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Místicas Y Disidentes: Feminismo Teresiano En La Literatura Latinoamericana Del Siglo Xx, Almudena Vidorreta

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This dissertation addresses for the first time a gender-based approach to the understanding of Spanish mystic Saint Teresa’s role as a symbol of feminism, language identity and creative writing theorization in 20^th-century Latin American literature. Saint Teresa (1515-1582) was not only a model in her role as an intellectual for authors such as Delmira Agustini (1886-1914), Gabriela Mistral (1889-1957), Victoria Ocampo (1890-1979), Alfonsina Storni (1892-1938), Juana de Ibarborou (1892-1979), Teresa Wilms Montt (1893-1921), Dulce María Loynaz (1902-1997), Silvina Ocampo (1903-1993), Mercedes García Tudurí (1904-1997) y Alejandra Pizarnik (1936-1972), among others, but also a literary referent for those who …

Book Review Essay: Me Not You: The Trouble With Mainstream Feminism, Rachel Phillips

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Book Review Essay Siren Song, Taimur Rahman

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Book Review Essay: Rethinking New Womanhood: Practices Of Gender, Class, Culture And Religion In South Asia, Soma Mandal

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Book Review: Gendering Caste: Through A Feminist Lens, Sabah Hussain

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Book Review: Feminisms: A Global History By Lucy Delap, Sara Corey

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Book Review: For The Love Of Men: A New Vision For Mindful Masculinity., Najla Al-Fardan

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Book Review: Women, Insecurity, And Violence In A Post-9/11 World, Lindsey Bressler

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Book Review: Ottoman Women During World War I: Everyday Experiences, Politics, And Conflict, Deniz Zeynep Leuenberger

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Book Review: War, Women, And Power: From Violence To Mobilization In Rwanda And Bosnia-Herzegovina, Ebru Demir

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Unorthodox. Maria Schrader. Produced By Anna Winger And Alexa Karolinski. 2020. Germany/Us, Subtitled. Los Gatos, Ca: Netflix. 3 Hours 33 Minutes., Selin Taftaf

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The Wine Table Spins, Bushra Al-Bustani, Wafaa A. Abdulaali

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Bushra Al-Bustanic (b.1949) was born in Mosul, Iraq. She is one of the most famous poets of the Arab world. She is also academic and critic. She published so far fifteen collections of poems, and numerous critical essays on Arabic literature, besides a collection of short stories, called Night Calls. She chaired several literary journals in Iraq and the Arab world. Her epic poem, Andalusian Songs for the Wounds of Iraq was translated into English by Wafaa A. Abdulaali and Sanna Dhahir and published by the Edwin Mellen Press (2008). Most of her poems talk about the love of …

Voices Of The Dead: A Documentary Research On The Scottish Women Of Calcutta, Sayan Dey, Tanmay Srivastava

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The process of writing, understanding and interpreting the histories of the European colonizers have always been infected with different forms of social, cultural, gender, and racial hierarchies. With respect to the gender perspective, usually, it is observed that historical narratives that are associated with European colonization in general and the colonization of India by the Europeans in particular are highly heteronormative and patriarchal in nature. In other words, the various socio-historical narratives that make an effort to eulogize the ‘contributions’ and the ‘sacrifices’ of the European colonizers mostly talk about European men and systemically and epistemically fail to acknowledge the …

From The Black African Holocaust (Maafa) To The United Nations: Routes, Roots, And Fruits: Maroon Women’S Journey To The 18th United Nations, Permanent Forum On Indigenous Issues (Unpfii) April 22- 25th 2019, Gaama G. Simms

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On April 22-25^th, 2019 Maroon Women Chambers of Cooperation representatives from three respective nation-states namely, Suriname, Jamaica and Trinidad & Tobago attended the 18^th Session of the U.N. Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues (UNPFII) at the United Nations Headquarters in New York. The theme for the forum was “Traditional Knowledge: Generational Transmission and Protection.” This essay explores the goals of that journey, its connection to other Maroon efforts to build Maroon unity in the Western Hemisphere and to establish ourselves as a Peoples, Indigenous and Tribal in the U.N. nomenclature to harness our international human rights.

Risks Of Hiv/Aids Transmission: A Study On The Perceptions Of The Wives Of Migrant Workers Of Bangladesh, Humayun Kabir, Syadani R. Fatema, Saiful Hoque, Jesmin Ara, Myfanwy Maple

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In recent years, an increasing number of Bangladeshi men have been working overseas. Whilst working abroad, some migrants engage in unprotected sexual activities, making them vulnerable to different kinds of sexually transmitted infections (STIs) including the Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV)/Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS). Upon return home, the wives of these migrant workers are also highly susceptible to contracting HIV/AIDS. This study explores how and what the wives of the migrant workers perceive as practices of health safety regarding HIV/AIDS. In this connection, the Health Belief Model (HBM) was used as a theoretical lens for this study. Data were collected …

Barriers To Workforce Re-Entry Among Single Mothers: Insights From Urban Areas In Sarawak, Malaysia, Weng M. Lim, Ida F. A. Badiozaman, Mung L. Voon

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Life can be challenging for single mothers unable to secure employment. However, little is known about the barriers that hinder single mothers’ re-entry into the workforce, more so in the context of urban areas in developing countries, the landscape of which differs from that of rural areas and developed countries. To address this gap, a study was conducted to investigate the barriers that single mothers encounter when re-entering the workforce in urban areas in developing countries, using a survey of 373 single mothers in urban Sarawak, Malaysia, as a case. The findings suggest that single mothers in urban areas considered …

Influencing Factors Of Fertility In Developing Countries: Evidence From 16 Dhs Data, Abdur Rahman, Md. Akhtarul Islam, Samia Yeasmin

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Objective: This study aims to identify factors that have a substantial impact on the fertility performance of the human population in developing countries.

Methods: We have used 16 different countries' demographic and health survey data to complete the study. To address the study objective, binary logistic regression random effect meta-analysis and random effect meta-regression are used.

Results: At the end of the analysis, it is found that Odds Ratio (OR) for variable women’s age is 0.06 [0.06; 0.07] for the event high fertility which is least among all other results. OR for education of women and partner …

Women And The Upsurge Of ‘‘Baby Factories’’ In Southeastern Nigeria: Erosion Of Cultural Values Or Capitalism?, Uche U. Okonkwo, Ngozika A. Obi-Ani

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The erection and proliferation of baby factories constitute one of the major injustices directed at women especially teenage girls in southeastern Nigeria. Under this arrangement, women are incarcerated for the purpose of procreation alone. A litany of scholarly works has been written on this subject, placing the blame for this impunity, in Nigeria on the capitalist system. This paper insists that beyond capitalism, there is a need to interrogate the cultural erosion of values mostly responsible for this scourge. To achieve this, newspapers, interviews, archival materials and other extant secondary sources have been used for data collection, analysis and for …

The Electoral Quota—A Form Of Gender Quota To Increase Women’S Participation In Parliament: A Quantitative Study From A Survey In The Middle East, Sophia Francesca D. Lu, Jinky Leilanie D. Lu

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Objective: This research focuses on the impact of political parties and electoral quotas on women’s political participation within the context of Islam.

Methods: This study utilizes quantitative methods in analyzing women in eight Muslim-majority countries in the Middle East. The statistical dataset was culled from Kaasem’s work entitled Party Variation in Religiosity and Women's Leadership: A Cross-National Perspective, 2008-2010, published by the Inter-University Consortium for Political and Social Research of the University of Michigan. The statistical analysis and modeling focused on selected Middle East countries, namely: Bahrain, Egypt, Lebanon, Palestine, Yemen, Turkey, Israel, and Kuwait. The sample consisted of …

Women’S Representation In The Turkish Parliament: An Analysis Of Cedaw Committee Documents, Sinem Yargıç

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According to article 7 of the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW), States parties shall take all appropriate measures to ensure that women enjoy equality with men in political and public life. The Committee on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW Committee) declares in its General Recommendation No. 23 that while removal of de jure barriers is necessary, it is not sufficient to achieve full and equal participation of women in political and public life.

That is why under article 4 of CEDAW, the CEDAW Committee encourages adoption by States …