Colonial Hotspots: Reflecting On My Conditional Citizenship As A ‘Coloured’ [Woman] In Post-Apartheid South Africa,
2022
University of Pretoria
Colonial Hotspots: Reflecting On My Conditional Citizenship As A ‘Coloured’ [Woman] In Post-Apartheid South Africa, Danille Arendse
Journal of International Women's Studies
The prevailing geopolitical situation has perpetuated epistemic and ontological violence against the citizens of Africa. This indicates that geopolitics have an impact on socio-spatial relations and human interactions that may affect the citizenship of oppressed persons. This paper contains reflections on the conditional citizenship of the author, who is legally identified as a Coloured [woman] in post-Apartheid South Africa. The racial classification Coloured [women], which was created during Apartheid, remains a divisive racial category in post-Apartheid South Africa, one that preserves stereotypes and negative connotations. The author draws the reader’s attention to her geographical location as a specific site of …
Decoding The Internet Trolls And Their Implications On Female Youtubers,
2022
Symbiosis Institute of Media & Communication
Decoding The Internet Trolls And Their Implications On Female Youtubers, Tanaya Salian, Munmun Ghosh
Journal of International Women's Studies
YouTube was one of the first platforms fuelling every layperson's dream to get a taste of stardom. Standing true to its promise, it exposed everyone to content creation and every aspect of fame that comes with content creation. The good, the bad, and the ugly side of the online platform involve the trolls and hate comments on the online platforms. It was eventually noticed that the trolling phenomena are shaping up biasedly and follow gender inequality recently. The online trolls are severe and ugly, especially for female content creators. The comments were harsh, demeaning and sometimes vindictive. Looking at this …
Corporeal Crisis And The Contested Female Terrain: An Ecofeminist Reading Of Nathaniel Hawthorne’S “The Birth-Mark”,
2022
An-Najah National University in Palestine
Corporeal Crisis And The Contested Female Terrain: An Ecofeminist Reading Of Nathaniel Hawthorne’S “The Birth-Mark”, Ahmad Qabaha
Journal of International Women's Studies
This paper originally and substantially studies Nathaniel Hawthorne’s “The Birth-Mark” from an ecofemninsit perspective, while exploring the interconnections and interdependency between the systematic and institutional ways in which the woman and nature were dominated by male-centred society in 19th century society. It explores the ways in which this interconnection mirrors the hegemonic and repressive structure of 19th century patriarchal Victorian culture, paying particular attention to the oppressive mechanisms operating on feminine human and non-human beings. More importantly, this article accounts for the story’s critique of the multifaceted domination of nature and female terrain. This article builds on significant contributions to …
Addressing Gender Disparities Through Folklore: A Cultural Study Of Female Child Appellation Among The Bāsukuma Of Tanzania,
2022
university of Dodoma (UDOM)
Addressing Gender Disparities Through Folklore: A Cultural Study Of Female Child Appellation Among The Bāsukuma Of Tanzania, John P. Madoshi
Journal of International Women's Studies
Among the Bāsukuma, folklore plays a significant role in describing different issues pertaining to their society and culture. Gender is one of the important issues emulated through female appellation. Some of the female names describe a gender tug of war which involves not only married couples but also families of the couples. In this conflict, names particularly of female children are used by each side as a means of channeling a particular message which signifies grievances of the sufferers. Nevertheless, the appellation is done in such a metaphoric way as to call for a meticulous literary examination analysis.
Women’S Empowerment And The Well-Being Of The Unemployed Women In Yakurr, Nigeria,
2022
University of Calabar
Women’S Empowerment And The Well-Being Of The Unemployed Women In Yakurr, Nigeria, Achoda Thomas Omang, John Thompson Okpa, Ofem Nnana Okoi
Journal of International Women's Studies
Issues on women’s deprivation, marginalization and empowerment are well documented in literature. The impact of women’s empowerment on the well-being of unemployed women in Yakurr Local Government Area of Cross River State, Nigeria, is yet to receive sufficient investigation from scholars. Thus, this study explores the relationship between women’s empowerment and the well-being of the unemployed women, aged 18-45 years in Yakurr Local Government Area of Cross River State, Nigeria. It specifically examines the types and access to available women’s empowerment programmes, the nature of empowerment programmes that women have benefitted from, as well as areas of positive impact in …
Lack Of Data And Dialogue On Female Genital Mutilation In Pakistan,
2022
Bridgewater State University
Lack Of Data And Dialogue On Female Genital Mutilation In Pakistan, Huda Syyed
Journal of International Women's Studies
Female genital mutilation (FGM) affects women in many countries and carries significant socio-sexual and cultural implications such as affected female sexual pleasure and a strong association with traditions which are believed to form a cultural identity. This essay explored the lack of data and discourse regarding this practice among the Dawoodi Bohra community in Pakistan. Due to the Pakistani government’s lack of recognition and public dialogue on this issue, there remains no official laws, statistics, or empirical research about the ritual. Despite the rise of feminism and women’s empowerment in many contemporary societies, Pakistan has not initiated any FGM debate …
Cultural Autonomy As Impregnable Armour: Locating Black Feminist Autoethnography In Gloria Naylor's Mama Day,
2022
Faculty of Indian and Foreign Languages Akal University, Talwandi Sabo, Bathinda, Punjab, India
Cultural Autonomy As Impregnable Armour: Locating Black Feminist Autoethnography In Gloria Naylor's Mama Day, Adishree Vats, Anurag Kumar
Journal of International Women's Studies
The present paper argues that Gloria Naylor's Mama Day (1988) embodies Black Feminist Autoethnography that critiques and commemorates her spectacular art of constructing cultural-autonomy within the marginal sphere of Willow Springs, permitting the inhabitants, especially the women of the island, to shield their individual identities, as well as combat the hegemonic pseudo power-structure. By eliminating the conventions of white contemporary bureaus, and alternatively putting up rational sets of credence, ethics, and practices, the novel embellishes the rhetorical manufacturing of cultural-autonomy, ultimately encapsulating the ethical-cum-mythical undertakings of the Black America. This effectuation of their own ethical reservoirs by these resistive cultures …
Book Review: Anti-Gender Politics In The Populist Moment,
2022
University of Helsinki
Book Review: Anti-Gender Politics In The Populist Moment, Didem Unal
Journal of International Women's Studies
No abstract provided.
Book Review: Rape: From Lucretia To #Metoo,
2022
York University in Toronto, Canada
Book Review: Rape: From Lucretia To #Metoo, Anjalee Nadarajan
Journal of International Women's Studies
No abstract provided.
Book Review: The Reckless Kind,
2022
Banaras Hindu University
Book Review: The Reckless Kind, Ragini Mishra
Journal of International Women's Studies
No abstract provided.
Book Review: Taking A Long Look: Essays On Culture, Literature, And Feminism In Our Time,
2022
Jadavpur University, India
Book Review: Taking A Long Look: Essays On Culture, Literature, And Feminism In Our Time, Soma Mandal
Journal of International Women's Studies
No abstract provided.
Book Review: Women In The Kurdish Movement: Mothers, Comrades And Goddesses,
2022
Middlesex University London
Book Review: Women In The Kurdish Movement: Mothers, Comrades And Goddesses, Necla Acik
Journal of International Women's Studies
No abstract provided.
The Transformation Of The Social Imaginary On Women’S Sexuality In Indonesian Literature From The New Order To Reformasi Eras,
2022
Universitas Gadjah Mada, Indonesia
The Transformation Of The Social Imaginary On Women’S Sexuality In Indonesian Literature From The New Order To Reformasi Eras, Wening Udasmoro, Nur Saktiningrum
Journal of International Women's Studies
In this research, we explored the social imaginary that relates to women’s sexuality based on the writings of several prominent Indonesian female authors. We argue that the social imaginary is not only a social construction but also a construct created through an individual’s active participation. Historically, the social imaginary in Indonesia has been tied to nationalism; however, it has gradually shifted toward the individual perspective. In particular, this study examined the construction of the social imaginary in Indonesia by comparing and differentiating literary works created under two political regimes: the authoritarian New Order regime (1968–1998) and the more democratic Reformasi …
Violence Against Media Personas: A Comparative Study Of Women Journalists In Pakistan And England,
2022
University of Central Punjab, Pakistan
Violence Against Media Personas: A Comparative Study Of Women Journalists In Pakistan And England, Iqra Iqbal
Journal of International Women's Studies
Gender is a critical tool for studying power dynamics within various organisations. The primary objective of this study is to examine how gender-targeted assault against females has increased in the profession of journalism. Below is a comprehensive picture of the extent of dangerous situations to which many women working in news media of England and Pakistan were subjected to. This research presents the insidious coercion endured by female journalists and considers how these incidents affect their ability to conduct their work on a professional level in the media industries of each country. It is important to note that the objective …
Social Construction Of Female Infertility: A Qualitative Study Of Women With Female Factor Infertility Diagnosis,
2022
Department of Sociology, College of Business and Social Sciences, Landmark University, Nigeria
Social Construction Of Female Infertility: A Qualitative Study Of Women With Female Factor Infertility Diagnosis, Oluwakemi Shade Iwelumor, Shariffah Suraya Syed Jamaludin, Kunle Seun Babatunde
Journal of International Women's Studies
Infertility, though a global reproductive problem, is uniquely constructed within different socio-cultural contexts. This study explored the social construction of the meaning of infertility among women by focusing on a sample of married women with female factor infertility diagnoses experiencing primary infertility in Kwara South, Nigeria. The study adopted a qualitative approach. Nine women were recruited through the snowball sampling technique. Data were collected through semi-structured in-depth interviews and analyzed using thematic analysis with Atlas.ti 8. The findings are presented in three themes: ‘when delay becomes a problem,’ ‘confirming suspicion,’ and ‘defining the situation.’ By exploring the perceptions of infertile …
The Devadasi System: An Exploitation Of Women And Children In The Name Of God And Culture,
2022
University of South Africa
The Devadasi System: An Exploitation Of Women And Children In The Name Of God And Culture, Tameshnie Deane
Journal of International Women's Studies
This article looks at an ancient tradition of India called devadasis, which literally means “servant of God”. It requires girls as young as four years to be ‘married’ or ‘dedicated’ to a temple deity. Once a revered practice, over time the traditions evolved allowing women and children to become sexually exploited in the name of God. Looking at the reasons for the difficulty in combating this issue, this paper will first analyse its practices through a historical lense. Secondly, the extent of this exploitative practice will be discussed, and a major objective will be to explore the cultural underpinnings of …
The Traumatic Effect Of The Japanese War On Women In Rani Manicka’S Selected Novels,
2022
Department of English, Faculty of Modern Languages and Communication, University Putra Malaysia
The Traumatic Effect Of The Japanese War On Women In Rani Manicka’S Selected Novels, Somia Ayaicha, Manimangai Mani, Mohamed Ewan Bin Awang, Rania Khelifa Chelihi
Journal of International Women's Studies
The Second World War which lasted from 1939-1945 left a deep dent in the lives of many victims in the world. The four-year Japanese rule in Malaya created a permanent scar in the hearts of the Malayans which lingered on even after many decades. The sufferings of the Malayan people under the inhuman Japanese army are clearly depicted in the two novels selected for this research, Rani Manicka’s The Rice Mother (2002) and The Japanese Lover (2010). The novels are about how women are subjected to the effects of war during the Japanese occupation, the pain of separation from a …
Kerala Needs A Women’S Movement For Breast Cancer: An Exploratory Study On Breast Cancer Awareness In Kerala,
2022
IIT Madras
Kerala Needs A Women’S Movement For Breast Cancer: An Exploratory Study On Breast Cancer Awareness In Kerala, Sheeja Rajagopal
Journal of International Women's Studies
The incidence of breast cancer is on the rise globally, and the Indian state of Kerala is no exception. Kerala has a vibrant and exciting history of social and political struggles centered on the female breast, as is evidenced by the system of breast tax applicable to lower caste women and the breast cloth revolt. Despite this long history of public attention, the diseased female breast remains an area of silence. In Western countries, the Breast Cancer Movement has played a significant role in bringing awareness on breast cancer. Unlike in the Western world and certain other parts of India, …
From Housewives And Mothers To Mules: The Case Of Latin American Women Prisoners In Spain,
2022
Department of Sociology and Social Work (University of Huelva, Spain)
From Housewives And Mothers To Mules: The Case Of Latin American Women Prisoners In Spain, Joaquina Castillo-Algarra, Marta Ruiz-García
Journal of International Women's Studies
Latin American women play a key role in the international cocaine business as couriers or mules. Beginning from theoretical perspectives that explain the relationship between criminality and gender, we analyze why women without a criminal background become criminals, how they become involved in trafficking, their positions and functions in the criminal organization, and the risks and benefits of their participation. Qualitative fieldwork was carried out based on in-depth interviews with fifty-one female inmates and twenty members of prison staff from nine Spanish prisons. A thematic analysis has been carried out based on this data. The results reveal that the prevalent …
"Abayomi, We Are The Revolution": Women's Rights And Samba At Rio De Janeiro,
2022
Master’s Degree in Law by the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ) in 2017 and the Bachelor's Degree in Law by the Federal University of Santa Maria (UFSM) in 2015
"Abayomi, We Are The Revolution": Women's Rights And Samba At Rio De Janeiro, Paula Dürks Cassol
Journal of International Women's Studies
The advent of the feminist movement in the twentieth century made it possible for socially organized women to begin seeking for the recognition of their rights and the change of gender roles which were socially built. Women’s rights started to be recognized as a human right. However, criteria of race and class have always been relevant, and have provided privileged positions for white women in the pursuit and attainment of rights, while black women continue to be stigmatized, remaining in the base of the social pyramid. In this regard, this paper questions: What is the relation between feminism and the …
