Vol 10, #4, May 2009

Articles

Understanding 'Passion Killings' in Botswana: An Investigation of Media Framing
By Deinera Exner and Wilfreda E. Thurston

The Water Crisis in Blantyre City and its Impact on Women: The Cases of Mabyani and Ntopwa, Malawi
By Lucy Chipeta

A Cross-cultural, Comparative Analysis of the Domestic Violence Policies of Nicaragua and Russia
By Jo-Ann Della-Giustina

Feminism and Multiculturalism: Two Common Foundations for a Vision and a Practice of Transformative Social Activities and Education in Israel
By Roni Reingold and Lea Baratz

Multicultural Politics and the Paradox of Being Special: Interrogating Immigrant Women's Activism and the Voice of Difference
By Jane S. C. Ku

Framing Masculinity in the Poetry of Nuala Ni Dhomhnaill
By Margaret Garry Burke

Health Consequences of Rural Women's Productive Role in Agriculture in the Philippines and Other Developing Countries
By Ma. Elena Chiong-Javier

Effect of Work Intensification and Work Extensification on Women’s Health in the Globalised Labour Market
By Jinky Leilanie Lu

The Social Grants and Black Women in South Africa: A Case Study of Bophelong Township in Gauteng
By Maria van Driel

The Role of Women in Providing and Improving Household Food Security in Sudan: Implications for Reducing Hunger and Malnutrition
By Fatma Osman Ibnouf

Female Combatants in the Spanish Civil War: Milicianas on the Front Lines and in the Rearguard
By Lisa Lines

Gender Analysis of Socio-Cultural Perception of Moringa Oleifera Amongst Farmers in Southwestern Nigeria
By Dixon .O. Torimiro, Simsola. M. Odeyinka, Victor. O. Okorie, and Moses. A. Akinsuyi

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

What Remains of Srebrenica? Motherhood, Transitional Justice and Yearning for the Truth
By Olivera Simic

Essays

The Failed Marriage between Women and the Landless People's Movement (MST) in Brazil
By Rute Caldeira

Reporting from the Edge of Reality: Writing as Phantom Limb in Goretti Kyomuhendo's Fiction
By Andrew H. Armstrong

Virginia Woolf’s Answer to "Women Can't Paint, Women Can't Write" in To the Lighthouse
By Daniela Munca

Poetry as Survival of and Resistance to Genocide in Lorna Dee Cervantes's Drive: The Last Quartet
By Edith Vasquez

Book Reviews

Women In Iraq: The Gender Impact of International Sanctions
Reviewed by Amber Guthrie, Christina Arrington, Kesser Mohammad and Esther Rothblum

War and Terror: Feminist Perspectives
Reviewed by Anjali Nath, Melissann Herron, Kirstin Oesterle and Esther D. Rothblum

The Single Woman: A Discursive Investigation
Reviewed by Katherine Lehman

Diplomats and Dreamers: The Stancioff Family in Bulgarian History
Reviewed by Nameeta Mathur

Feminist Conversations: Women, Trauma, and Empowerment in Post-Transitional Societies
Reviewed by Denise Shupiko

The N Word: Who Can Say It. Who Shouldn't. And Why
Reviewed by Kimberly Burke, N. Reyes Franco, KB Bowman and Esther Rothblum

Homoplot: The Coming-Out Story and Gay, Lesbian and Bisexual Identity
Reviewed by Amber Guthrie, Katie White and Esther Rothblum

Shout Out: Women of Color Respond to Violence
Reviewed by Katie White, Lisa Covington, Jenna Stephenson, and Esther Rothblum

Women at the Top: Powerful Leaders Tell Us How to Combine Work and Family
Reviewed by Kristi R. Branham

Gender and Globalization in Asia and the Pacific: Method, Practice, Theory
Reviewed by Susan Dewey

We Share Walls: Language, Land, and Gender in Berber Morocco
Reviewed by: Damla Isik

Reluctant Bedfellows: Feminism, Activism, and Prostitution in the Philippines
Reviewed by Traci Yoder