Opportunities Commission, 1982
- The Impact of New Technology on Women's Employment in West
Yorkshire, Leeds Trade Union and Community Resource and Information Centre, 1980
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