Vol 11, #2, November 2009

Articles

Designing a Woman-friendly Workplace: A Prognosis and Prescription for Institutional Health at the University of Guam
By Helen Thompson, Andrea Sant Hartig and Diane Thurber

The Search for an African Feminist Ethic: A Zimbabwean Perspective
By Fainos Mangena

Abuse of Lower Castes in South India: The Institution of Devadasi
By Maria-Costanza Torri

Combating Violence against Women (VAW) in South Kivu: A Critical Analysis
By Giulia D'Odorico and Nathalie Holvoet

Women's Understanding of the Effects of Domestic Abuse: The Impact on Their Identity, Sense of Self and Resilience. A Grounded Theory Approach
By Emma Crawford, Helen Liebling-Kalifani and Vicki Hill

The Challenge of Studying Sexual Harassment in Higher Education: An Experience from the University of Malawi's Chancellor College.
By Happy Mickson Kayuni

Gender Standards v. Democratic Standards: Examples and Counter Examples
By Amel Mili

A Study on the Empowerment of Women Construction Workers as Masons in Tamil Nadu, India
By Annette Barnabas, Joseph Anbarasu D and Clifford Paul S

When Personal Dreams Derail, Rural Cameroonian Women Aspire For Their Children
By Akuri John, Susan Weinger and Barbara Barton

The Not So New Turkish Woman: A Statistical Look at Women in Two Istanbul Neighborhoods
By Mary-Lou O'Neill and Fazil Guler

Changing the Canon: Chinua Achebe's Women, the Public Sphere and the Politics of Inclusion in
By Uzoechi Nwagbara

Examining Empowerment among Indian Widows: A Qualitative study of the Narratives of Hindu Widows in North Indian Ashrams
By Nimi Mastey

Women and Politics in Kuwait
By Muhamad S. Olimat

Book Reviews

How What You Eat Defines Who You Are: The Food Theme in Four American Women Writers.
Reviewed by Jamie Sherman

Re-defining Feminisms.
Reviewed by Voichita Nachescu

Power, Resistance and Women Politicians in Cambodia: Discourses of Emancipation.
Reviewed by Debarati Sen

Enchanted Lives, Enchanted Objects: American Women Collectors and the Making of Culture 1800-1940.
Reviewed by Beth Muellner

Domestic Goddesses: Maternity, Globalization and Middle-class Identity in Contemporary India.
Reviewed by Anne Waldrop

Liberating Shahrazad: Feminism, Postcolonialism, and Islam.
Reviewed by Sanaa Benmessaoud

If I Could Write this in Fire.
Reviewed by Alexis Pauline Gumbs

"Baad Bitches" and Sassy Supermamas: Black Power Action Films.
Reviewed by Chloe Wayne