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- Journal of International Women's Studies
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- 2004
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- 5
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- Ngwainmbi, Jilly M.
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- zwarte vrouwen, Afrikaans, feminisme, vrouwenstudies, samenlevingen, Verenigde Staten
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- How can social integration of African-American women into American society be realistic, meaningfull and substantive achieved is the basic question for this research. The focus is on feminist intellectual and scholarly pursuits and the integration of African-American women into American society.
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- Journal of International Women's Studies
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- 2004
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- 1
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- Nosaka, Akiko
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- Andrews, Bradford W.
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- plattelandsvrouwen, gezinnen, gezondheidszorg, Bangladesh
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- In this article authors uses exchange theory to examine the status and familial interactions of women in rural Bangladesh throughout their lives. Their status remains low but it does vary according to a highly institutionalized pattern of family-based social expectations. Although the institutions defining a woman's status seem to be stable, they are also changing because of the society's exposure to recent worldwide advances in family planning and health care.
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- Journal of International Women's Studies
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- 2004
- Magazine Number
- 1
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- Baker, Caroline
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- [et al.]
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- vrouwenstudies, theorieën, literatuur, zwarte vrouwen, gender, lichamen, cyber-feminisme, homoseksualiteit
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- Special issue to showcase the winning and shortlisted entries for the first Annual Essay Competition run by the Women's Studies Network Association (WSN) in 2002. The WSN wants to promote women's studies, feminist research and teaching both nationally and internationally. In this special issue on New Writings in Women's Studies the following articles: 'An Exploration of Quaker Women's Writing Between 1650 and 1700' by Caroline Baker : 'In spite of challenges by 'black' and 'third world' women, do mainstream feminist theories still reflect the concerns of white women?' by Sherry Chopra : 'The Prisoner of Gender: Foucault and the Disciplining of the Female Body' by Angela King : 'An Illimitable Field: A Practice-based Investigation into the Writing Process' by Julie Mellor and 'My, is that Cyborg a little bit Queer?' by Esperanza Miyake.
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- Journal of International Women's Studies
- Magazine Year
- 2004
- Magazine Number
- 4
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- Meiners, Erica
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- Fuller, Laurie
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- [et al.]
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- Bartsch, Ingrid
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- vrouwenstudies, wetenschap, gender, man vrouw verschillen, schrijvers, literatuur, natuurkunde, technisch onderwijs, allochtonen
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- Special issue on women in science. Erica Meiners and Laurie Fuller examine a project funded by a federal government to increase the technological literacy levels of women, especially women of color. Laura McCullough questions whether gender-biased contexts in a particular physics assessment, like the Force Concept Inventory, could contribute to gender gaps in performance. Dianne Newell explores the contributions of two American writers Judith Merril and Rachel Carson. Ingrid Bartsch examines the boundaries between natural and social science education by analyzing both the forms and processes of resistance.
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- Journal of International Women's Studies
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- 2004
- Magazine Number
- 5
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- Fonjong, Lotsmart
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- ondernemers, landbouw, inkomen, Kameroen, onderzoek
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- In this study author explores the profile of female food crop entrepreneurs in the Fako Division of the South West Province of Cameroon. She determines why women like to choose this specific activity and what is needed to provide these often illiterate women with a more enabling environment.
a never-ending phenomenon
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- Journal of International Women's Studies
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- 2004
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- 1
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- Sharma, B.R.
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- Gupta, Manisha
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- Some of the customs, prevalent for years in India have been identified by the authors to reveal the gender-based violence in addition to everyday harassment being faced by women. Also some recommendations that are always in the discussion at policy level but without fruitful result have been reviewed and an attempt has been made for some simple suggestions to check gender-based violence, especially, in the developing world.
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- Journal of International Women's Studies
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- 2004
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- 1
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- Koshal, Rajindar K.
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- Yamada, Yuko
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- Miyazima, Sasuke
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- Kosha, Manjulika
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- Gupta, Ashok K.
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- arbeid, loopbanen, gender, managers, overheid, universiteiten, bedrijven, gelijke behandeling, glazen plafond, Japan
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- Authors base their study on a survey of male and female workers in organizations in and around Nagoya in Japan. They provide insights into gender issues within Japanese business organizations. Female Japanese managers assess the managerial skills of women more positively than their male counterparts. Business organization in Japan are male-dominated. The number of female senators and representatives in government, female professors in universities, and female executives in companies is very small.
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- Journal of International Women's Studies
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- 2004
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- 1
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- Poureslami, Iraj M.
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- Maclean, David R.
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- Spiegel, Jerry
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- Yassi, Annalee
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- gezondheid, gender, conflicten, politiek, recht, Afghanistan, Iran, Pakistan
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- People near the borders between Afghanistan, Iran and Pakistan have been challenged by conflict and political and civil instability, mass displacement, human rights abuses, drought and famine. Regarding improvements in gender eqaulity little progress has been made. A study is needed for gender, language, etnicity and so on in order to better design sustainable and effective programs
Challenging established paradigms and disciplines
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- Journal of International Women's Studies
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- 2004
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- 3
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- Hersch, Marion
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- Moss, Gloria
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- vrouwenstudies, theorieën, literatuur, onderzoek
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- Authors discuss heresy, orthodoxy and interdisciplinarity. A brief survey of the literature on interdisciplinary work and its effects and the position of women's studies in relation to disciplinarity.
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- Journal of International Women's Studies
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- 2004
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- 3
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- Loumansky, Amanda
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- Jackson, Sue
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- wetenschappelijk onderwijs, curriculum, universiteiten
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- In this article authors examine the lack of research about women's experience of the PhD viva. Their research emphasises both the lack of power felt by women in the current examination process and the lack of consistency in practice across universities.
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