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Book Review Essay: Working Out Desire: Women, Sport, And Self-Making In Istanbul, Melissa Langworthy Sep 2021

Book Review Essay: Working Out Desire: Women, Sport, And Self-Making In Istanbul, Melissa Langworthy

Journal of International Women's Studies

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Book Review Essay: Educational Strategies For Youth Empowerment In Conflict Zones: Transforming, Not Transmitting, Trauma, Diana J. Fox Sep 2021

Book Review Essay: Educational Strategies For Youth Empowerment In Conflict Zones: Transforming, Not Transmitting, Trauma, Diana J. Fox

Journal of International Women's Studies

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Book Review Essay: The Future Of Difference: Beyond The Toxic Entanglement Of Racism, Sexism And Feminism, Hale Demir- Doguoglu Sep 2021

Book Review Essay: The Future Of Difference: Beyond The Toxic Entanglement Of Racism, Sexism And Feminism, Hale Demir- Doguoglu

Journal of International Women's Studies

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Book Review Essay: Gender And The Violence(S) Of War And Armed Conflict: More Dangerous To Be A Woman?, Emory Bado Sep 2021

Book Review Essay: Gender And The Violence(S) Of War And Armed Conflict: More Dangerous To Be A Woman?, Emory Bado

Journal of International Women's Studies

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Book Review: Lebanese Women At The Crossroads Caught Between Sect And Nation, Manal Al Natour Sep 2021

Book Review: Lebanese Women At The Crossroads Caught Between Sect And Nation, Manal Al Natour

Journal of International Women's Studies

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Book Review: The Perils Of Being Moderately Famous, Nisha Ghatak Sep 2021

Book Review: The Perils Of Being Moderately Famous, Nisha Ghatak

Journal of International Women's Studies

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Book Review: Tortilleras Negotiating Intimacy: Love, Friendship, And Sex In Queer Mexico City, K. Ermelinda García Sep 2021

Book Review: Tortilleras Negotiating Intimacy: Love, Friendship, And Sex In Queer Mexico City, K. Ermelinda García

Journal of International Women's Studies

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Bruises, Sushmita Dutta Sep 2021

Bruises, Sushmita Dutta

Journal of International Women's Studies

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Three Paintings, Shivani Singh Sep 2021

Three Paintings, Shivani Singh

Journal of International Women's Studies

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Honor: A Misleading Concept Among Arabs, Mira Ayman Sep 2021

Honor: A Misleading Concept Among Arabs, Mira Ayman

Journal of International Women's Studies

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Void, Mihir Shrestha Sep 2021

Void, Mihir Shrestha

Journal of International Women's Studies

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Creation In Silence: The Woman Listening, Meenakshi Verma Sep 2021

Creation In Silence: The Woman Listening, Meenakshi Verma

Journal of International Women's Studies

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“103-13”, Maha Tazi Sep 2021

“103-13”, Maha Tazi

Journal of International Women's Studies

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Five Works, Ira Mahadeokar Sep 2021

Five Works, Ira Mahadeokar

Journal of International Women's Studies

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“Soulgazers” Portraits Of Unknown Women, Godfrey Okorodus Sep 2021

“Soulgazers” Portraits Of Unknown Women, Godfrey Okorodus

Journal of International Women's Studies

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Art Against Violence: Raising Awareness About The Global Pandemic Of Violence Against Women And Girls, Joy Walker Sep 2021

Art Against Violence: Raising Awareness About The Global Pandemic Of Violence Against Women And Girls, Joy Walker

Journal of International Women's Studies

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Film Review: All That I Am , 75-Minute Documentary, (2020) In May 2021. The Norwegian Film With English Subtitles Was Directed And Written By Tone Grøttjord-Glenne. Produced By Anita Rehoff, Larsen. Distributed By Good Docs., Susan Eliason Sep 2021

Film Review: All That I Am , 75-Minute Documentary, (2020) In May 2021. The Norwegian Film With English Subtitles Was Directed And Written By Tone Grøttjord-Glenne. Produced By Anita Rehoff, Larsen. Distributed By Good Docs., Susan Eliason

Journal of International Women's Studies

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Bleached, Carley Taylor Sep 2021

Bleached, Carley Taylor

Journal of International Women's Studies

This poem speaks of Cambodia where skin lightening ingredients such as mercury can be found in an alarming number of beauty products. Beauty standards often make women around the world feel as though we need to strive to be perfect, better, continually comparing ourselves to someone else. This poem emerges from a trip I took to Cambodia, where I noticed the drive for women to achieve pale skin. In this instance, I felt as though Westernized culture was being forced down Cambodian women’s throats—unattainably beautiful and pale models staring you down at every shop and billboard, skin lightening products everywhere, …


Locked In And Locked Out: A Migrant Woman’S Reflection On Life In Australia During The Covid-19 Pandemic, Olivera Simic Sep 2021

Locked In And Locked Out: A Migrant Woman’S Reflection On Life In Australia During The Covid-19 Pandemic, Olivera Simic

Journal of International Women's Studies

In this paper I offer personal reflections on life in Australia during the COVID-19 pandemic. I reflect on what it means for a migrant woman with a complex traumatic past to be indefinitely stranded. I also draw on experiences of other migrant women living in Australia during the pandemic. The reflection brings attention to personal narratives that contribute to the growing importance of women’s herstories. With this narrative, I want to pay tribute to migrant women’s lives and by using my own experiences as a case study to reflect on personal struggles that the COVID-19 pandemic triggered. The issues of …


Gender Discrimination In Accessing Finance By Women-Owned Businesses: A Review, Sumanjeet Singh, Bishnu Mohan Dash Sep 2021

Gender Discrimination In Accessing Finance By Women-Owned Businesses: A Review, Sumanjeet Singh, Bishnu Mohan Dash

Journal of International Women's Studies

This article comprehensively presents evidence of shared gender economics in accessing credit for women-owned ventures. The ‘she’ based approach has faced financial-market differentiations when it comes to women’s access to finance. By reviewing and analysing approximately 125 articles, the researchers try to seek an overview of the degree of influenced financial availability to women-owned businesses, proclivity covers existing, and relevant studies based on pragmatism of gender bigotry, deep-rooted gender biases, and differences in cost and conditions observed by women-owned enterprises in accessing credit, which is an essential driver for businesses’ success. The vital detection of this research unveils that while …


Assessing The Extent Of Domestic Violence Against Indian Women After The Implementation Of The Domestic Violence Act Of India, 2005, Archana Singh, Pushpendra Singh Sep 2021

Assessing The Extent Of Domestic Violence Against Indian Women After The Implementation Of The Domestic Violence Act Of India, 2005, Archana Singh, Pushpendra Singh

Journal of International Women's Studies

This paper aims to dissect and analyze the trends of domestic violence against women in India. It will explore the factors contributing to the risk and prevalence of violence against women following the implementation of the Domestic Violence Act of India in 2005. This study also assesses the magnitude of violence that makes women vulnerable. In addressing the above-mentioned objective, this study has used data from the National Family and Health Survey collected in 2005-06 and 2015-16. In the first stage of analysis, the magnitude of violence was estimated using socio-economic and demographic measures. In the second stage, the risk …


‘A Night Of Shame’: A Quantitative Content Analysis Of Newspaper Narratives Of The Mass Molestation Event In Bangalore, India, Vaibhav Shwetangbhai Diwanji, Awais Saleem, Jaejin Lee Sep 2021

‘A Night Of Shame’: A Quantitative Content Analysis Of Newspaper Narratives Of The Mass Molestation Event In Bangalore, India, Vaibhav Shwetangbhai Diwanji, Awais Saleem, Jaejin Lee

Journal of International Women's Studies

On December 31, 2016 amidst New Year’s Eve revelry in Bangalore, India, about 700 young women faced a mass molestation. This research analyzed and compared 299 news articles (N=299) between January 1, 2017 and February 1, 2017 from three leading English language newspapers in India through a quantitative content analysis. Results indicated that there were differences in how the regional and national newspapers framed their stories. While national newspapers deployed the episodic frame in their news stories, the local newspaper used both thematic and episodic frames. The episodic frame focuses on individual events, whereas the thematic frame focuses …


Linguistic Sexism In The Pre-Intermediate Market Leader: Business English Course Book, Adnan Mohammed Bataineh Sep 2021

Linguistic Sexism In The Pre-Intermediate Market Leader: Business English Course Book, Adnan Mohammed Bataineh

Journal of International Women's Studies

This paper aims to analyze linguistic sexism in the Pre-intermediate Market Leader: Business English Course Book used at Sohar University to teach the following two Business English courses to level 1 students: English for Business Communication and English for Organizational Communication. Quantitative content analysis is used to investigate the following gender-related categories: pronouns, terms of address, names, gender firstness, and nouns. Study findings indicate that gender bias is still present in the Pre-Intermediate Market Leader: Business English Course Book. Men’s presence was dominant and prevalent in the following categories: names, terms of address, and the total number of …


Bringing The Focus Back: Aurat March And The Regeneration Of Feminism In Pakistan, Syeda Mujeeba Batool, Aisha Anees Malik Sep 2021

Bringing The Focus Back: Aurat March And The Regeneration Of Feminism In Pakistan, Syeda Mujeeba Batool, Aisha Anees Malik

Journal of International Women's Studies

This paper traces the evolution and regeneration of the feminist movement in Pakistan. It examines the contemporary feminist movement in the country against the backdrop of strong opposition faced by protest style congregations named ‘Aurat March’ on international women’s day. Weaving the narrative through conversations of leading feminists and prominent individuals belonging to the religious right, it postulates how the backlash to raising issues of sexuality and body politics has regenerated the feminist movement in Pakistan.


The Arab Spring And Women’S (Cyber)Activism: “Fourth Wave Democracy In The Making?” Case Study Of Egypt, Tunisia, And Morocco, Maha Tazi Sep 2021

The Arab Spring And Women’S (Cyber)Activism: “Fourth Wave Democracy In The Making?” Case Study Of Egypt, Tunisia, And Morocco, Maha Tazi

Journal of International Women's Studies

According to Huntington’s (1991) theory of “reverse democracy”, countries undergoing (or having undergone) a transition to democracy during a wave are always subject to democratic backsliding in the subsequent wave. During the third wave democratization, the fall of the Soviet Union and other despotic regimes in Latin America led to the gradual “autocratization” of many of these countries in the late 1990s and early 2000s. More recently, in 2011, the collapse of several authoritarian regimes in the Middle East and North African (MENA) region underscored important aspects of democratization, a process in which both women and new media technologies …


A Deviant Or A Victim Of Pervasive Stigmatization: Wicked Women In Kavita Kané’S Lanka’S Princess, Meenakshi Meenakshi, Nagendra Kumar Sep 2021

A Deviant Or A Victim Of Pervasive Stigmatization: Wicked Women In Kavita Kané’S Lanka’S Princess, Meenakshi Meenakshi, Nagendra Kumar

Journal of International Women's Studies

Building on the foundational theories of Judith Butler and Edwin Schur, this paper scrutinises the traditional myth of the Hindu epic the Ramayana and argues: (1) how socially constructed gender performance is naturalised by cultural ideology and (2) how infringement of this performance leads to labelling individuals as deviant. Women who transgress these cultural ideologies are defined as deviant and subjected to various punishments, from public humiliation to genital mutilation. Through an exploration of the novelist Kavita Kané’s mythology inspired novel Lanka’s Princess (2017), this paper focuses on the mythical figure known as Surpankha whose character embodies masculine attributes …


Warrior Mothers: Narratives Of Women From The United Liberation Front Of Assam (Ulfa), Munmi Pathak Sep 2021

Warrior Mothers: Narratives Of Women From The United Liberation Front Of Assam (Ulfa), Munmi Pathak

Journal of International Women's Studies

The archetype of the mother is always perceived as ‘pacifist’ in war and conflict situations. However, there are numerous examples when mothers are not ‘pacifist’ but become participants and perpetrators of war. This article, through the analysis of the experiences of the mothers in the United Liberation Front of Assam (ULFA), an armed nationalist organization waging war against the Indian nation-state to establish ‘sovereignty’ and ‘liberate’ Assam since1979, argues that mothers can also be warriors, going beyond their ‘pacifist’ archetype. With the analysis of the oral narratives of the women cadres of the organization, this article discusses how these mothers …


Understanding The Hidden Aspects Of Sex Trafficking Of Girl Children In Central India, Usha Rana Sep 2021

Understanding The Hidden Aspects Of Sex Trafficking Of Girl Children In Central India, Usha Rana

Journal of International Women's Studies

This study examines the deep-rooted socio-cultural practices of institutional prostitution, which is one of the factors contributing to sex trafficking in Central India. There are some states where women and girls are vulnerable to trafficking. The Honorable Supreme Court of India became aware of the issue and directed the National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB) to make a special report on the missing women and children. According to the NCRB report, Madhya Pradesh (M.P.) state ranks first in child trafficking and third in women's trafficking. The study discusses traditional prostitution practices among some communities in the state, such as Banchhada, Bedia, …


Role Portrayal Of Women In Advertising: An Empirical Study, Sangeeta Sharma, Arpan Bumb Sep 2021

Role Portrayal Of Women In Advertising: An Empirical Study, Sangeeta Sharma, Arpan Bumb

Journal of International Women's Studies

One of the sensitive areas in the world of advertising and marketing is the portrayal of women. Women are an indispensable part of Indian society as they constitute half of the population and play critical roles. However, the depiction of women as sex symbols, objects of desire, and as having subservient behaviours has presented a great concern to feminist scholars, activists, and researchers. The objective of this research paper is to study how women’s role portrayal impacts consumers’ willingness to buy and to identify the difference in views of Indian men and women when it comes to the stereotypical role …


Making Change On Gender-Based Violence: Assessing Shifting Political Opportunities In Canada, Lisa Boucher Sep 2021

Making Change On Gender-Based Violence: Assessing Shifting Political Opportunities In Canada, Lisa Boucher

Journal of International Women's Studies

Feminist anti-violence organizations provide much needed services and advocate for changes to culture and policy. However, their ability to continue with this work is jeopardized by fraught and changing relations with governments. This is especially the case for state-funded feminist service organizations which, through their ties to state funders, risk their ability to engage in advocacy. While scholars and activists warn of the challenges associated with state funding, situating funding relationships within particular social, historical, geographic, and political contexts can illuminate both the threats facing feminist service organizations, as well as openings in the political opportunity structure. Using the Canadian …