scholarly journals Casualties of the World War II metaphor: women’s reproductive health fighting for narrative inclusion in COVID-19

2021 ◽  
pp. medhum-2021-012152
Author(s):  
Yuki Bailey ◽  
Megha Shankar ◽  
Patrick Phillips
Keyword(s):  
World War Ii ◽  
Reproductive Health ◽  
Health Needs ◽  
World War ◽  
The World ◽  
The Usa ◽  
Women’S Reproductive Health ◽  
War Metaphor ◽  
Women's Reproductive Health ◽  
Specific Health

While the COVID-19 pandemic progresses, politicians and media outlets in the USA have compared the pandemic with World War II (WWII). Though women’s reproductive health has been affected by both COVID-19 and WWII, these specific health needs are not included in either event’s mainstream narrative. This article explores the pandemic’s war metaphor through the lens of women’s reproductive health, arguing for a reframing of the metaphor. Narrative-building determines how health needs are perceived and addressed. A modification of the WWII metaphor can ensure that the narrative formulating around COVID-19 is inclusive of the women’s reproductive health needs that are eminently present.

scholarly journals Debates about the Polish eastern border after World War II in the Polish immigrant circle

2020 ◽  
pp. 62-71
Author(s):  
Tetiana Yelova
Keyword(s):  
World War Ii ◽  
Editorial Staff ◽  
World War ◽  
Annual Basis ◽  
The World ◽  
The Usa ◽  
Eastern Border ◽  
The Republic ◽  
Post War

The new geopolitical realities after the World War II saw the revival of the Polish state in a new form. The Republic of Poland appeared on the map of Central Europe, with about half of its territory being the so-called Recovered Territories, while the state borders moved west. The new eastern border of the post-war Poland ran along the Curzon line. The new post-war eastern border of Poland was being negotiated and agreed upon by the Soviet and the Polish authorities starting from 1944 on an annual basis, up to 1948. The last exchange of territories took place in 1951. The debates about the political map of Europe and the new eastern border of Poland, which became a new reality after the World War II, were held both at politicians’ offices and in various media outlets. The most prominent debate about the new Polish eastern border could be found on the pages of the Kultura immigrant periodical. The Polish immigrant public intellectuals Jerzy Giedroyc, Juliusz Mieroszewski, Josef Czapski and other members of the Kultura periodical editorial board were adamant about the need to recognize the Polish borders drawn after the World War II. Such a stance was unacceptable for the Polish Governmentin-Exile based in London and some immigrant circles in the USA. Starting from 1952, the Kultura editorial staff is consistent in its efforts to defend the principle of inviolability of borders drawn after the World War II, urging the Poles to give up on the so-called Polish Kresy (Kresy Wschodnie) and to reconcile with the neighbours on the other side of the new eastern border.

scholarly journals SYSTEM CONFRONTATION OF THE GLOBAL POLES OF POWER AND FACTOR OF RE-ACTION OF HISTORICAL RESULTS OF THE SECOND WORLD WAR

2016 ◽  
pp. 123-130
Author(s):  
I. Khyzhnyak
Keyword(s):  
World War Ii ◽  
General Structure ◽  
World Order ◽  
World War ◽  
Systemic Impact ◽  
The World ◽  
The Usa ◽  
Wealth Of Nations ◽  
The One ◽  
Global World

The publication contains the present day consideration of the new global world order general structure came up after well-known developments of the Dignity Revolution in Ukraine. There has been also revealed the controversial essence of the new phase of the international standoff between the systemic composing segment of the Transatlantic origin (EC states, the USA, British Common-wealth of Nations) and Ukraine in addition on the one hand, and Russia – on the other. It clearly shows the Russia’s policy of expansion: annexation of Crimea and unleashing war in Donbas region as well as to become one of the key centers of the world global poles of the superpowers arrangement. The degree of systemic impact on the present day historical  background’s  developments  as factors of reversely acted effect of overall  outcome after the World War II has been analyzed as well.

Understanding and responding to women’s reproductive health needs in Oklahoma

Contraception ◽  
2014 ◽  
Vol 90 (3) ◽  
pp. 304
Author(s):  
A. Dennis ◽  
E. Douglas-Durham ◽  
K. Baden ◽  
B. Burns ◽  
F. Linkin
Keyword(s):  
Reproductive Health ◽  
Health Needs ◽  
Women’S Reproductive Health ◽  
Women's Reproductive Health

Women’s reproductive health needs assessment questionnaire: development and validation

2019 ◽  
Vol 0 (0) ◽  
Author(s):  
Sedighe Rezaie-Chamani ◽  
Mona Rahnavardi ◽  
Zahra Bostani Khalesi
Keyword(s):  
Reproductive Health ◽  
Needs Assessment ◽  
Content Validity ◽  
Health Needs ◽  
Reproductive Age ◽  
Reproductive Health Services ◽  
Health Needs Assessment ◽  
Women’S Reproductive Health ◽  
Women's Reproductive Health ◽  
Assessment Questionnaire

Abstract Background Assessment of reproductive health (RH) needs is necessary for describing the status of women’s RH and identification of the actions needed. This study aimed to develop and validate a questionnaire for the assessment of the women’s RH needs. Materials and methods A sequential exploratory mixed method study (qualitative and quantitative) was conducted with Iranian women of reproductive age (age 15–49 years) living in Rasht. The qualitative exploratory phase was used to explain the concept and dimensions of RH needs. The qualitative exploratory phase was used to develop and validate a questionnaire. Results The results of the qualitative section, RH needs consists of two themes “Reproductive Health Education Needs” and “Reproductive Health Services Features”. A Women’s Reproductive Health Needs Assessment Questionnaire (WRHNAQ) was designed with 19 items. The content validity ratio (CVR) and content validity index (CVI) of the questionnaire were 0.89 and 0.93, respectively. The instrument’s internal consistency was confirmed by an alpha coefficient of 0.881. Conclusion The results of this study showed that the WRHNAQ is a culturally sensitive, valid and reliable scale for assessing the RH needs. The WRHNAQ will be helpful for identifying needs and need-based intervention.

scholarly journals Does Europe Mean Americanization? The Case of Competition

2002 ◽  
Vol 6 (3) ◽  
pp. 233-250 ◽  
Author(s):  
Marie-Laure Djelic
Keyword(s):  
World War Ii ◽  
Western Europe ◽  
The United States ◽  
Oligopolistic Competition ◽  
World War ◽  
The World ◽  
The Usa ◽  
Europe Today ◽  
The 19Th Century ◽  
Rules Of The Game

This paper traces the process whereby competition has come to be valued in our economies. Taking a step back in history, we show how it all started not with competition but with cooperation in fact, in the last decades of the 19th century. Comparing Germany and the USA, we then show how national paths diverged after that. While cooperation remained the accepted and dominant rule in Europe, a particular understanding of competition, what we call oligopolistic competition, came to triumph in the United States. After World War II, this particular understanding was diffused to other parts of the world and particularly to Western Europe. When it comes to competition, we thus show that the basic and formal rules of the game that structure Europe today owe a lot, historically, to American models. However, we ponder in the conclusion on the limits to that process of “soft convergence”.

scholarly journals Cultural Cold War and 1939 Republican Exile: the World Congress of Intellectuals in Defense of Peace (Wroclaw, 1948)

2018 ◽  
Vol 7 (1) ◽  
pp. 009
Author(s):  
Manuel Aznar Soler
Keyword(s):  
World War Ii ◽  
Cold War ◽  
Soviet Union ◽  
International Committee ◽  
World War ◽  
World Congress ◽  
The Soviet Union ◽  
The World ◽  
The Usa ◽  
The Cold War

The cultural battle between the USA and the Soviet Union belongs to the chapters of the Cold War held by the two superpowers in the aftermath of World War II. This article studies how the intellectuals of the 1939 Republican exile took part in the Soviet Union-fostered World Peace International Committee of Intellectuals in Defense of Peace Council, which started with the participation of a delegation of Republican intellectuals in the World Congress of Intellectuals for Peace, held in Wroclaw (Poland) on August 25-28, 1948.

scholarly journals Auftakt zur globalen Anarchie

2003 ◽  
Vol 33 (133) ◽  
pp. 565-573
Author(s):  
Immanuel Wallerstein
Keyword(s):  
World War Ii ◽  
World System ◽  
Late Summer ◽  
World War ◽  
The World ◽  
The Usa ◽  
Us Hegemony ◽  
Military Strength ◽  
The Moment ◽  
The Military

An analysis of the world system since World War II is given. It is argued, that the late summer glow of US-hegemony ended in 2001. Despite the military strength, which the USA shows at the moment, their hegemony is declining. The coming period will be one of anarchy, which the USA cannot control.

The USA strategy and tactics in the Middle East region from the end of the World War II to the "Arab spring"

2020 ◽  
pp. 58-71
Author(s):  
Anna Igorevna Filimonova ◽  
Sergey Dmitrievich Ivanov
Keyword(s):  
World War Ii ◽  
Middle East ◽  
Political Process ◽  
The United States ◽  
World War ◽  
East Region ◽  
The World ◽  
The Usa ◽  
The Arab Spring ◽  
Middle East Region

Currently, as the most powerful state in the world, the United States has a key influence on the processes taking place in the Middle East. In this regard, the analysis of the strategic paradigm of the American policy in the Middle East and the tactics of its implementation from the beginning of its formation is important both for understanding the specifics of the processes taking place in the region and for assessing their impact on the world political process. The material of the article is of scientific and methodological significance in the field of International Relations

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