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This volume reaffirms the fact that religion and culture often serve as a double-edged sword, that is, they can either obstruct or enrich African women's flourishing. Drawing insights from African women's experiences of religion and culture, the authors proffer gender sensitiv...

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This important volume offers readers an in-depth understanding of women's sexuality around the world, bringing to light a history that is often suppressed.

What is reproductive health like for women in other countries of the world

Should shari'a law be introduced into the British legal system Elham Manea explores this question as a human rights activist and Arab scholar who identifies herself as Muslim.

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Women's soap opera viewing has long been thought of by feminists and nonfeminists as an unproductive waste of time. Blumenthal takes the opposing view, arguing that women's "indulgence" in these programs is actually liberating.

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Work on female drinking and female drug and alcohol abuse is proliferating because interest and productivity in alcohol research has expanded. In this work, the editors' primary focus is on the abuse of alcohol, its biological effects, behavioral effects, abuses, and problems.

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Work on female drinking and female drug and alcohol abuse is proliferating because interest and productivity in alcohol research has expanded. In this work, the editors' primary focus is on the abuse of alcohol, its biological effects, behavioral effects, abuses, and problems.

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Sustainable development has traditionally neglected the contributions of women. Now government and institutions in developing countries are beginning to realise the importance of the female contribution. This books shows that women must be fully included in development schemes in Africa.

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Sustainable development has traditionally neglected the contributions of women. Now government and institutions in developing countries are beginning to realise the importance of the female contribution. This books shows that women must be fully included in development schemes in Africa.

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The first reference work to draw together the stories and studies of women in the American Civil War, this annotated bibliography offers access to the literature that documents the history of women who experienced the war, changed it, and were changed by it.

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An historical examination of women and the death penalty in the United States from 1900 to 1998. It considers the penal codes in the various states regarding the death penalty, and the personal stories of women who have been executed or who are currently on death row.

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A definitive overview of court decisions and legislative victories in the fight for gender equality in U.S. history.

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Part one of this bibliography includes both publications by women during the 17th century and works written by women during the period but published later. The second part lists both works for and about women, some of which were mistakenly attributed to women authors, and serials.

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This comprehensive study of the Nigeria-Biafra War through the lens of gender captures womens complex experiences and the valiant ways they carried out old and new responsibilities in wartime and postwar Nigeria. It fills a gap in war scholarship fifty years after the conflict by presenting women as embodiments of vulnerability and agency.

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Women and the Psychosocial Construction of Madness focuses on the gendered experience of madness within patriarchal power structures. Spanning disciplines like mad studies, psychoanalysis, sociology, and critical theory, this collection explores the interaction between the social and the psyche as it relates to marginalized womens mental health.

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Women and the Psychosocial Construction of Madness focuses on the gendered experience of madness within patriarchal power structures. Spanning disciplines like mad studies, psychoanalysis, sociology, and critical theory, this collection explores the interaction between the social and the psyche as it relates to marginalized womens mental health.

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Speakers at the symposium discussed job opportunities for women in the fields of science and engineering and difficulties faced by women in these professions.

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A powerful account of one of the most notorious rebel groups in the world and its impact on the women of Nigeria.