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Financial Distress And Healthcare: A Study Of Migrant Dalit Women Domestic Helpers In Bangalore, India, Nimble O. J., A. V. Chinnasamy
Financial Distress And Healthcare: A Study Of Migrant Dalit Women Domestic Helpers In Bangalore, India, Nimble O. J., A. V. Chinnasamy
Journal of International Women's Studies
The Indian caste system originated in ancient India and gradually evolved concurrently with Indian history. Dalits in Indian history were considered as lower caste untouchables and were deprived of basic human rights. After the onset of modern economic development and the progressive initiatives taken by the government, the situation has improved considerably. The modern Indian state, since independence has been oriented towards providing reservations for Dalits in education and other public services. However, even with continuous efforts to eradicate the caste system and numerous measures to improve their lives, Dalits, specifically Dalit women, are still deprived of their basic needs. …
Women’S Empowerment Through The Silk Industry Of Assam, India, And Its Underlying Economy, Ranjit Singha, Surjit Singha
Women’S Empowerment Through The Silk Industry Of Assam, India, And Its Underlying Economy, Ranjit Singha, Surjit Singha
Journal of International Women's Studies
In the medieval era, the Royal families of Assam, India produced Muga silk fabrics. During the time of the Koch Dynasty (Historical Koch Country), Muga silk from ancient Pragjyotishpur and Koch Behar became an integral part of the trade with Bengal, Bhutan, Tibet, and the Mughals. Most households in Assam weave cloth and every girl child in the household acquires weaving skills at a very young age from her mother. In Sualkuchi, a town in Assam, there are approximately 6,872 female weavers. These weavers are very concerned about the preservation of traditional handloom weaving as they feel that over time …
Depression, Anxiety, Stress And Marital Adjustment Among Women, Rema M.K., Parneet Kaur
Depression, Anxiety, Stress And Marital Adjustment Among Women, Rema M.K., Parneet Kaur
Journal of International Women's Studies
Marriage, especially for women in a patriarchal society involves a huge transition process. The struggle with new responsibilities and expectations is overwhelming in itself. But with the feelings of worthlessness and feeling trapped and bound in a loveless and thankless bond, come distress and adjustment issues. According to a recent Nielsen survey on “Women of Tomorrow”, out of 21 nations and 6500 women, India is a leading nation when it comes to stress in women. About 87% of women were stressed most of the time and 82% claimed that they did not find time to relax. Women in the age …
Introduction: Women As Enablers Of Change, Ranjitha M, Sangeetha Menon
Introduction: Women As Enablers Of Change, Ranjitha M, Sangeetha Menon
Journal of International Women's Studies
No abstract provided.
Selection 7 - Organized By Dr. Sayan Dey, Lecturer, Yonphula Centenary College, Bhutan: Gender, Race And Covid-19
Journal of International Women's Studies
No abstract provided.
Selection 6 - Infocus: Moderated By Jabbar Al-Obaidi, Professor Of Communications Bridgewater State University. Stand Up For Justice. “Racism And Social Justice”
Journal of International Women's Studies
No abstract provided.
Selection 5 - The Asian-African Association For Women, Gender And Sexuality (Aaawgs)
Selection 5 - The Asian-African Association For Women, Gender And Sexuality (Aaawgs)
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No abstract provided.
Selection 4 -The New School For Social Research: Anarchafeminism In Times Of Covid
Selection 4 -The New School For Social Research: Anarchafeminism In Times Of Covid
Journal of International Women's Studies
No abstract provided.
Selection 3 - From The Director’S Chair: Frances-Anne Solomon: Filmmaker, Director, Producer And Writer Interviews Julie Dash: Director, Writer, Producer
Journal of International Women's Studies
No abstract provided.
Selection 2 - Under The Blacklight: Narrating The Nightmare & (Re) Imagining The Possible
Selection 2 - Under The Blacklight: Narrating The Nightmare & (Re) Imagining The Possible
Journal of International Women's Studies
No abstract provided.
Selection 1 - Resources - Love And Solidarity In The Time Of Corona: Desi (South Asian) Feministas Envisioning Change Through Staying Engaged
Journal of International Women's Studies
A weekly Zoom series conceived and curated by Fawzia Afzal-Khan and founding members of the South Asian Feminist Caucus of the NWSA, during 2 months of the pandemic (April and May), to bring concerned folks together to discuss the intersectional and structural issues of race, gender and class oppressions that COVID’s impact highlighted.
Selection 1 - Love And Solidarity In The Time Of Covid-19
Selection 1 - Love And Solidarity In The Time Of Covid-19
Journal of International Women's Studies
This selection includes eight sessions. The creator and moderator of the series is Fawzia Afzal-Khan, Montclair State University.
An Introduction In Two Parts: Three Months Of The Global Covid-19 Pandemic: A Selection Of Liberatory, Anti-Racist, Feminist Webinars, Panels And Interviews, Diana J. Fox, Fawzia Afzal-Khan
An Introduction In Two Parts: Three Months Of The Global Covid-19 Pandemic: A Selection Of Liberatory, Anti-Racist, Feminist Webinars, Panels And Interviews, Diana J. Fox, Fawzia Afzal-Khan
Journal of International Women's Studies
No abstract provided.
Masculine Failure And Male Violence In Noah Hawley’S Fargo, J. T. Weisser
Masculine Failure And Male Violence In Noah Hawley’S Fargo, J. T. Weisser
Journal of International Women's Studies
‘Quality’ television drama is drama marketed as being filmic and boundary-pushing, yet it tackles the concept of masculinity in highly normative ways. Scholars argue that many quality television shows feature narratives of men struggling against emasculation at the hands of contemporary society before using violence to assert their masculinity by force. However, this interpretation is limited, assuming that all quality television shows which engage with violent masculinities root this violence in normative, ‘aggressive’ masculinity. In many cases, the violent masculinities of quality television are anything but normatively masculine: they are inescapably queer and othered. Using a queer theoretical framework, this …
The Pussyhat Project: Texturing The Struggle For Feminist Solidarity, Katja May
The Pussyhat Project: Texturing The Struggle For Feminist Solidarity, Katja May
Journal of International Women's Studies
This article moves beyond binary conceptions of the Pussyhat Project as “good or bad activism”, or indeed as good or bad feminism (Zouggarri, 2018, p. 1). Instead, I use the concept of texture as a lens through which to trace the different threads that have shaped and continue to shape the Pussyhat Project and its reception, while simultaneously paying attention to the entangled nature of these threads. Attending to the different textures of the process of making as well as the finished object serves to question or, at least, complicate dominant narratives and concepts of feminist solidarity, protest and craft. …
A Critique Of Anti-Carceral Feminism, Amy Masson
A Critique Of Anti-Carceral Feminism, Amy Masson
Journal of International Women's Studies
In analysing carceral logics in the context of the ‘unholy alliance’ of neoliberal and neoconservative hegemony, this paper seeks to acknowledge the central place of a distinctly moralistic, authoritarian neoconservative philosophy implicated in the crime control agenda. Thus, it is contended that carceral politics are in fact produced by a fusion of neoliberal and neoconservative ideas. Anti-carceral feminists argue that ‘carceral feminism’ has been co-opted by neoliberalism but fails to recognise and name these neoconservative forces, collapsing them into a confused conceptualisation of neoliberalism, lacking in theoretical clarity. In doing so, they do not see the spaces where their own …
The Communal Violence Bill: Women’S Bodies As Repositories Of Communal Honour, Zara Ismail
The Communal Violence Bill: Women’S Bodies As Repositories Of Communal Honour, Zara Ismail
Journal of International Women's Studies
This article examines the measures taken under the various iterations of India’s Communal Violence Bill to tackle sexual violence in communally charged areas. It focuses on the 2002 violence in Gujarat to illustrate ‘sexual impunity’ in India, the workings of izzat (honour) within the discourse around communal violence, and to argue that citizens of India are not always equal before the law. Using decolonial, feminist and postcolonial theory, the author builds on a rich history of activism and scholarship to argue that not only are the measures proposed under the government’s draft of the Communal Violence Bill inadequate, but also …
Liminal Space And Minority Communities In Kate O’Brien’S Mary Lavelle (1936), Amy Finlay-Jeffrey
Liminal Space And Minority Communities In Kate O’Brien’S Mary Lavelle (1936), Amy Finlay-Jeffrey
Journal of International Women's Studies
Despite blatant references to homoerotic desire in Kate O’Brien’s oeuvre — two of her novels Mary Lavelle (1936) and As Music and Splendour (1958) contain lesbian characters, whilst gay male characters appear in Without my Cloak (1931) and The Land of Spices (1941) — it is only in recent years that scholarship has considered O’Brien as a writer of homosexual themes. There are obvious reasons as to why the lesbianism in O’Brien’s work and others who wrote about it during the mid-twentieth century has suffered from such neglect. It is only since second-wave feminism that an academic critique of sexuality …
Postfeminist Hegemony In A Precarious World: Lessons In Neoliberal Survival From Rupaul’S Drag Race, Phoebe Chetwynd
Postfeminist Hegemony In A Precarious World: Lessons In Neoliberal Survival From Rupaul’S Drag Race, Phoebe Chetwynd
Journal of International Women's Studies
The popularity of the reality television show RuPaul’s Drag Race is often framed as evidence of Western societies’ increasing tolerance towards queer identities. This paper instead considers the ideological cost of this mainstream success, arguing that the show does not successfully challenge dominant heteronormative values. In light of Rosalind Gill’s work on postfeminism, it will be argued that the show’s format calls upon contestants (and viewers) to conform to a postfeminist ideal that valorises normative femininity and reaffirms the gender binary. Through its analysis of RuPaul’s Drag Race, I further intend to develop our understanding of the relationship between neoliberalism …
Unending And Uncertain: Thinking Through A Phenomenological Consideration Of Self-Harm Towards A Feminist Understanding Of Embodied Agency, Veronica Heney
Unending And Uncertain: Thinking Through A Phenomenological Consideration Of Self-Harm Towards A Feminist Understanding Of Embodied Agency, Veronica Heney
Journal of International Women's Studies
Agency has been much discussed in both popular and academic feminist discourse, particularly in the context of empowerment and sexual practices. Following a third-wave emphasis on women’s ability to respect women’s choices and ability to exercise agency free from domination, postmodern feminist scholars have critiqued such a view as thoroughly implicated in discourses of neoliberal individualism and compulsory self-discipline. However, these critiques have not entirely succeeded in providing convincing alternative approaches for incorporating concepts and experiences of change and intentionality within frameworks which emphasise the governmentality of discourses of empowerment. Thus, this essay explores the benefits of shifting the frame …
Feminist Comforts And Considerations Amidst A Global Pandemic: New Writings In Feminist And Women’S Studies—Winning And Short-Listed Entries From The 2019 Feminist Studies Association’S (Fsa) Annual Student Essay Competition, Carli Rowell
Journal of International Women's Studies
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Writing A Global And Southern Sisterhood Between Indonesia And Australia: The Possibilities Of “Difference” And Collaborative Autoethnography, Siti Muflichah, Elizabeth Mackinlay
Writing A Global And Southern Sisterhood Between Indonesia And Australia: The Possibilities Of “Difference” And Collaborative Autoethnography, Siti Muflichah, Elizabeth Mackinlay
Journal of International Women's Studies
The concept of feminist “sisterhood” holds an uneasy historical and contemporary relationship with difference; indeed, new ways of knowing and doing research across, within, through and between the boundaries of race, class and religion are needed disrupt the sedentary monologism of “white-supremacist-capitalist-imperialist-patriarchy” (after hooks, 1994). Collaborative autoethnography presents itself as one such possibility for doing the work of difference “differently”, and in this paper, we share the sameness and differences of our “southern-ness” as feminist academics to explore this potential. As two female academics from Indonesia and Australia, we draw upon the postcolonial feminist work of Mohanty and the poststructural, …
Waking Up The Dissident: Transforming Lives (And Society) With Feminist Counseling, Donna F. Johnson
Waking Up The Dissident: Transforming Lives (And Society) With Feminist Counseling, Donna F. Johnson
Journal of International Women's Studies
When I was a student in the 70’s I took a year off to travel the world with a friend. Despite taking every precaution, I was sexually assaulted twice. The incidents changed the course of my life. I completed my studies and began working in a refuge for battered women. There I bore witness, not only to unimaginable cruelty, but to widespread institutional indifference to women’s suffering. Decades later, police, judicial and child welfare responses remain inadequate in Canada (as everywhere), and mental health practitioners continue to routinely blame and pathologize women. As a counselor, first at the shelter, later …
Borderless A Study Of Violence Against Women In Universities: Brazil, Portugal, And The U.K., Fafate Costa
Borderless A Study Of Violence Against Women In Universities: Brazil, Portugal, And The U.K., Fafate Costa
Journal of International Women's Studies
Brazilian university students report cases of rape on campus. In Portugal, young women experience humiliation and sexism when they enter university. In the UK, protests in an academic context put to the test policies for women. These narratives are present in a postdoctoral research project that will discuss violence against women in universities. One of the products resulting from this work will be a documentary that attempts to deal with the subjective perceptions of teachers, technicians, and students about gender violence in the Academy. Focusing on feminist epistemology that values experience as a way of knowing, this research has women …
Voicing Their Stories: A Discourse On The Relationship Between Education And The Social Position Of Indian Women In The Mid-Twentieth Century, Shivani Singh
Journal of International Women's Studies
Indian women in the early twentieth century stood at the threshold of changing times. A social reform movement for women’s education came into focus at this time. However, despite efforts to promote higher education by Christian missionaries, the Indian intelligentsia, social reformers, and the British colonial government, there were disparities in its spread. It was still beyond the reach of women in general. Women’s education was not pervasive but reserved mainly for those coming from educationally enlightened families, where their parents and other relatives supported the reforms, offering them access to higher education. Feminist researchers, writing about this period, hold …
Making Organisations Gender Equal—A Long Journey: Experience From A Non-Profit In India, Dibyendu Chaudhuri, Parijat Ghosh
Making Organisations Gender Equal—A Long Journey: Experience From A Non-Profit In India, Dibyendu Chaudhuri, Parijat Ghosh
Journal of International Women's Studies
Organisational leadership plays a key role in shaping the workspace. The collectively held beliefs, assumptions, and values which constitute the culture of an organisation are mostly influenced by its leadership. Monogamous patriarchal family structures—evolved based on male ownership and women’s subjugation—have led to the deep-seated idea of male supremacy. Organisations, including value-based non-profits, show the same pattern. Within organisations, patriarchal leadership exhibits sexism in order to maintain the status quo. The deep culture of gender inequality in organisations is apparently maintained as a means of maintaining male supremacy. This article demonstrates how, in two consecutive gender audits, Professional Assistance for …
#Me Too In Bangladesh: Can You Change?, Shampa Iftakhar
#Me Too In Bangladesh: Can You Change?, Shampa Iftakhar
Journal of International Women's Studies
With the global rise of the #Me Too movement and hashtag, sexual harassment has become a buzzword. The term “sexual harassment” was initially used to refer to a workplace phenomenon (Farley 1978, Mackinnon 1989). However, since the pioneering work on the issue, it has become clear that sexual harassment is inclusive of public space, educational institutions, and the home. It has been defined as “unwanted sexual advances, request for sexual favors and other verbal or physical conduct of a sexual nature” by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (1980). Two types of harassment are identified: the first is a “quid …
Female Combatants And The Post-Conflict Process In Sierra Leone, Laura C. Cullen
Female Combatants And The Post-Conflict Process In Sierra Leone, Laura C. Cullen
Journal of International Women's Studies
Women and girls had a specific and gendered experience of the civil war in Sierra Leone. They filled the role of combatants, ‘bush wives’, child soldiers, and sexual slaves. As a result of these roles, women are often described as having dual identities of both perpetrators and victims of violence. This duality resulted in the complex question of how to help these women both reintegrate into society and also address the crimes which they are alleged to have committed during the war. In this paper, I argue that these women and girls should be treated as victims due to the …
The Impact Of Non-Government Organizations On Women’S Mobility In Public Life: An Empirical Study In Rural Bangladesh, Faraha Nawaz
The Impact Of Non-Government Organizations On Women’S Mobility In Public Life: An Empirical Study In Rural Bangladesh, Faraha Nawaz
Journal of International Women's Studies
The article aims to analyse the impact of Non-Government Organizations (NGOs) on Bangladeshi rural women’s mobility in the public domain, since this is an area that is generally only frequented by men whilst women are confined to their own home and neighbourhood. In other words, the author explored how and to what extent, NGOs have brought changes to women’s freedom of movement in the public sphere. The author was influenced by the existing literature that portrays Bangladesh as a country that is characterized by poverty, patriarchy and inequality, where there is no tradition of rural women participating in the labour …
Nepali Women In Politics: Success And Challenges, Bishnu R. Upreti, Drishti Upreti, Yamuna Ghale
Nepali Women In Politics: Success And Challenges, Bishnu R. Upreti, Drishti Upreti, Yamuna Ghale
Journal of International Women's Studies
This paper is based on an extensive three-year research project employing qualitative methods. In this paper we will discuss women's struggle for equality in Nepal, their current successes in the political process, and remaining underlying challenges. The aim of this paper is to share with a wider audience that establishing equality and equity is hard but not impossible if and when constant efforts are made in a concerted way by bringing all likeminded people (men and women, politicians and parliamentarians), together. Nepal has been undergoing tremendous socio-political transformations over the past two decades, from civil war to negotiated peace, unitary …