Women Prophets in the Old Testament: Implications for Christian Women in Contemporary Southeastern Nigeria

2020 ◽  
Vol 50 (3) ◽  
pp. 116-135
Author(s):  
Adolphus Ekedimma Amaefule
Keyword(s):  
Old Testament ◽  
The Political ◽  
Word Of God ◽  
African Culture ◽  
Christian Women ◽  
Southeastern Nigeria ◽  
Close Relationship ◽  
The Status ◽  
Women Prophets ◽  
Status Of Women

There is a close relationship between the traditional Igbo-African culture and its treatment of women and the traditional Jewish culture and the status of women therein. This article examines the implications that the life, ministry, actions and inactions, of women prophets in the Old Testament hold for Christian women in contemporary Southeastern Nigeria where the Igbos live. Despite the obvious difference in time and clime, it is discovered, among other things, that the life and ministry of these women prophets challenge present-day Igbo Christian women to be much more courageous and self-confident, to raise their moral bars, to speak out all the more, to participate more actively in the political leadership of their region and the nation at large, to be much more committed to the Word of God, to be given, as women of fewer words but of mighty deeds, to a much more prophetic witnessing anywhere they find themselves.

The Political Function of Domestic Objects in the Fiction of Aleksandra Kollontai

Slavic Review ◽  
1989 ◽  
Vol 48 (1) ◽  
pp. 71-82 ◽  
Author(s):  
Birgitta Ingemanson
Keyword(s):  
Economic Policy ◽  
Short Stories ◽  
Market Economy ◽  
The Political ◽  
New Economic Policy ◽  
The Real ◽  
Political Function ◽  
The Status ◽  
Soviet Russia ◽  
Status Of Women

During the winter of 1922-1923 when she was just beginning her diplomatic career, Bolshevik activist Aleksandra Kollontai wrote two novels and several short stories that were immediately published in Russia and subsequently combined into two volumes under the titles Liubov’ pchel trudovykh and Zhenshchina na perelome. They were dismissed as mere autobiographical romances, indulging in unhealthy introspection and dangerously divorced from the “real” demands of society. At a time when Soviet Russia was facing enormous challenges connected with the reconstruction after the civil war and with the partial return to a market economy under the New Economic Policy (NEP), Kollontai's focus on domestic relationships and the status of women seemed narrow and excessively private.

The Status of Women in the Profession: Tokenism

1971 ◽  
Vol 4 (04) ◽  
pp. 530-532
Author(s):  
Jane Jaquette
Keyword(s):  
Political Science ◽  
The Political ◽  
Female Participation ◽  
The Status ◽  
Assistant Professors ◽  
Status Of Women

The woman who is now entering (or contemplating entry) into the political science profession confronts a field that is biased against her (“political science is no place for a woman”) and which admits her only grudgingly and accords her limited status. The following is a summary of the data now available on the status of women in the profession.From the survey conducted by the APSA Committee on the Status of Women (1969, 473 departments responding), we have the following information on female participation:23.2% of undergraduate majors are women17.5% of graduates enrolled are women14.7% of Ph.D. candidates are women8.7% of those receiving the Ph.D. 1960-1968 are women8.6% of assistant professors are women6.7% of associate professors are women; and4.1 % of full professors are women.

Anglican Women: Empowering Each other to Further God's Kingdom

2007 ◽  
Vol 5 (1) ◽  
pp. 39-68
Author(s):  
Mary Sudman Donovan
Keyword(s):  
New York ◽  
United Nations ◽  
Organizational Structure ◽  
Annual Meeting ◽  
The Political ◽  
The Status ◽  
The United Nations ◽  
Political Structures ◽  
Status Of Women

ABSTRACTIn February 2006, women from every province of the Anglican Communion gathered in New York for the annual meeting of the United Nations Commission on the Status of Women. Once assembled, they established an organizational structure to perpetuate their gathering and called for an expanded women's presence on all Anglican Communion governing bodies. This article traces the development of the group, showing how a few women used the political structures of the Anglican Communion–the Anglican Observer at the United Nations, the Anglican Consultative Council and the International Anglican Women's Network–to assemble Anglican women. It demonstrates that the experience of meeting together became a source of empowerment for the participants and analyzes the factors contributing to the venture's success so that they might serve as models for the Anglican Communion as it struggles to maintain unity while embracing diversity.

Gender in Israel

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Reut Itzkovitch-Malka
Keyword(s):  
Gender Equality ◽  
Gender Inequality ◽  
Political System ◽  
Gender Mainstreaming ◽  
The Political ◽  
The Status ◽  
Substantial Progress ◽  
The Government ◽  
Status Of Women ◽  
Made In

This chapter traces, identifies, and characterizes the main features of the gender division in Israeli society and politics. It addresses questions relevant to the status of women, as well as the LGBTQ community, and assesses the magnitude of gender inequality in the various societal, cultural, and political arenas. While substantial progress has been made in improving the status of women in Israel, there is still a long road ahead before Israel can achieve true gender equality. In order for such equality to become a reality, genuine change is in order: a focus on the substantive outputs of the Knesset and the government; an emphasis on gender mainstreaming practices; and widespread feminist activity in formal politics, meant to inject critical feminist views into the political system and alter existing gender relations.

At the Beginning: the Status of Women in Neolithic and Shang China*

NAN Nü ◽  
1999 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-63 ◽  
Author(s):  
David N. Keightley
Keyword(s):  
Present Article ◽  
Economic Status ◽  
The Political ◽  
Late Neolithic ◽  
Burial Practices ◽  
Marriage Patterns ◽  
The Status ◽  
Secondary Burial ◽  
Initial Exploration ◽  
Status Of Women

AbstractDespite the local and frequently disparate nature of the evidence, both archaeological and inscriptional, and despite the difficulties involved in interpreting that evidence, the study of particular topics-such as secondary burial, following-in-death, sex ratios, marriage patterns, childbearing, Shang royal consorts, Shang ancestresses, and lineage terminology-permits the general conclusion that from at least the Late Neolithic until the Late Shang the political and economic status of most women in China, as represented in burial practices and recorded religious beliefs, was, despite some significant exceptions, inferior to that of most men. The present article provides an initial exploration of how such status distinctions emerged and how they functioned.

Gender in Israel

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Reut Itzkovitch-Malka
Keyword(s):  
Gender Equality ◽  
Gender Inequality ◽  
Political System ◽  
Gender Mainstreaming ◽  
The Political ◽  
The Status ◽  
Substantial Progress ◽  
The Government ◽  
Status Of Women ◽  
Made In

This chapter traces, identifies, and characterizes the main features of the gender division in Israeli society and politics. It addresses questions relevant to the status of women, as well as the LGBTQ community, and assesses the magnitude of gender inequality in the various societal, cultural, and political arenas. While substantial progress has been made in improving the status of women in Israel, there is still a long road ahead before Israel can achieve true gender equality. In order for such equality to become a reality, genuine change is in order: a focus on the substantive outputs of the Knesset and the government; an emphasis on gender mainstreaming practices; and widespread feminist activity in formal politics, meant to inject critical feminist views into the political system and alter existing gender relations.

Seclusion, Separation, and the Status of Women in Classical Athens

1989 ◽  
Vol 36 (1) ◽  
pp. 3-15 ◽  
Author(s):  
David Cohen
Keyword(s):  
Social Status ◽  
The Political ◽  
Classical Period ◽  
Classical Scholarship ◽  
Greek History ◽  
Women's Lives ◽  
The Status ◽  
Status Of Women

It is a commonplace of contemporary classical scholarship that in the classical period the political and social status of Athenian women was deplorably low. Relegated to the ranks of slaves and children, scholars suggest that they were even much worse off than the women of earlier and later periods of Greek history. This paper proposes not to challenge this global judgement as a whole, but simply to focus upon one aspect of women's lives which has played an important role in such scholarly discussions.

The empowerment of Latin American women in politics

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ketty Marilú Moscoso Paucarchuco ◽  
Jesus Cesar Sandoval Trigos ◽  
Manuel Michael Beraún Espíritu ◽  
Jhoys Leylaura Ordóñez Gómez ◽  
Hilario Romero Girón
Keyword(s):  
Political Participation ◽  
Latin American ◽  
Political Representation ◽  
The Political ◽  
Women In Politics ◽  
Women Candidates ◽  
American Women ◽  
Participation Of Women ◽  
The Status ◽  
Status Of Women

The book untitle: “The empowerment of Latin American women in politics” is integrated by three chapters. The first one covers elements related to female empowerment in politics, especifically the topics related to feminist theory and political representation. The second one deals with empowerment and political participation of women in Latin America; it highlights the status of women and their political participation as well as the influencing factors in women’s political participation. The third one transactions with neutrosophical evaluation of the political participation of women candidates and elected officials of the provincial municipality of Huamanga.

And Sarah Laughed. The Status of Women in the Old Testament

1979 ◽  
Vol 98 (3) ◽  
pp. 423
Author(s):  
Katharine Doob Sakenfeld ◽  
John H. Otwell
Keyword(s):  
Old Testament ◽  
The Status ◽  
Status Of Women
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