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A peer-reviewed semiannual scholarly publication providing international coverage and analysis of wome.'s studies, with particular respect to the relationship between theory and activism.
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Legal Injustices: The Zina Hudood Ordinance of Pakistan and Its Implications for Women
November 15, 2005... Abstract During recent decades the women of Pakistan have been the most vulnerable and convenient targets of social, domestic and sexual violence. This paper will examine the trend of sexual violence against women that emerged in Pakistan with the introduction of the Islamization process...
Women World Leaders: Comparative Analysis and Gender Experiences
November 15, 2005... Abstract Research suggests that executive political office poses additional and different political challenges for women than legislative office. Yet, a few dozen women have attained their nations' highest executive office. Surprisingly little research has been devoted to the experiences of...
Configurations: Encountering Ancient Athenian Spaces of Rhetoric, Democracy, and Woman
November 15, 2005... Abstract This essay encounters configurations of "woman" in the space of rhetoric and democracy. By "configuration" we mean how a woman is postured and positioned in this space. We deal in ancient Athens recognizing that an ancient conceptual space called rhetoric, an art or techne of civic...
"Of Course They Claim They Were Coerced": On Voluntary Prostitution, Contingent Consent, and the Modified Whore Stigma
November 15, 2005... Abstract (2) This paper starts with a reflection on the main tactic adopted during the Taipei prostitutes' movement, namely, the "poverty as force" rationale, and argues that a campaign strategy that focuses on the justification of prostitutes' consent to their job does not help them much;...
Women, Migration, and the Body-Less Spirit of Capitalist Patriarchy Women, Migration, and the Body-Less Spirit of Patriarchal Capitalism
November 15, 2005... Abstract The continuously expanding global free trade in domestic and sex workers intensifies old capitalist-patriarchal forms of extracting women's emotional, physical, and sexual labor. The patriarchal dream of seizing control of impure, unruly life has now entered its neoliberal stage,...
