Vol 8, #4, May 2007

Articles
Experiences of Women War-Torture Survivors in Uganda: Implications for Health and Human Rights
By Helen Liebling-Kalifani, Angela Marshall, uth Ojiambo-Ochieng, and Nassozi Margaret Kakembo

The Task of Being Content: Expatriate Wives in Beijing, Emotional Work and Patriarchal Bargain
By Daniella Arieli

Integration, Clarification, Substantiation: Sex, Gender, Ethnicity and Migration as Social Determinants of Women's Health
By Bilkis Vissandj, Ilene Hyman, Denise L. Spitzer, Alisha Apale, and Nahar Kamrun

Family Law Reform and the Feminist Debate: Actually-Existing Islamic Feminism in the Maghreb and Malaysia
By Brad Archer

Gender Bias After Death: The Case of the Clergical Cemetery, St. John's Orphanage, Thurgoona, NSW, Australia
By Dirk HR Spennemann

Pathologizing the Female Body: Phallocentrism in Western Science
By Stephanie E. Libbon

Gender, Information Technology and Health: The Case of Women Workers in Export Zones in the Philippines
By Jinky Leilanie Lu

Economic Empowerment of Women through Information Technology: A Case Study from an Indian State
By Dr. P.N. Prasad and Dr. V. Sreedevi

Women and Informal Credit: Lessons from Moretele, South Africa
By Kongolo M

The Fortunes and Misfortunes of Women Rice Producers in Ndop, Cameroon and the Implications for Gender Roles
By Lotsmart N. Fonjong and Mbah Fongkimeh Athanasia

Male Gender Roles and Sexuality: Implications for University Girls' HIV/AIDS Awareness in a Nigerian University
By S. O. Momoh , Chinedum Godson Asagwara and Ugiomoh Maria Meriamu

Book Reviews

"Black Women in the Ivory Tower, 1850-1954. An Intellectual History" Stephanie Y. Evans
Reviewed by Kathleen Sterling

"Check It While I Wreck It: Black Womanhood, Hip-Hop Culture, and the Public Sphere" Gwendolyn D. Pough
Reviewed by Matthew W. Hughey

"Cut Loose: (Mostly) Older Women Talk About the End of (Mostly) Long-Term Relationships" Nan Bauer-Maglin
Reviewed by Barbara R. Bergmann

"Pomegranate Hearts" Rouhi Shafii
Reviewed by Emily Regan Wills

"Daughters of Kerala" Achamma C. Chandersekaran
Reviewed by Marie Varghese

"Sex Trafficking: The Global Market in Women and Children" Kathryn Farr
Reviewed by Moshoula Capous Desyllas

"The Capacity to Care: Gender and Ethical Subjectivity" Wendy Hollway
Reviewed by Maureen P. Hogan

"Betty Ford: Candor and Courage in the White House" John Robert Greene
Reviewed by Jessica Burstrem

Poetry

Two Poems
By Mary O'Donoghue

Essays

The Joyous Yoni: An Exploration of Yogic Perspectives Toward Sexual Empowerment for Women
By FM Shroff

Photo Essay, About My Sisters 1996-2006
By Ellie Brown

 

Updated October 19, 2007.