Pub Date : 2025-01-31DOI: 10.1016/j.wsif.2025.103059
Lauren Erdreich , Susie Russak
Viewing visibility as a category of social analysis, which implies recognition through relationship and has properties of strategy and field, we conceptualize mothering practices of children with invisible disabilities as processes of ‘marking-and-erasing.’ Based on interviews with Israeli mothers during COVID, we ask: What practices do mothers use to mark and erase their children's disabilities? What practices are marked as good mothering? How do these processes of marking and erasing negotiate classed ideals of normativity for children and mothers? Our findings indicated that low-income mothers mark disability to acquire professional support for children's disabilities, claiming this as their ‘proper’ mothering role, whereas middle-class mothers erase disability through intensive mothering, marking it as theirs. The negotiation of visibility of disability and mothering relationally reveals that the social construction of invisible disabilities works through material and symbolic links in the private-public nexus.
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Pub Date : 2025-01-31DOI: 10.1016/j.wsif.2025.103057
Urooj Fatima , Nisar Ahmad , Angeliki, N. Menegaki , Haiyan Wang
This systematic literature review explores the role of innovative technologies, particularly Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs), in empowering women across economic, social, and political domains. By analyzing 79 highly cited studies, the review identifies key themes such as economic empowerment through entrepreneurship, awareness of women's rights, and personal development via technology. ICTs have proven to be vital tools in reducing isolation, fostering entrepreneurship, and improving women's access to resources and markets. However, significant barriers remain, including limited access to affordable ICTs, inadequate infrastructure in rural areas, and socio-cultural constraints that hinder women's full engagement with technology. The review highlights the importance of government policies and public-private collaborations to address these challenges and create a supportive environment for women's empowerment. The findings underscore the transformative potential of ICTs while emphasizing the need for inclusive strategies that bridge the digital divide and ensure equal access to technology for women globally.
{"title":"How do information and communication technologies (ICTs) empower women?","authors":"Urooj Fatima , Nisar Ahmad , Angeliki, N. Menegaki , Haiyan Wang","doi":"10.1016/j.wsif.2025.103057","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.wsif.2025.103057","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>This systematic literature review explores the role of innovative technologies, particularly Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs), in empowering women across economic, social, and political domains. By analyzing 79 highly cited studies, the review identifies key themes such as economic empowerment through entrepreneurship, awareness of women's rights, and personal development via technology. ICTs have proven to be vital tools in reducing isolation, fostering entrepreneurship, and improving women's access to resources and markets. However, significant barriers remain, including limited access to affordable ICTs, inadequate infrastructure in rural areas, and socio-cultural constraints that hinder women's full engagement with technology. The review highlights the importance of government policies and public-private collaborations to address these challenges and create a supportive environment for women's empowerment. The findings underscore the transformative potential of ICTs while emphasizing the need for inclusive strategies that bridge the digital divide and ensure equal access to technology for women globally.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":47940,"journal":{"name":"Womens Studies International Forum","volume":"109 ","pages":"Article 103057"},"PeriodicalIF":1.5,"publicationDate":"2025-01-31","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143177620","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2025-01-31DOI: 10.1016/j.wsif.2025.103061
Haneen Karram-Elias , Hiam Hassan
The aim of the study is to learn about the characteristics of Arab mother – daughter relationship during young adulthood within their social, cultural, and gender contexts. Little is known about how these contexts shape their relationship. Twenty-six Arab young daughters (20–33 years old) in Israel were interviewed in depth regarding their perception and experience of the relationship with their mothers. Data Analysis yielded three themes regarding young daughters' perceptions of: a) Their mothers in terms of supportive and protective versus compulsive; b) The education that the mother practices in terms of Western education versus traditional education and Al-Haram (anything that is explicitly forbidden by Allah); c) The significance of the sharing, in terms of open and secure sharing versus selective sharing. The findings shed light on the Ambivalence Theory within the context of Intergenerational Solidarity Theory. The mothers' emotional role, which fosters effective solidarity as well as characteristics regarding conflicts versus harmony and empowerment as an expression of intergenerational ambivalence, are discussed. On the practical level, it is important to promote programs that strengthen mother-daughter bonds which can enhance coping mechanisms, emotional well-being, and foster a supportive family environment. Moreover, interventions that promote open communication and can mitigate conflicts arising from ambivalent roles. Finally, promoting context-informed interventions and policies that respect family structures while promoting gender equality can facilitate positive societal change.
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Pub Date : 2025-01-28DOI: 10.1016/j.wsif.2024.103045
Onyinyechukwu Durueke
When it comes to Women, Peace and Security (WPS), treating the associated United Nations Security Council Resolution as a universal norm gives the impression that women face the same issues in conflict and post-conflict environments. The Women, Peace and Security field is based on the adoption and ratification of United Nations Security Council Resolution (UNSCR) 1325 (2000) and its subsequent resolutions. Due to the slow pace of implementation of Resolution 1325, National Action Plans (NAPs) were introduced. Nigeria has two NAPs: the first from 2013 (2013–2017) and the second from 2017 (2017–2020). National Action Plans are intended to adapt UNSCR 1325 to specific national contexts. Through these NAPs, the lived experiences of women in rural areas, with reference to Nigeria can be addressed. This paper examines whether the Nigerian National Action Plans (NNAP) have effectively localized United Nations Security Council Resolution 1325 (UNSCR 1325) to meet the specific needs of women in rural areas. It argues that the Nigerian NAPs do not adequately capture the lived realities of women in rural areas and calls for more context-specific approaches to ensure effective localization of UNSCR 1325.
{"title":"Contextualizing universal norms: Evaluating Nigeria's National Action Plans on UNSCR 1325 and women's lived realities in rural areas","authors":"Onyinyechukwu Durueke","doi":"10.1016/j.wsif.2024.103045","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.wsif.2024.103045","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>When it comes to Women, Peace and Security (WPS), treating the associated United Nations Security Council Resolution as a universal norm gives the impression that women face the same issues in conflict and post-conflict environments. The Women, Peace and Security field is based on the adoption and ratification of United Nations Security Council Resolution (UNSCR) 1325 (2000) and its subsequent resolutions. Due to the slow pace of implementation of Resolution 1325, National Action Plans (NAPs) were introduced. Nigeria has two NAPs: the first from 2013 (2013–2017) and the second from 2017 (2017–2020). National Action Plans are intended to adapt UNSCR 1325 to specific national contexts. Through these NAPs, the lived experiences of women in rural areas, with reference to Nigeria can be addressed. This paper examines whether the Nigerian National Action Plans (NNAP) have effectively localized United Nations Security Council Resolution 1325 (UNSCR 1325) to meet the specific needs of women in rural areas. It argues that the Nigerian NAPs do not adequately capture the lived realities of women in rural areas and calls for more context-specific approaches to ensure effective localization of UNSCR 1325.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":47940,"journal":{"name":"Womens Studies International Forum","volume":"109 ","pages":"Article 103045"},"PeriodicalIF":1.5,"publicationDate":"2025-01-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143177643","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2025-01-24DOI: 10.1016/j.wsif.2025.103055
David du Toit , Erynn Masi de Casanova
For most paid domestic workers, the workplace is an urban household. This article focuses on the experiences of domestic workers in two cities in the Global South: Guayaquil, Ecuador and Johannesburg, South Africa, revealing how the intersection of local context and international standards shapes labor dynamics. Specifically, we examine the impact of ILO Convention 189 and the COVID-19 pandemic on workers' lives. Drawing on decade-long studies employing diverse methodologies in each site, this comparative case study analysis provides insights into the daily challenges and adaptive strategies of domestic workers. While most traditional analyses compare national legal frameworks, we argue for the importance of city-level comparisons and explore the realities of domestic employment based on three key aspects— transportation, stigma and employer-domestic worker relationships. Finally, we advocate for more city-level research to inform policies for improving domestic workers' well-being.
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Pub Date : 2025-01-23DOI: 10.1016/j.wsif.2025.103054
Jess R. Nachman
Sport and human movement can be expressions of embodied freedom in response to the violence of settler colonialism that reproduces racism, transphobia, ableism, and other systems of supremacy (McGuire-Adams et al., 2022). For example, Palestinians and allies have taken up direct action through the body, in a wave of global protests against the Israeli State's genocidal occupation of Palestine (Al Jazeera, 2023a). In this paper, I offer two arguments: 1) decolonial queer theory illuminates the racialized and sexualized tactics of the Israeli occupation; and 2) a decolonial queer framework within kinesiology can serve as a tool for analyzing the intersections of movement, identity, and decolonization in research. To support my argument, first I provide background research on the occupation of Palestine (Said, 1979). Second, I synthesize literature on decolonial queer theories concerning the liberation of Palestine, since “sexual and bodily freedom cannot be separated from the fight against Israeli colonialism” (Alqaisiya et al., 2023, p. 115). Third, the paper provides an analysis of sport and movement in Palestine using decolonial queer theory. For kinesiology and sport sociology scholars interested in decolonial work, looking to decolonial queer theories can provide intersectional and liberatory frameworks of analysis that attend to the sexualized tactics of Israeli settler colonization.
{"title":"Decolonial queering sport and movement in Palestine","authors":"Jess R. Nachman","doi":"10.1016/j.wsif.2025.103054","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.wsif.2025.103054","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Sport and human movement can be expressions of embodied freedom in response to the violence of settler colonialism that reproduces racism, transphobia, ableism, and other systems of supremacy (McGuire-Adams et al., 2022). For example, Palestinians and allies have taken up direct action through the body, in a wave of global protests against the Israeli State's genocidal occupation of Palestine (Al Jazeera, 2023a). In this paper, I offer two arguments: 1) decolonial queer theory illuminates the racialized and sexualized tactics of the Israeli occupation; and 2) a decolonial queer framework within kinesiology can serve as a tool for analyzing the intersections of movement, identity, and decolonization in research. To support my argument, first I provide background research on the occupation of Palestine (Said, 1979). Second, I synthesize literature on decolonial queer theories concerning the liberation of Palestine, since “sexual and bodily freedom cannot be separated from the fight against Israeli colonialism” (Alqaisiya et al., 2023, p. 115). Third, the paper provides an analysis of sport and movement in Palestine using decolonial queer theory. For kinesiology and sport sociology scholars interested in decolonial work, looking to decolonial queer theories can provide intersectional and liberatory frameworks of analysis that attend to the sexualized tactics of Israeli settler colonization.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":47940,"journal":{"name":"Womens Studies International Forum","volume":"109 ","pages":"Article 103054"},"PeriodicalIF":1.5,"publicationDate":"2025-01-23","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143177644","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2025-01-14DOI: 10.1016/j.wsif.2024.103043
Beth Turnbull, Mehak Batra, Bircan Erbas, Melissa Graham
Involuntarily, circumstantially and voluntarily childless women are constructed as deviating from pronatalist mothering norms, placing them at risk of social exclusion driven by unequal gender relations. This research examines associations between age, childlessness type and the probability of impaired social exclusion indicators in the social domain of life (social networks, social support, subjective social support and social interaction), social exclusion drivers (stigmatisation and stereotyping) and perceived exclusion due to not having children. Data were collected via self-administered questionnaire from 789 women aged 25 to 64 years living in Australia. Generalised additive models and general linear models stratified by childlessness type and controlling for education, employment, income and relationship status, assessed associations between age, childlessness type and dependent variables. Age was non-linearly associated with impaired social networks, with different patterns for circumstantially compared to involuntarily and voluntarily childless women. Associations between age and impaired social support and subjective social support were observed among voluntarily childless women. Among circumstantially childless women, there were associations between age and perceived exclusion from social interaction due to not having children. Age was associated with stigma consciousness and stereotyping, with different peak ages for circumstantially compared to involuntarily and voluntarily childless women. Different age-related patterns among childlessness types may relate to nuanced stigmatisation of involuntarily, circumstantially and voluntarily childless women, and its shifting salience over women's reproductive and post-reproductive years.
{"title":"Associations between age and social exclusion in the social domain of life by childlessness type among Australian women without children","authors":"Beth Turnbull, Mehak Batra, Bircan Erbas, Melissa Graham","doi":"10.1016/j.wsif.2024.103043","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.wsif.2024.103043","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Involuntarily, circumstantially and voluntarily childless women are constructed as deviating from pronatalist mothering norms, placing them at risk of social exclusion driven by unequal gender relations. This research examines associations between age, childlessness type and the probability of impaired social exclusion indicators in the social domain of life (social networks, social support, subjective social support and social interaction), social exclusion drivers (stigmatisation and stereotyping) and perceived exclusion due to not having children. Data were collected via self-administered questionnaire from 789 women aged 25 to 64 years living in Australia. Generalised additive models and general linear models stratified by childlessness type and controlling for education, employment, income and relationship status, assessed associations between age, childlessness type and dependent variables. Age was non-linearly associated with impaired social networks, with different patterns for circumstantially compared to involuntarily and voluntarily childless women. Associations between age and impaired social support and subjective social support were observed among voluntarily childless women. Among circumstantially childless women, there were associations between age and perceived exclusion from social interaction due to not having children. Age was associated with stigma consciousness and stereotyping, with different peak ages for circumstantially compared to involuntarily and voluntarily childless women. Different age-related patterns among childlessness types may relate to nuanced stigmatisation of involuntarily, circumstantially and voluntarily childless women, and its shifting salience over women's reproductive and post-reproductive years.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":47940,"journal":{"name":"Womens Studies International Forum","volume":"109 ","pages":"Article 103043"},"PeriodicalIF":1.5,"publicationDate":"2025-01-14","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143176670","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2025-01-11DOI: 10.1016/j.wsif.2025.103053
Şeyda Güdek-Gölçek
This study investigates the often-overlooked dimensions of poverty by focusing on social deprivations experienced by women in Türkiye. Moving beyond traditional economic measures, it examines how patriarchal structures and gender norms constrain women's agency, particularly in terms of mobility and socialization. Drawing on qualitative data from semi-structured interviews conducted in the provinces of Konya, Kayseri, and Niğde, the research highlights the deep-seated barriers that limit women's participation in both public and private spheres. The findings reveal that social deprivations, such as restricted mobility and limited social interactions, are significant aspects of gendered poverty that conventional poverty metrics fail to adequately capture. This study aligns with the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), specifically SDG-5 (Gender Equality) and SDG-10 (Reduced Inequalities), by emphasizing the critical need to address social dimensions of poverty. It underscores the necessity of a multidimensional approach to understanding and addressing poverty, incorporating both economic and social interventions. Policy recommendations include the implementation of gender-sensitive policies that promote women's autonomy and challenge societal norms, as well as the creation of safe and inclusive public spaces. By shedding light on these social deprivations, this research contributes to a more comprehensive understanding of poverty in Türkiye and calls for targeted efforts to empower women and reduce gender inequality in line with the SDGs.
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Pub Date : 2025-01-10DOI: 10.1016/j.wsif.2024.103048
Eugenia Ama Breba Anderson, Sebastian Angzoorokuu Paalo, Aminu Dramani
Scholarly discussions about COVID-19 in Africa have mainly covered the negative consequences such as overstretched healthcare systems, the crumbling of economies and businesses, and the backsliding of democracy. One key area of scholarly and policy interest is how border closures affected regional businesses and associated economic engagements in Africa. The related discussions, however, fail to significantly engage the details of how the activities of less privileged or peripheral but critical actors in African economies were affected by state-backed border closure policies, and how such players navigated the pandemic-constrained environments and public policy decisions. This article examines how the government of Ghana's border closure regulation affected informal transborder businesses of Ghanaian women plying their trade across the borders in West Africa. The central finding is that the pandemic-induced border closure and strict policing negatively impacted women's cross-border businesses and thus livelihoods in three dimensions: slowed or collapsed businesses, exacerbated the difficulty of non-integrated regional financial systems, and exposure to dangerous routes. The findings indicate that these challenges could potentially further weaken women's position in economic transactions in Africa.
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Pub Date : 2025-01-06DOI: 10.1016/j.wsif.2025.103052
Bilge Sahin , Irem Sengul
This article explores the potential for mobilizing the Women, Peace and Security (WPS) Agenda to promote refugee women's participation in decision-making processes in Turkey. Although WPS predominantly focuses on women in conflict zones, we argue that it can offer a meaningful avenue of engagement for refugee women in host countries. In the absence of a coherent national action plan in Turkey, we investigate to what extent the scattered and peripheral initiatives of refugee women has the potential to draft and implement WPS and how, in turn, mobilization under WPS helps consolidate and mainstream these initiatives. This article examines refugee women's committees and cooperatives and shows how they can meaningfully localize international policy and leverage it for refugee women's participation. We demonstrate that committees and cooperatives offer a space to discuss, challenge, and give nuance to refugee policies in Turkey, and WPS can act as an essential lever to reinforce and amplify such initiatives.
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