Volume 20, Issue 2 (2019)
Articles
Autonomous Women's Movement in Kerala: Historiography
Maya Subrahmanian
Feminist Media Studies Across Borders: Re-visiting Studies within the Brazilian National Context
Carolina Matos
Gender Inequality in Unpaid Domestic Housework and Childcare Activities and Its Consequences on Childbearing Decisions: Evidence from Iran
Mahmoud Ghazi Tabatabaei and Nader Mehri
Pornography and Objectification of Women in Nollywood Films: A Study of Nigerian Actresses’ Perception of Acting Sex and Nudity Scenes
Floribert Patrick C Endong
Sexism and Gender Profiling: Two Decades of Stereotypical Portrayal of Women in Nollywood Films
Kevin Uwaecheghi Onyenankeya, Oluwayemisi Mary Onyenankeya, and Oluyinka Osunkunle
Socio-demographic Predictors of Political participation among women in Nigeria: Insights from Afrobarometer 2015 Data
Emeka Eugene Dim and Joseph Yaw Asomah
Test of a South Asian Model of Childhood Experiences, Gender Role Attitudes, and Behaviors
Faiz M. M. T. Marikar
The Trade and Gender Nexus in Pakistan
Maryam Tanwir and Richard Sidebottom
Estranged Labour on the Global Assembly Line? ‘Sewing Girls’ of Post-colonial Garment Factories in Sri Lanka
Prajna Seneviratne
GCC Labor Market, Education and Generation Y Females: A Match or Mismatch?
Cameron Mirza and Magdalena Karolak
“Grey Chicken”: Female Students as Exploitation Victims in the Commercial Sex Industry
Bagong Suyanto
A Contemporary Palestinian Reading of Gender Politics in Margaret Cavendish’s The Unnatural Tragedy
Bilal Tawfiq Hamamra
Attitudes toward Women in Palestine: A Quantitative Survey
Erni Gustafsson, Nabil Alawi, and Per Normann Andersen
The Priming of Arab-Israeli Stereotypes: How News Stories May Enhance or Inhibit Audience Stereotypes
Erika Katherine Johnson
Contemporary Temporary Marriage: A Blog-analysis of First-hand Experiences
Sammy Z. Badran and Brian Turnbull
Are “Blessers” a Refuge for Refugee girls in Tshwane, the capital city of South Africa? A Phenomenographic Study
Azwihangwisi Helen Mavhandu-Mudzusi
Towards a Politics of Pain: Building Solidarities, Breaking Silences in Contemporary Chhattisgarh, India
Panchali Ray
Beauty or the Beast? University Academics’ Perceptions of Women’s Physical Appearance and Academic Achievements
Ladan Rahbari
Women, Metaphors and the Legitimisation of Gender Bias in Spanish Proverbs
Benedicta Adokarley Lomotey
Sustainable Women’s Entrepreneurship: A View from Two BRICS Nations
Obianuju (Uju) E. Okeke-Uzodike
The Strides of the Saudi Female Workforce: Overcoming Constraints and Contradictions in Transition
Deepanjana Varshney
“All I See is through His Gaze!” Female Characters through a Male Gaze in Modern Persian Fiction
Ronak Karami
Re-Evaluating Gender Reforms in Non-Western Nations: A Case Study of Women’s Empowerment in Japan
Maryam Alkubati
Essays
The Lives of H-2B Workers in the Trump Era: An Anthropological Perspective on Immigration
Jade Kluver
Book Reviews
“To See Where Her Strength Resides”
Jonathan Shirland
Women in Twentieth-Century Africa
Serena J. Rivera
JIWS Executive Staff
- Executive Editors
- Diana Fox, Bridgewater State University, MA, USA
- Cami Sanderson, Ferris State University, MI, USA
- Book Review Editors
- Madhavi Venkatesan, Northeastern University, MA, USA
- Paula Hooper Mayhew, Fairleigh Dickinson University, NJ, USA
- Editorial Assistant
- Carley Taylor, Bridgewater State University, MA, USA
- Copy Editor
- Jillian Smith, Alumna Bridgewater State University, MA, USA
- Assistant Copy Editor
- Emily Brunelle, Bridgewater State University, MA, USA