Impressions And Thoughts Of An Incidental Tourist In Tunisia In January 2011,
2011
Bridgewater State University
Impressions And Thoughts Of An Incidental Tourist In Tunisia In January 2011, Roni Berger
Journal of International Women's Studies
No abstract provided.
Risk Factors For Homelessness And Sex Trade Among Incarcerated Women: A Structural Equation Model,
2011
Bridgewater State University
Risk Factors For Homelessness And Sex Trade Among Incarcerated Women: A Structural Equation Model, Seijeoung Kim, Timothy P. Johnson, Samir Goswami, Michael Puisis
Journal of International Women's Studies
Incarcerated women are among the most vulnerable and perhaps the least studied populations in the US. Significant proportions of female inmates are substance users, and many living in unstable housing conditions or being homeless. Female inmates are often at high risk of engaging in sex exchange for drugs or housing needs. While a disproportionate number of incarcerated women have experienced childhood household adversities and maltreatments, the effects of these childhood experiences on psychosocial and behavioral outcomes of this population in later life. We apply a life course perspective to examine these pathways in a sample of incarcerated women in Cook …
Sexual-Political Colonialism And Failure Of Individuation In Doris Lessing’S The Grass Is Singing,
2011
Bridgewater State University
Sexual-Political Colonialism And Failure Of Individuation In Doris Lessing’S The Grass Is Singing, Sima Aghazadeh
Journal of International Women's Studies
This article presents and interprets Doris Lessing’s first novel, The Grass is Singing (1950), as both a personal and psychological portrayal of its female protagonist, Mary Turner, from her childhood to death, and as a political exposure of the futility and fragility of the patriarchal and colonial society. This novel is Mary’s failure of individuation in the confrontation of her psychological and cultural parts, shaped by colonial experience. Lessing, by depicting her protagonist in a particular British colonial setting, artistically reveals that her identity is negotiated and constructed by the social and behavioral expectations, developed through her racial role as …
Creeping Online: Canadian Feminist Scholarly Journals,
2011
Bridgewater State University
Creeping Online: Canadian Feminist Scholarly Journals, Katherine Side
Journal of International Women's Studies
World-wide, there are over 4,000 peer-reviewed, scholarly, open access journals (Geist 2009). Theoretically, they are available to all of those with internet access. In Women’s and/ Gender Studies, open access journals publish research findings, discussion and debate and often, creative submissions. In other disciplines, such as the natural sciences, they are also locations to share large data sets and provide access to preliminary research findings. The Berlin Declaration on Open Access to Knowledge in the Sciences and Humanities calls for the extension of accessibility with the explicit intention of knowledge distribution and knowledge sharing (2003). This article explores the status …
A Conversation With Michèle Roberts, About Novels, History And Autobiography,
2011
Bridgewater State University
A Conversation With Michèle Roberts, About Novels, History And Autobiography, M. Soraya García-Sánchez
Journal of International Women's Studies
Michèle Roberts is a contemporary feminist writer born in England in 1949. Brought up with two languages and cultures, she was educated at a religious school and she later lived in a convent for a long time. The conversation presented below took place in London in August 2010. The purpose of this interview was to talk with Michèle Roberts about her writing and the link between her novels and her memoir. The contemporary and feminist writer talked about Virginia Woolf, Marion Milner, about personal and public spheres, about exploring when writing and about being an artist, among other topics. The …
Finland Lies About A Historic Suffrage Achievement. Really? Finland? Yup.,
2011
Bridgewater State University
Finland Lies About A Historic Suffrage Achievement. Really? Finland? Yup., Mark W. Powell
Journal of International Women's Studies
No abstract provided.
Gender Empowerment And Equality In Rural India: Are Women’S Community-Based Enterprises The Way Forward?,
2011
Bridgewater State University
Gender Empowerment And Equality In Rural India: Are Women’S Community-Based Enterprises The Way Forward?, Maria Costanza Torri, Andrea Martinez
Journal of International Women's Studies
Despite the renewed commitment of the international community to provide economic opportunities for poor women, most observers suggest that the majority of the past and current experience of community enterprise programmes for women has failed to make any significant impact on women’s incomes and social empowerment. Based on ethnographic research methods, this paper presents a feminist analysis of a singular women’s community enterprise promoted by local NGOs in the state of Tamil Nadu in India, usually known as GMCL (Gram Mooligai Company Limited). GMCL has been promoted by local NGOs in the state of Tamil Nadu and is an example …
Women In Administration In India,
2011
Bridgewater State University
Women In Administration In India, Jayasheela George
Journal of International Women's Studies
Administration is the performance of the executive functions of the state and it differs from legislature and judiciary. In the present research study, administration refers to Managerial view of administration and here the study is on women administrators of All India Services - Indian Administrative Service (IAS), Indian Police Service (IPS) and Indian Forest Service (IFS). Though the services were in existence from the Britishers Period, the entry of women into these services was very late and in two of these services, women got in only after few decades of independence. This article is written based on the primary data …
Book Review: Chaste Wives And Prostitute Sisters: Patriarchy And Prostitution Among The Bedias Of India,
2011
Bridgewater State University
Book Review: Chaste Wives And Prostitute Sisters: Patriarchy And Prostitution Among The Bedias Of India, Harasankar Adhikari
Journal of International Women's Studies
Review of Chaste Wives and Prostitute Sisters: Patriarchy and Prostitution among the Bedias of India, edited by Anuja Agrawal
Book Review: Women’S Spiritual Leadership In Africa. Tempered Radicals And Critical Servant Leaders,
2011
Bridgewater State University
Book Review: Women’S Spiritual Leadership In Africa. Tempered Radicals And Critical Servant Leaders, Priscilla Wamucii
Journal of International Women's Studies
Review of Women’s Spiritual Leadership in Africa. Tempered Radicals and Critical Servant Leaders by Faith Wambura Ngunjiri
Book Review: African Women & Icts: Investigating Technology, Gender And Empowerment,
2011
Bridgewater State University
Book Review: African Women & Icts: Investigating Technology, Gender And Empowerment, Karen Keifer-Boyd
Journal of International Women's Studies
Review of African Women & ICTs: Investigating Technology, Gender and Empowerment, edited by Ineke Buskins & Anne Webb
Book Review: Challenging Identities: Muslim Women In Australia,
2011
Bridgewater State University
Book Review: Challenging Identities: Muslim Women In Australia, Peliwe P. Mnguni
Journal of International Women's Studies
Review of Challenging Identities: Muslim Women in Australia, edited by Shahram Akbarzadeh.
Book Review: Global Perspectives On War, Gender And Health: The Sociology And Anthropology Of Suffering,
2011
Bridgewater State University
Book Review: Global Perspectives On War, Gender And Health: The Sociology And Anthropology Of Suffering, Zitha Mokomane
Journal of International Women's Studies
Review of Global Perspectives on War, Gender and Health: The Sociology and Anthropology of Suffering, Hannah Bradby and Gillian Lewando Hundt, editors.
Book Review: Politicisation Of Sexual Violence: From Abolitionism To Peacekeeping,
2011
Bridgewater State University
Book Review: Politicisation Of Sexual Violence: From Abolitionism To Peacekeeping, Ogochukwu Nzewi
Journal of International Women's Studies
Review of Politicisation of Sexual Violence: from Abolitionism to Peacekeeping by Carol Harrington
Book Review: In The Public Eye,
2011
Bridgewater State University
Book Review: In The Public Eye, Susan Iverson
Journal of International Women's Studies
Review of In the Public Eye by Joanne Kilgour Dowdy
“I Would Feel Uncomfortable If My Child’S Teacher Were Gay”: Examining The Role Of Symbolic Homophobia And Political Affiliation,
2011
University of Michigan
“I Would Feel Uncomfortable If My Child’S Teacher Were Gay”: Examining The Role Of Symbolic Homophobia And Political Affiliation, Michael Moore, Amy C. Moors
Psychology Faculty Articles and Research
Symbolic homophobia is a general negative disposition towards lesbian, gay, and bisexual individuals, which is demonstrated in symbolic forms of prejudice rather than overt actions. Stigma towards lesbian, gay, and bisexual (LGB) individuals has transformed from overt forms of prejudice to slightly less blatant more subtle forms in recent years (Schafer & Shaw, 2009). Based on previous research, it is has also been shown that conservatives will have higher levels of symbolic homophobia. (Linneman, 2004), Thus, in order to assess the more nuanced forms of prejudice in relation to political affiliation, Study 1 created a scale to assess symbolic homophobia. …
Women War Survivors Of The 1989-2003 Conflict In Liberia: The Impact Of Sexual And Gender-Based Violence,
2011
Bridgewater State University
Women War Survivors Of The 1989-2003 Conflict In Liberia: The Impact Of Sexual And Gender-Based Violence, Helen Liebling-Kalifani, Victoria Mwaka, Ruth Ojiambo-Ochieng, Juliet Were-Oguttu, Eugene Kinyanda, Deddeh Kwekwe, Lindora Howard, Cecilia Danuweli
Journal of International Women's Studies
This article presents a summary of the qualitative data from research carried out in post-conflict Liberia by Isis-WICCE, a women’s international non-government organisation, in conjunction with the Ministry of Gender and Development of Liberia and Women in Peace-building Network, WIPNET. Analysis of research findings detail women’s experiences of conflict and the serious effects of sexual violence and torture on their physical and psychological health. The paper also describes the omission of women from justice and rehabilitation processes. In support of women participants’ views, the author’s recommend that funding is urgently required for the provision of holistic and sustainable, gender-sensitive services. …
Women And Peace Talks In Africa,
2011
Bridgewater State University
Women And Peace Talks In Africa, Akin Iwilade
Journal of International Women's Studies
This paper interrogates the role of women in peace talks in Africa. It addresses the exclusion of women and their peculiar interests from deliberations aimed at constructing a post conflict state framework that resolves the contradictions that incite violent conflict and provides safeguards against recurrence. The paper argues that the failure of peace talks to deliberately incorporate women interests detracts from their potential to effectively confront the questions of post conflict rebuilding. It notes the increasing inclusion of women but argues that this does not amount to gender representation. This is because at the heart of the inclusion is the …
The Golden Cage: Western Women In The Compound In A Muslim Country,
2011
Bridgewater State University
The Golden Cage: Western Women In The Compound In A Muslim Country, Roni Berger
Journal of International Women's Studies
This article presents the results of a qualitative study, in which postings in virtual communities were content analyzed to capture the lived experience of western women residing in compounds in the Arab world. In spite of their growing number and unique characteristics, the life and struggles of these women has not been studied. Four major themes emerged: challenges, perceived benefits, available support systems and coping strategies. These themes are discussed and illustrated.
Women Under Attack: Violence And Poverty In Guatemala,
2011
Bridgewater State University
Women Under Attack: Violence And Poverty In Guatemala, Corinne Ogrodnik, Silvia Borzutzky
Journal of International Women's Studies
In 2009 Guatemalan women experienced the highest level of violence in Latin America and one of the highest in the world, and death rates have continued to increase in 2010. At the core of the issue are two major problems: pervasive poverty and legal exclusion. In turn, these two issues are closely connected since legal/judicial exclusion is a consequence of poverty. This paper aims to analyze the question of violence against women in Guatemala, to discuss women’s limited political, legal and economic rights, as well as the policies pursued since the end of Guatemala’s civil war to deal with the …
