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Susceptible Lives: Gender-Based Violence, Young Lesbian Women And Hiv Risk In A Rural Community In South Africa, Johannes N. Mampane

Journal of International Women's Studies

In South Africa, as in many parts of the world, lesbian women are still perceived to be immune from the risk of contracting HIV as compared to heterosexual women. However, the South African media has been inundated with reports on the scourge of gender-based violence (GBV) perpetrated against lesbian women and their consequent risk of acquiring HIV as a result of being raped (or gang raped). As a result of this situation, this study was conducted in March to July 2015 to explore and describe the experiences of young lesbian women regarding their susceptibility to GBV and HIV in a …

Why Are Women Subordinated? The Misrepresentation Of The Qur'an In Indonesian Discourse And Practice, Erwati Aziz, Irwan Abdullah, Zaenuddin H. Prasojo

Journal of International Women's Studies

Discourse and gender practices show that women occupy a weak position in Indonesia. Women are portrayed as their husbands' "companions", or as "complementary" to a male-centered system. This article aims to explore unilateral interpretations of the Qur'an that ignores verses that venerate women. Misrepresentations of verses that honour women, or erroneous reading of said verses, have caused women to be disadvantaged in public discourse, in social practice, and in policy. By analysing the Qur'an and hadiths, as well as a series of interviews, this article shows that arguments promoting gender inequality are founded on the deliberate selection of specific Qur'anic …

Educational Background And Identity: Factors Influencing Arab Women Learning English As A Second Language, Sundus Alzouebi, Diana Ridley, Khadeegha Alzouebi

Journal of International Women's Studies

In the UK, being unable to communicate in English is a significant barrier to social inclusion. Each ESOL student brings a wealth of cultural experience and diversity to the country, but without sufficient proficiency in English to interact outside the home, migrants, refugees and settled communities struggle to integrate, can feel socially isolated and struggle to find employment.This is even more so for women, many of whom have childcare responsibilities. Arab women form a large proportion of the ESOL population, and often come from diverse backgrounds; some with high-level academic qualifications from their home countries and others who never attended …

A Gender-Responsive Approach: Social Innovation For The Sustainable Smart City In Indonesia And Beyond, Donna Asteria, Janice J. K. Jap, Dyah Utari

Journal of International Women's Studies

The smart city has become one of the many ways to solve the problems of contemporary urban environments. The sustainable integration of technology, people and institutions is essential in urban planning. However, utilizing technology in city management with the Internet of Things (IoT) in smart cities will not be sustainable without ensuring that the community is prepared. The involvement of all societies and persons, as agents of implementation and technology users, requires a gender-responsive approach to social innovation in the urban management. With regard to this issue, the purpose of this paper is to describe the importance of the human …

The Turkish Women’S Movement In Abeyance, Gizem Kaftan

Journal of International Women's Studies

The Turkish women’s movement started during the Ottoman era, and it is still in process in the newly established Turkish Republic. This paper examined the Turkish women’s movement, which began after 1923 and found that the Turkish women’s movement had two abeyance cycles. The first abeyance period in the Turkish women’s movement took place between 1935 and the 1960s. In the first abeyance period, the reasons for the abeyance were economic problems, World War II, and the changing political arena in Turkey. In 1945, Turkey became a multi-party democracy, and this changed political opportunity structures. After 1960, the Turkish women’s …

Rural Women In Kwara State (Nigeria) And Their Contributions To The Welfare Of Their Households, Abraham Falola, Segun B. Fakayode, Ajoke O. Kayode, Mujidat A. Amusa

Journal of International Women's Studies

The high incidence of poverty in the rural households calls for a concerted effort by all members of the household, including the women. Meanwhile, the discussion on the economic contribution of rural women in many developing countries has largely focused on national and regional levels with little or no concentration on their impact at their immediate household level. Therefore, this study examines the contribution of rural women to household welfare in Kwara State, Nigeria. Data were collected from 160 women in the rural area of the state using structured interview schedule. The data were analyzed with descriptive statistics, index ranking …

Gendered Narratives Relating To Women In The Information Technology Department Of A South African Organisation, Errolyn Long

Journal of International Women's Studies

In South Africa, there is an underrepresentation of women in senior management positions and industries requiring “masculine”-typed duties. The study aimed to explore the gendered narratives relating to women in the Information Technology (IT) Department of a South African organisation using a feminist interpretivist framework. A qualitative design informed by feminist methodology and narrative inquiry outlined by Gilligan et al. (2003) was used for this study. Two females and four male participants participated in the study and data collection involved in-depth semi-structured interviews. The Gillian et al. (2003) approach of data analysis was used (Listening Guide). The listening guide assisted …

Efforts To Eradicate Child Marriage Practices In Indonesia: Towards Sustainable Development Goals, Sonny D. Judiasih, Betty Rubiati, Deviana Yuanitasari, Elycia F. Salim, Levana Safira

Journal of International Women's Studies

Child marriage in Indonesia is a reality recurring within society. Religious and customary laws often become the basis to legitimize the practices of child marriage. According to UNICEF in 2016, Indonesia ranked the seventh in the world and the second in ASEAN for the highest rate of child marriage. Child marriage is a manifestation of gender inequality, especially for female. Indonesia, as one of the member countries of the United Nations (UN), has ratified the implementation of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) program issued by the UN to eradicate the practice of child marriage occurring within the society. One of …

Socioeconomic Status And Maternal Health-Seeking Behavior: A Comparative Study Between A Rural Site And An Urban Community In Bangladesh, Delwar Hossain

Journal of International Women's Studies

Maternal health-seeking behavior is not only a crucial public health issue but also a serious women’s health concern in Bangladesh. The present study examines the relationship between couples’ socioeconomic status and maternal health-seeking behavior in comparison of rural areas and urban communities in Bangladesh. Based on the research objectives, it included 95 rural and 95 urban couples (total 190 couples) randomly selected from purposively selected rural areas and urban communities in Thakurgaon District (north western area of Bangladesh). Results of the present study indicate that the rate of illiteracy was higher in rural sites than in the urban communities (rural: …

Impact Of The Legal Context On Protecting And Guaranteeing Women’S Rights At Work In The Mena Region, Chokri Kooli, Hend Al Muftah

Journal of International Women's Studies

This research explored whether the MENA region countries have adopted sufficient legal provisions that encouraged females to access the labor market. A documental collection, revision, and analysis were performed to enhance our understanding of statutory provisions that were adopted by 13 countries through the MENA region to encourage and facilitate access of women to the labor market. Findings showed that the governments of the different studied countries made considerable efforts to comply with the international legal norms and protect the female workers. Among other things, the findings suggest that the MENA countries need to offer more legal protections to guarantee …

Through The Eyes Of A Woman: Using Oral History To Explore The Enigmatic World Of Saudi Arabia’S Female Population, Carmen Winkel, Laura Strachan

Journal of International Women's Studies

The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA) remains cloaked in mystery and stereotypes especially when it pertains to its female population. Oppression? Subjugation? Discontent? These typecasts reverberate around the world, but interestingly when one speaks to a Saudi woman her story offers diverging representations of Saudi life that often debunk those expressed elsewhere. But without scholars asking “real” people about their lives and analyzing their lived responses, these dominant narratives are reaffirmed over and over again. To move beyond these stereotypes, this paper attempts to address the lives of Saudi Arabian females by using firsthand accounts obtained for an undergraduate student …

Muslim Women’S Right To Divorce And Gender Equality Issues In Bangladesh: A Proposal For Review Of Current Laws, Shahnewaj Patwari, Abu N. M. A. Ali

Journal of International Women's Studies

In Bangladesh, sharia law goes hand in hand with the statutory laws of the land. These laws are both conjointly used to regulate and monitor the issues of divorce among Muslims of the country. Orthodox Islamic laws provide husbands with the authority of issuing divorce or talaq to their wives known as Talaq-e-Tawfiz (popularly known as tawfiz) in the kabinnama (the written document of the contract of marriage). Women’s power to exercise the tawfiz, however, depends solely on the will of their husbands. Although Muslim women are capable of repudiating their marriages by the process of khula or mubarat, these …

Shifting Feminist Activisms: Indian Feminism And Critical Events Of Rape, Geetanjali Gangoli, Aisha K. Gill, Martin Rew

Journal of International Women's Studies

Since the gang rape and murder of Jyoti Singh Pandey in 2012 India has generated an enormous amount of national and international media attention and a reputation for sexual violence, pointing to the country’s “endemic problem” (Washington Post, 2012). The rape led to widespread protests, by students and wider society, particularly in Delhi. Notwithstanding these recent events, rape has long been, in fact, a catalyst for feminist and social movement responses in India. This paper will focus on three cases of ‘stranger rape’ that have been valourized as pivotal moments for feminist activism on sexual violence within the country. Reformulating …

Learning From ‘The Outsider Within’: The Sociological Significance Of Dalit Women’S Life Narratives, Bhushan Sharma, Anurag Kumar

Journal of International Women's Studies

Dalit women have long occupied marginal positions and been excluded from two major Indian social movements: The Feminist Movement and the Dalit Movement. The researcher examines how Dalit women have made creative use of their marginality—their ‘outsider-within' status—and have represented their lived experiences. The study scrutinizes select life narratives of Dalit women writers: Bama's Sangati: Events (2005), Urmila Pawar’s The Weave of My Life (2015), and Baby Kamble’s The Prisons We Broke (2008) to discuss and explore the sociological significance of three characteristic themes in these narratives: (1) the interlocking nature of Dalit women’s oppression, (2) endurance and …

“Toward Antiracist And Transnational Feminist Solidarity”: Translator’S Note, Rintaro Kondo

Journal of International Women's Studies

This short essay presents an overview of the rationale for the translation into Japanese, of Rethinking Patriarchy, Culture and Masculinity: Transnational Narratives of Gender Violence and Human Rights Advocacy by Elora Halim Chowdhury (JIWS, vol.16, No.2, 2015). It includes a brief response by the author and the Japanese translation.

The Ethics And Applications Of Nudges, Valerie D. Joly Chock

PANDION: The Osprey Journal of Research and Ideas

Nudging is the idea that people’s decisions should be influenced in predictable, non-coercive ways by making changes to the way that options are presented to them. Central to the debate about nudging is the question of whether it is morally permissible to intentionally nudge others. Libertarian paternalists maintain that this can be the case. In this paper, I present the libertarian paternalistic criteria for the moral permissibility of intentional nudges. Having done this, I motivate two objections. The first one targets the moral permissibility of nudging in general. The second one targets the moral permissibility of only a subset of …

Mutual Recognition: The Struggle For Power And Domination, Madison A. Nguyen

PANDION: The Osprey Journal of Research and Ideas

This paper examines Hegel's description of mutual recognition in his Phenomenology of Spirit. On this account, development of a self-consciousness occurs only alongside another, separate and distinct self-consciousness. We find our identity and genuine sense of selfhood through family ties, civil society, and the state. Apart from others, we cease to exist—self-consciousness cannot be found in isolation. With this said, many internal and external complications ensue from obtaining recognition, our greatest desire, from another self which also seeks recognition. Hegel’s Master-Slave dialectic is delineated along with the attainment of self-consciousness through social and political spheres. The emphasis he places on …

Redefining Tradition: How Wu Zhao's Regulations For Ministers Turned Tang Taizong’S Plan For An Emperor Inside-Out To Create A New Paradigm Of Political Authority, Emily M. Tackett

PANDION: The Osprey Journal of Research and Ideas

In 685, at a pivotal juncture in her ascendancy, empress dowager-regent Wu Zhao, with help from her extra-bureaucratic aides, the Scholars of the Northern Gate, created a political manual for court officials, Regulations for Ministers (Chen Gui 臣軌). Recognizing the anomalous nature of her political authority, Wu Zhao and her co-authors rooted this signature work in Chinese tradition. She borrowed ideas from a work written by her first husband and predecessor, Tang Taizong 太宗 (r. 626-49), Plan For an Emperor (Di fan 帝範), like the metaphor that ruler and officials were part of a shared, interdependent “common body.” In addition, …

الأزمة بين الأردن وحماس عام 1999م دراسة من خلال جريدة “ القدس “ الفلسطينية, عماد البشتاوي

Hebron University Research Journal-B (Humanities) - (مجلة جامعة الخليل للبحوث- ب (العلوم الانسانيه

The objective of the study is to analyze the crisis between Hamas and Jordan in 1999. Based primarily on the archives of Al-Quds newspaper, the study reviews the developments of the crisis which started upon the ascension of King Abdullah II to the throne of Jordan in 1999. It explores the internal causes of the crisis: the closure of Hamas offices and the subsequent procedures carried out by the Jordanian government against some Hamas members. In addition, the study addresses the external causes of the crisis: Jordan’s relationship with the PLO, and the external pressures by the countries, particularly the …

درجة ممارسة المشرفين التربويين لأسلوب الزيارة الصفية كما يراها الطلبة المعلمون في تخصص اللغة العربية بجامعة الأقصى, محمود إبارهيم عواد خلف الله, علي دحلان

Hebron University Research Journal-B (Humanities) - (مجلة جامعة الخليل للبحوث- ب (العلوم الانسانيه

The study aims at determining the practice degree among educational supervisors of the classroom-visit technique as perceived by the student teachers of Arabic language majority at Al Aqsa university, in addition to identifying the variance of estimations of the study sample due to the following variables of gender, accumulative average, and the educational stage taught by the student- teachers. The researchers adopted the analytical descriptive approach to achieve the study aims. The study tool is a fifty - item questionnaire covering three domains: the first one is the pre-classroom visit duties of the educational supervisor ( 16) items, the second …

مهارات العمل الإرشادي لدى المرشدين المتدربين كما يدركها المرشدون المتدربون والمرشدون المتعاونون بجامعة اليرموك, رامي طشطوش, احمد الشريفين, منار بني مصطفى

Hebron University Research Journal-B (Humanities) - (مجلة جامعة الخليل للبحوث- ب (العلوم الانسانيه

The present study aims to identify the counseling skills of the trainees counselors as perceived by trainees counselors and cooperative counselors in yarmouk University, and to find out the differences between the counseling skills depending on the variables: gender, and qualification. Subjects were (348) counseling trainees and (348) cooperative counselors. To achieve the objective of the study, two scales of counseling skills were constructed, one was used to counseling trainees, and the other was for the cooperative counselors, which meets the requirements of appropriate validity and reliability. The results revealed that the level of counseling skills was moderate from counseling …

دور الإدارات المدرسية في تفعيل تطبيق “ مدوّنة السلوك “ ومعيقات تطبيقها في مدارس وكالة الغوث في الضفة الغربية, Taysir Abd Alhamid, فتحي سمور

Hebron University Research Journal-B (Humanities) - (مجلة جامعة الخليل للبحوث- ب (العلوم الانسانيه

This study aimed to identify the role of school administration in activating implementing of ‘ Code of Conduct’ and obstacles that hinder its application or use in UNRWA schools in the West Bank from the point of oview of the principals and supervisors of these schools. The survey of the descriptive approach has been used to fulfill the study. The sample of study consisted of all the UNRWA school Principals and Counsellors in West Bank Education Areas. The total number is (159) distributed as follows: (95) male and female Principals, and (64) male and female school counsellors supervised by UNRWA. …

قناعات طلبة الصف العاشر الأساسي بالقضايا الاجتماعية الجدلية المتضمنة في كتب التربية الوطنية والمدنية لمرحلة التعليم الأساسي, هاني عبيدات, هدى طوالبه, ذيب الرواد

Hebron University Research Journal-B (Humanities) - (مجلة جامعة الخليل للبحوث- ب (العلوم الانسانيه

The purpose of this study is to identify the convictions of tenth grade student of controversial social issues and to a achieve the objective of the study there is atool used for the interview consisting of ten questions which have been verified and applied to the sample of tenth grade (32) students (male, female). Qualitative approach was used in the implementation of this study. It was used in semi systematized interview and analyzed data obtained by using inductive and deductive currictum.The study concluded that the convictions of students of these issues reached to (75.5%) which is higher than the acceptable …

درجة التزام معلمي العلوم بالمعايير المهنية للمعلمين في ضوء بعض المتغيرات, عبد الله الدرايسه

Hebron University Research Journal-B (Humanities) - (مجلة جامعة الخليل للبحوث- ب (العلوم الانسانيه

This study aimed to determine the commitment degree of science teachers with teachers professional standards, and identifying whether there were statistically significant differences in the commitment degree due to the following variables (specialization, in-service teaching period). The study tools were applied on a sample consisted of (50) science teachers, whom were randomly chosen from nineteen different school in Irbid district. Findings showed that the commitment degree of science teachers with teachers professional standards was “medium”. Significant differences between evaluation students learning and specialization were found due to physics teachers, and the total degree of professional standards commitment differs according to …

قياس النرجسية لدى عينة من الطلبة الجامعيين وعلاقتها ببعض المتغيرات الشخصية, يوسف ابو شندي

Hebron University Research Journal-B (Humanities) - (مجلة جامعة الخليل للبحوث- ب (العلوم الانسانيه

The study aimed to measure the level of narcissism in a sample of university students, through the development of an Arabic version of the measure of Narcissistic Personality Inventory Scale (NPI). It also tried to examine the significance of differences between the levels of each of: Gender, GPA, faculty, and level of study on Narcissism. The data were collected from 344 male and female undergraduate students from different academic levels at al-Zarqa University in Jordan in the academic year 2012/2013.
The study found an Arabic version of the NPI Scale with acceptable Psychometric properties; where the correlations between the items …

تقويم تجربة جامعة النجاح الوطنية في توظيف نظام إدارة التعلم الإلكتروني (المودل) في برنامج تأهيل المعلمين أثناء الخدمة, سائده عفونه, علي حبايب, سهيل صالحه

Hebron University Research Journal-B (Humanities) - (مجلة جامعة الخليل للبحوث- ب (العلوم الانسانيه

The aim of this study is to explore the reality and the experience of AN-Najah National University in enhancing Electronic Management System (Moodle) in the training of in-service teachers program through the description and analysis of the teachers learners and their participating in the e-learning training program, analyzing this participation, interviewing (10) trainers of faculty supervising the training and through the distribution of a questionnaire to (87) teachers, the questionnaire was designed for that purpose, and the evaluation of the teachers learners and their point view. The result of the study showed that the teachers learner participation were good in …

أساليب التعلم المفضلة لدى طلبة كلية التربية في جامعة الأقصى في ضوء بعض المتغيرات الأكاديمية, سمير كامل مخيمر, سمير العبسي, عمر دحلان

Hebron University Research Journal-B (Humanities) - (مجلة جامعة الخليل للبحوث- ب (العلوم الانسانيه

This study aimed to identify the preferable learning methods among Faculty of Education students at Al Aqsa University in the light of the variables of gender, and academic achievement level “. To achieve the study goals, the two researchers prepared a valid and a reliable tool on a sample consists of 183 students (80 male and 103 female ). The sample was chosen during the first semester of the year 2012 -2013 . The findings of the study indicate that :

• The motivation learning methods occupied the primary position according to the gender variable, then comes the individual,the achievement and …

الاستراتيجيات التّعليمية التّي يستخدمها معلمو اللغة العربية في المدارس الحكومية الأردنية من وجهة نظر المعلمين أنفسهم وعلاقتها ببعض المتغيرات, Ahmad Rasheed Soman

Hebron University Research Journal-B (Humanities) - (مجلة جامعة الخليل للبحوث- ب (العلوم الانسانيه

This study investigated the use of Teaching Strategies among Teachers at the Public schools in Jordon, and its relationships with teachers’ gender, experience, and scientific level. A stratified random sample of (65) teachers is drown. To assess the Teaching Strategy use, a questionnaire with (51) items and three domains (behavioral, cognitive and affective strategies) is developed.

The results showed that the general level of using teaching strategies was moderate, while the level of the behavioral strategies used by the teachers was high; whereas the cognitive and affective strategies was moderate. The results also showed that there were no significant differences …

درجة توظيف معلمي الدراسات الاجتماعية للتاريخ المحلي في مدارس محافظة اربد, عوده ابو اسنينه, ريم الزعبي

Hebron University Research Journal-B (Humanities) - (مجلة جامعة الخليل للبحوث- ب (العلوم الانسانيه

This study investigated the degree to which the upper basic stage social studies school teachers employ local history in their teaching in the schools of Irbid Governorate, Jordan. For the purpose of the study, the researchers developed a questionnaire that included 45 times which was categorized in four domains (i.e., selecting local history topics, introducing the teaching using local history, using local environment in historical field study, and using local history in classroom). A total of 183 teachers and 15 educational supervisors participated in the study.

In general, the results related to the questionnaire’s four domains showed a high degree …

موقف الطبيب من مرضاه في حالتي الاشتباه والاعتراف بجريمة الزنا في الفقه الإسلامي, اسامه علي

Hebron University Research Journal-B (Humanities) - (مجلة جامعة الخليل للبحوث- ب (العلوم الانسانيه

This research looks into the position of a practicing physician in light of Islamic jurisprudence towards a patient who is suspected of or confesses having committing adultery. The research aims to show the Islamic duty which is placed on physicians in such cases. The researcher has found out that a physician has to do his job without considering the legality of the pregnancy, for the right to life is a recognized principle in Islam, and it is one of a physician’s main duties to keep the secrets of his patients without being requested by the patient to do so; that …