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The Journal of International Women’s Studies is an online, open-access, peer-reviewed feminist journal that provides a forum for scholars, activists, and students to explore the relationships among theories of gender and sexuality and various forms of organizing and critical practice.

Dear JIWS authors: We have closed our portal for new submissions so that we can review over 50 submissions that we received recently. Please do not submit over email as we are not accepting any new submissions at this time. The submission portal will be reopened in March 2027 for the submission of articles, essays, film reviews, policy briefs, and creative pieces. If you have an article or creative piece that fits the topic of one of our special issues in process, please submit directly to those special issue editors: see the "Call for Papers" page on our left menu for the topics and submission details. Book reviews can also be submitted at any time to our book review editors--see the "Policies/Submission" tab on the left menu for their contact information.

We are also pleased to share that the JIWS has a new Inclusive Language Guide for authors and reviewers; please incorporate these bias-free principles into your submissions. To maintain the academic rigor of our Q2 journal, the JIWS has created an ethics policy for use of Artificial Intelligence (AI) tools. All authors should abide by our policies in order for their work to be considered for publication. Both of these documents can be found in the left menu. Thank you for your continued readership and support of the Journal of International Women's Studies!

Current Issue: Volume 28, Issue 4 (2026)

Editors Introduction

Articles

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Quantitative Comparison of Writing Styles Among Indonesian Women Novelists: A Corpus Linguistics Approach
Vicno Triwira Dhika JR, Ermanto Ermanto, Hasanuddin WS, Ridha Hasnul Ulya, Aditya Rachman, and Selfi Mahat Putri

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The Social Reproduction of Filipina Migrant Workers Represented in Ten Filipino Films
Elora Francisco, Precious Lois Layas, Karlena Ameina Saturnino, and Leo Vicentino

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A Feminist Analysis of Post-Independence Administrative Reforms in Bihar
Shrey Sharma, Rajeev Kumar Jain, Ashutosh K. Pandey, and Shashikant Nishant Sharma

Poetry

Interview

Film Reviews

Policy Briefs

Book Reviews

Book Review Essay

Short Story

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Arbiya
Hamida T. Riahi

Executive Editors

Diana Fox, Department of Anthropology, Bridgewater State University, USA

Kimberly Chabot Davis, Department of English, Bridgewater State University, USA

Book Review Editors

Sreejata Paul, Department of English, Shiv Nadar University, Delhi-NCR, India

Ayesha Perveen, Department of English, Virtual University of Pakistan

Film Review Editors

Elizabeth Rajapakshe, La Trobe Law School, La Trobe University, Australia

Olanireti O. Falade, Pennsylvania State University, USA

Fellowship Coordinator

Priyanka Tripathi, Department of Humanities and Social Sciences, Indian Institute of Technology Patna, India

Editorial Assistants

Jayla Almeida, Bridgewater State University, MA, USA

Sarah Audette, Bridgewater State University, MA, USA

Essined Colon, Bridgewater State University, MA, USA

Kelsi Miller, Bridgewater State University, MA, USA

Grace Morris, Bridgewater State University, MA, USA

Alex Neff-Gatchell, Bridgewater State University, MA, USA

Cordelia Thorn, Bridgewater State University, MA, USA