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A Blog-analysis of First-hand Experiences
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- Journal of International Women's Studies
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- 2019
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- 2
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- Badran, Sammy Z.
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- Turnbull, Brian
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- huwelijken, islam, vrouwenhandel
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- Within Islam, a temporary marriage generally implies a short-term marriage between a man and a woman that does not come with a long-term commitment and may or may not have an explicit, pre-established timeline or endpoint. The partial religious legitimation of temporary marriage via Islamic fatwas has recently revived the institution. This paper aims to answer how, and under what conditions, temporary marriage can be either exploitative or liberating for individual women.
towards a new topography of affects in black queer identities
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- Journal of International Women's Studies
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- 2016
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- 1
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- Escudero-Alias, Maite
social dynamics in operation
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- Journal of International Women's Studies
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- 2002
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- 1
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- Lahiri, Debabrata
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- Mitra, Santanu
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- empowerment, emancipatie, vrouwenbewegingen
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- In a game theoretic framework it can be argued that a gender sensitive institution is an offshoot of certain social conditions, which in most cases need to be acted upon by some anti-establishment catalytic agent. In a society characterized by gender exploitation, catalytic agent can only come exogenously. For a sub-society it is easier to come across such an exogenous catalytic agent. The specific community conditions prevailing in such a sub-society may also prove to be congenial for a catalytic agent to act upon, or even to emerge from. In a larger canvas, however, as the exogenous force transforms into mere endogenous entity, and the society takes on the general character of male-dominance, the space for exogenous agency shrinks. There are, however, three possible escape routes from this closure. Firstly, external effects of women's empowerment in one subsociety on another may snowball. Secondly, the awareness campaign presently underway on a global scale is itself a potent exogenous catalytic agent. Thirdly, general development programs undertaken within a patriarchal order may unwittingly create conditions conducive to feminist struggle.
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- Journal of International Women's Studies
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- 2000
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- 2
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- Escudero, Maite
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- zwarte schrijvers, Caraïbisch, Engels
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- At issue here is the recognition of extraordinary variation of subjective positions and cultural identities. It is after all, a site of contestation over the demand of a wider space for a critique of black experience. This particularity and universality can also be found in woman-centered texts, and it is with this issue in mind that this article will explore the dynamics between race and gender in the poetry of Grace Nichols, a contemporary Caribbean-British writer.
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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
- Magazine Year
- 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.
sexual assault against women during war
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- Journal of International Women's Studies
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- 2000
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- 1
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- Neill, Kevin Gerard
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- seksueel geweld, oorlogsslachtoffers, oorlog en vrede
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- In contrast to dutifully killing the enemy, a soldier is not supposed to rape a woman, at least in theory. But rapes occur in war. They always have, and often in settings and upon a scale that is difficult to comprehend. Accordingly, rape in times of war has a direct effect upon the society where the conflict takes place. More specifically, it affects women, and this violence against them can have the added, profoundly negative effect of eroding their particular social and environmental conditions. As difficult and emotional this issue may be, though, rape in war is in direct correlation to the study of women, their health and development. In locales where war has raged or is raging still, sexual violence against women is an individual and collective wound like no other.
the loss of feminist politics in a politically correct patriarchy
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- Journal of International Women's Studies
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- 2003
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- 2
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- Harris, Ashleigh
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- derde feministische golf, politiek, recht, patriarchaat, Zuid-Afrika
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- The author discusses from a South African perspective the ways in which feminist politics have been dissolved in the post-1980s era as to make feminism look anachronistic. The focus of this article is in a concept in which patriarchy adapts a form that emerges out of the relative success in the socio-economic sphere of the post-war feminist movements in the Western world which gave middle-class women suffrage, reproductive rights, the space in which to critique misogynist and patriarchal cultural and media production, and many other gains. Harris wants to open the debate as how feminist politics may be revived.
the sexual language of 1970s feminist fiction
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- Journal of International Women's Studies
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- 2003
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- 2
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- Altman, Meryl
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- derde feministische golf, literatuur, Amerikaans, seksualiteit, 1970-1979
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- This article examines novels by Alix Kates Shulman, Marge Piercy and Erica Jong. These novels published in the early seventies were inspired by existentialism and Beauvoir, but reached mass audiences because they were also novels of the (hetero)sexual revolution. These texts carved out a radical terrain of subjectivity for women as they fought individually and collectively to reject a medicalised vocabulary and to discover their own sexual language
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- Journal of International Women's Studies
- Magazine Year
- 2004
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- 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
- 2013
- Magazine Number
- 5
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- Sinha, Sangeeta > (ed.)
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- Garofalo, Emilia > (ed.)
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- Olimat, Muhamad S. > (ed.)
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- Al-Khateeb, Ebtehal
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- al-Natour, Manal
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- Jeong, Hae Won
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- Amusan, Lere
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- Saleh, Layla
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- Charles, Lorraine
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- Denman, Kate
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- revoluties, Arabische wereld, 2010-2019, 21e eeuw
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- Journal of International Women's Studies
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- 2006
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- 1
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- Wu, Huei-Hsia
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- literatuur, seksualiteit, patriarchaat, studenten
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- This analysis gauges gender difference in time spent reading romance novels and sexuality. Respondents were 770 white American college students, including 436 females and 334 males, age 17–49. Males are viewed as a reference group. Drawing upon the 'plastic sexuality' thesis and feminist theory, this study hypothesizes that female readers of romance novels have higher levels of interest in sexuality (at least in the attitudes) than male readers, and non-readers but such a sexual interest is not necessarily converted into a more active sexual behavior. Most romance novels promote deeply constraining patriarchal values, reading romance novels plays a role in shaping the meaning of the self, sexual identity and attitudes and behavior relative to this patriarchy. The results indicate that due to a higher degree of plastic sexuality, female readers of romance novels self-reported greater sex drive, and greater number or orgasms required for sexual satisfaction than male readers and female non-readers. However, female readers had fewer sex partners, and were older when they first thought about sex and had their first sexual intercourse. This pattern fits the Harlequin romance characterization: female readers nourish a fulfilling sex life in the context of idealistic monogamous faithfulness, while at the same time vividly satisfying desires and sexual fantasy through fabricated characters.
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- Journal of International Women's Studies
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- 2013
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- 1
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- Rafferty, Yvonne
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- geweld, meisjes, volkscultuur, gearrangeerde huwelijken, tienermoeders, eerwraak, genitale verminking, vrouwenhandel, erfrecht, armoede, mensenrechten, internationaal, 21e eeuw, paper
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- This paper provides an overview of the international harmful traditional or cultural practices and gender - based social and cultural norms that perpetuate the lower status accorded to girls in the family, the community and society. Recommendations for social policy are presented.
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- Journal of International Women's Studies
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- 2012
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- 6
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- Mitra-Kahn, Trishima
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- Perrier, Maud
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- Martin, Nancy
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- [et al.]
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- vrouwenstudies, essays, Verenigd Koninkrijk, 21e eeuw
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- Journal of International Women's Studies
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- 2006
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- 1
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- Mba, Chuks J.
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- ouderen, gezondheid, steden, Ghana
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- In the context of increased rural-urban migration, social exclusion of some of the recent urban arrivals and the sharp change in life style in urban communities, some of the most critical health problems of older people may be found in cities. This paper attempts to characterize the general health condition of older women (50 years and over) in Accra, Ghana's capital city. It employs secondary analysis of data from the Accra WomenÔÇÖs Survey, 2004. The findings broadly suggest that an overwhelming majority of older women lack basic education, are not in any form of paid employment, and are widowed, separated or divorced. 3% the women rate their general health condition as excellent, 18% as very good, 41 % as good. 35 % believe there health condition has worsened in the last 12 months. Such perception of deterioration in health status is associated with increasing age. Almost 4 in 5 older women have difficulty climbing stairs and have pains in their joints: 53 % have malaria, 42 % have high blood pressure, and 8% have diabetes. Thus, older women in urban Ghana are experiencing a double burden of disease. They are afflicted with the common tropical diseases such as malaria, while simultaneously experiencing chronic illnesses such as hypertension and diabetes. Older personsÔÇÖ concerns have remained marginal to the major social and economic debates in the country. Health services need to be oriented to responding to chronic as well as infectious diseases among ageing individuals.
perceived discrimination among South Asian muslim women in the US and the UAE
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- Journal of International Women's Studies
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- 2015
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- 2
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- Pasha-Zaidi, Nausheen
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- moslima's, Zuidaziatisch, islam, discriminatie, hoofddoeken, arbeid, socialisatie, Verenigde Staten, Verenigde Arabische Emiraten, 2010-2019, onderzoek
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- Authors studied perceived discrimination among South Asian Muslim women living in the United States (US) and the United Arab Emirates (UAE). US participants reported greater perceptions of discrimination than UAE participants. In both countries, perceived discrimination mainly took the form of subtle nuances rather than direct harassment. Although participants reported the greatest intensity of perceived discrimination at work, hijabis (women who wear the Islamic headscarf) felt this more than non-hijabis. Conversely, non-hijabis felt greater intensity of discrimination in social spaces within Muslim contexts than hijabis. Despite feeling most comfortable socializing with either Muslims or South Asians, participants felt that, aside from strangers, their greatest sources of perceived discrimination also came from within their religious or cultural groups. Discussion of perceived discrimination touches upon the social aspects of being a South Asian Muslim in a Western secular context and a globalized Islamic one.
An Analysis of 72 Social Science Reviews of the Literature Published Between 2001 and 2017
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- Journal of International Women's Studies
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- 2019
- Magazine Number
- 7
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- Schumm, Walter
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- Crawford, Duane
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- LHBT, ouderschap, kinderen, seksuele voorkeur, 2000-2009, 2010-2019
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- Evaluation of 72 social science reviews of the literature between 2001 and 2017 in the area of same-sex or LGBTQ parenting, Over 90% of the reviews assessed concluded that there was no association between parent and child sexual orientations, demonstrating a clear scientific consensus on the issue since at least 2001.
muslim women and the politics of knowledge production
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- Journal of International Women's Studies
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- 2018
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- 1
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- Rahman, Farhana
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- epistemologie, moslima's, islam
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- This article explores the merits and limitations of a gendered epistemology, especilly relating to Muslim women working within an Islamic paradigm.
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- Journal of International Women's Studies
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- 2009
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- 1
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- Peshkova, Svetlana
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- Kull, Ann
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- Moll, Yasmin
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- [et al.]
African Women as Cross-Border Victims
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- Journal of International Women's Studies
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- 2017
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- 4
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- Anthony Aduloju, Ayodeji
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- vrouwenhandel, mensenrechten, sociale veiligheid, West-Afrika, 2010-2019
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- ECOWAS Free Movement Protocol of Persons was instituted to enhance economic development of West Africa’s citizens. However, studies have shown that the protocol has relatively aided trans-border trafficking in persons, drugs, Small Arms and Light Weapons (SALW). Which leads to incapacity to increase women’s economic opportunity and empowerment in West Africa. The study showed that the protocol does not fully protect women (mostly the ones with low economic characteristics who constitute larger population of women at the border) and thereby having implications for their livelihood and survival.