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Women's Studies
Corinne Schwarz
Summary: This article argues that human trafficking should be seen as a form of slow violence, the accumulation of the consequences of systematic oppression over time. The reality of trafficking is often more complex than the linear narratives presented in the mainstream media. Slow violence theory offers three key elements: the harms are gradual and delayed, they accumulate over time unnoticed, and they may not be recognized as 'violence' in our everyday language. Critical trafficking studies focus on the forms of exploitation and precarity that are taken for granted or assumed to be static.
Article
Women's Studies
Jade Crimson Rose Da Costa
Summary: This article discusses the findings of Queer Necropolitics, which reveals that white futurity often relegates trans women of color to zones of death and sacrifice. However, less attention has been given to how trans women of color use art to challenge these murderous assemblages. Using Shraya and Lee's (2019) graphic novel Death Threat as an example, the author explores how trans women of color can transform death into life-affirming art and expand the analytical boundaries of Queer Necropolitics.
Article
Women's Studies
Julia O'Connor, Jill Hoxmeier, Julia Cusano, Sarah Mcmahon
Summary: Peers' attitudes towards survivors of sexual violence can impact their willingness to disclose. Students with minoritized identities perceive and experience less supportive campus environments compared to peers with privileged identities. This study found that students with minoritized identities have lower perceptions of anticipated peer support for survivors compared to those with privileged identities.
VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN
(2023)
Article
Women's Studies
Li-Wen Shih, Thomas Harboll Schr-der
Summary: Based on the study of prenatal screening experience of pregnant women in Taiwan, this article highlights the significance of participant drawings in feminist methodology, emphasizing that participants possess knowledge about their own situations. Drawings provide a context for analyzing how participants establish their relationships with their fetuses, technologies, and families. This approach teaches us the important lesson that methods always represent specific political and epistemological positions, and proposes the concept of "enacting up" to challenge scientific objectivity and biomedical practice while giving voice to the participants.
Article
Public, Environmental & Occupational Health
Solomon Seyife Alemu, Mahlet Tesfaye Agago, Eshetu Yisihak Ukumo, Tesfahun Simon Hadero
Summary: This study aimed to assess the knowledge, practice, and associated factors of obstetric caregivers on the prevention of obstetric fistula in public health facilities of the Gamo zone. The results showed that the knowledge and practice of obstetric caregivers on the prevention of obstetric fistula was low.
FRONTIERS IN GLOBAL WOMENS HEALTH
(2023)
Article
Public, Environmental & Occupational Health
Ahmedin Aliyi Usso, Hassen Abdi Adem, Addisu Alemu, Aminu Mohammed
Summary: This study assesses the level of disrespect and abuse suffered by women during childbirth, and the associated factors, in public health facilities in the rural East Hararghe Zone in eastern Ethiopia.
FRONTIERS IN GLOBAL WOMENS HEALTH
(2023)
Article
Public, Environmental & Occupational Health
Alka Ahuja, Mona Duggal, Jane Y. Liu, Preetika Sharma, Darshan Hosapatna Basavarajappa, Rashmi Bagga, Alison M. El Ayadi, Ankita Kankaria, Vijay Kumar, Pushpendra Singh, Nadia G. Diamond-Smith
Summary: This study explores the cultural beliefs and practices of women and families during pregnancy and the postnatal period, revealing the existence of both traditional practices and new beliefs and behaviors arising from an intersection between culture and technology in India.
FRONTIERS IN GLOBAL WOMENS HEALTH
(2023)
Article
Philosophy
Caleb Ward
Summary: This article provides a detailed interpretation of Audre Lorde's understanding of the erotic, highlighting its integral elements of feeling, knowledge, power, and concerted action. The erotic is seen as a way of experiencing work that can lead to new knowledge and counteract epistemic oppression. It is also a source of power, providing vision and energy for integrated actions. Moreover, the erotic facilitates the building of coalitions through its focus on appreciation, trust, and shared vulnerability.
HYPATIA-A JOURNAL OF FEMINIST PHILOSOPHY
(2023)
Article
Women's Studies
Carley Marshall, Mylene Fernet, Audrey Brassard, Rachel Langevin
Summary: Child sexual abuse can have long-lasting negative effects on an individual's sense of safety and trust, as well as their relationships. A qualitative study conducted with 23 mothers who experienced either continuous or discontinuous CSA highlighted the various experiences they had in terms of parent-child relationships, romantic relationships, and parenting behaviors. These findings can inform interventions aimed at reducing the risk of intergenerational cycles of maltreatment.
VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN
(2023)
Article
Public, Environmental & Occupational Health
Elaheh Shams, Dina Zohrabi, Ozra Omrani, Vahid Zarezade, Nasrin Yazdanpanahi, Mohammad Hossein Sanati
Summary: This study aims to investigate the protective role of crocin against changes caused by Cyclophosphamide in ovarian tissue through changes in the expression of genes involved in the hypothalamic-pituitary-gonadal axis. By increasing the expression of genes ob-Rb, ob-Ra, and NPY, crocin could modulate the harmful effects of cyclophosphamide.
Article
Women's Studies
Kurniawati Hastuti Dewi, Ade Latifa, Nur Iman Subono, Wahyu Prasetyawan, Ari Purwanto Sarwo Prasojo
Summary: This paper explores the role of women NGOs in supplying and preparing women's legislative candidates in the Indonesian parliament. The study finds that these NGOs play a crucial role in getting women elected by providing training, consultation, moral support, and access to women's networks. The research also highlights the active agency of women candidates in reaching voters through these NGOs and networks.
ASIAN JOURNAL OF WOMENS STUDIES
(2023)
Article
Women's Studies
Aria F. Wiseblatt, Maria Testa, Jennifer P. Read
Summary: This study examines the behaviors and sociocontextual factors of college women of different races, and finds that heavy episodic drinking and hookups are risk factors for sexual assault, with variations between different racial groups. This finding is important for the development of intervention measures.
VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN
(2023)
Article
Management
Daniela Pianezzi
Summary: This paper examines the ethical value of artistic artifacts in challenging the unequal valuation of working bodies, and argues that this affirmative and critical ethics provides theoretical and methodological foundations for work and organization studies.
GENDER WORK AND ORGANIZATION
(2023)
Article
Women's Studies
Kaitlin Moore
Summary: This article explores the work of poet Kathy Jetnil-Kijiner, who incorporates Marshallese storytelling techniques and draws upon matrilineal Marshallese lifeways to address the 'slow violence' caused by nuclear testing. Jetnil-Kijiner's creative work focuses on the intertwining traumas of body burdens, colonial subjugation, and environmental and cultural degradation resulting from the nuclear tests conducted in the Marshall Islands. By contextualizing her work within the history of nuclear testing in the Pacific, the article demonstrates how her feminist poetic projects align with radical syllabi of quantum mechanical phenomena while challenging the scientific assumptions underlying radioactive colonialism.
AUSTRALIAN FEMINIST STUDIES
(2023)
Article
Women's Studies
Kate Houlden, Amy Rushton, Alden Sajor Marte-Wood, Daniella Sanchez Russo, Rashmi Varma
Summary: This roundtable discussion explores the possibilities of using social reproduction theory in relation to world-literary, materialist feminist, queer Marxist, and world-systems approaches to literature and culture. The discussion covers topics such as the politics of everyday life, challenges of representing women's work, gaps in social reproduction feminism, and aesthetic challenges related to social reproduction.
Article
Psychology, Multidisciplinary
Amanda M. Jantzer, Amy L. Reynolds, Roger L. Worthington
Summary: Psychologists are well-equipped to combat inequity and embrace social justice in colleges and universities. This article provides critical perspectives and practices for psychologists to ensure transformative and anti-racist change. By utilizing three conceptual models, psychologists can implement evidence-based research and assessment strategies at the individual, group, and organizational levels. A Black feminist critique further enhances understanding of resistance, coalition building, and freedom in campus change.
Article
Public, Environmental & Occupational Health
Paul Nyongesa, Osayame A. Ekhaguere, Irene Marete, Constance Tenge, Milsort Kemoi, Carla M. Bann, Sherri L. Bucher, Archana B. Patel, Patricia L. Hibberd, Farnaz Naqvi, Sarah Saleem, Robert L. Goldenberg, Shivaprasad S. Goudar, Richard J. Derman, Nancy F. Krebs, Ana Garces, Elwyn Chomba, Waldemar A. Carlo, Musaku Mwenechanya, Adrien Lokangaka, Antoinette K. Tshefu, Melissa Bauserman, Marion Koso-Thomas, Janet L. Moore, Elizabeth M. McClure, Edward A. Liechty, Fabian Esamai
Summary: Adolescent and advanced maternal age pregnancies carry adverse risks in low- and middle-income countries, with adolescent pregnancies associated with perinatal and neonatal mortality, and advanced maternal age pregnancies associated with maternal, perinatal, and neonatal mortality.
FRONTIERS IN GLOBAL WOMENS HEALTH
(2023)
Article
Women's Studies
Marcos Claudio Signorelli, Raiza Wallace Guimaraes da Rocha, Casey D. Xavier Hall, Sandra Marques Prado, Dabney P. Evans
Summary: This study piloted the use of the Brazilian version of the Composite Abuse Scale (CAS-Brazil) in Curitiba among survivors of intimate partner violence and professionals serving survivors. The results showed that the CAS-Brazil had high feasibility among participants from diverse backgrounds.
VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN
(2023)
Article
Management
Karina Santellano, Jody Agius Vallejo
Summary: This article explores how Latinas entrepreneurs, through three case studies, practice feminist ethnoracial entrepreneurship by combining ethnorace, gender, immigration, class, and community factors. They aim to mitigate ethnoracial and gender inequality and draw on their lived experiences to drive profit and social change.
GENDER WORK AND ORGANIZATION
(2023)
Article
Psychology, Multidisciplinary
Diana E. Betz, Kelly Deegan, Alex Gomes
Summary: Two studies examined reactions to sexual assault research and found that hostile sexism predicted skepticism towards the findings. This suggests the need for additional strategies to effectively communicate sexual assault-related science to hostile audiences.
PSYCHOLOGY OF WOMEN QUARTERLY
(2023)