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Volume 19, Issue 3 (2018) Selected Papers of the Third World Conference on Women’s Studies, Colombo, Sri Lanka, May 2017

Introduction

Introduction to the Second Special Issue of the World Conference on Women’s Studies, Colombo Sri Lanka JIWS
Madhavi Venkatesan and Diana Fox

Articles

The Pedagogy of Difference: Co-producing Feminist Consciousness across Borders
Patricia Mohammed

Reinforcing Sexism and Misogyny: Social Media, Symbolic Violence and the Construction of Femininity-as-Fail
Sue Ann Barratt

Examining Agency in Agriculture: The Feminization Debate in Nepal
Hritika Rana, Mahesh Banskota, and Sagar Raj Sharma

The Victimization of the “Muslim Woman”: The Case of Amina Filali, Morocco
Nima Mesbahi

Narratives of Agency: Women, Islam, and the Politics of Economic Participation in Afghanistan
Farhana Rahman

Gender, Race and Justification: The Value of Critical Discourse Analysis (CDA) in Contemporary Settler Colonial Contexts
Caroline Hodes

Writing With vs. Writing About: Co-producing Consciousness-Raising Fiction With Young Women From Aid-Supported Communities in Malawi
Emma Makepeace

The Role of the Family in Crime Causation: A Comparative Study of ‘Family of Orientation’ and ‘Family of Procreation’ (A Study of Women Prisoners in the Central Jails of Rajasthan)
Asha Bhandari

Imaging the Woman through Tanzanian Women’s Maxims
Shani Omari and Fikeni E. M. K. Senkoro

A Comparative Study of Influential Factors Impacting Women’s Activities in Traditional and Modern Neighborhood Spaces in Tehran, Iran
Maryam Mohammadi and Arezoo Rafiee

Boxed Women in Public Administration - Between Glass Ceilings and Glass Walls: A Study of Women's Participation in Public Administration in the Arab States
Salma Nasser

Deliberate Ceiling for Career Progress of Female Public Service Employees: A Contemporary Transformation Trend in South Africa
Oladapo O. Osituyo

Changing Equations: Empowerment, Entrepreneurship and the Welfare of Women
Varsha Raghunandan

A Gender Perspective on Role Performance of Elected Panchayat Leaders in India
P. Sindhuja and K.R. Murugan

Essay

13 Lunas 13/13 Moons 13: A Video-Project About Sexuality and Menstruation
Tina Escaja

Special Issue

Special Issue Editors: Madhavi Venkatesan; Diana Fox

JIWS Executive Staff

Executive Editors: Diana Fox, Bridgewater State University, MA, USA; Cami Sanderson, Ferris State University, MI, USA
Copy Editor: Carley Taylor, Bridgewater State University, MA, USA