scholarly journals #Metoo/#Aidtoo and Creating an Intersectional Feminist NPO/NGO Sector

2019 ◽  
Vol 10 (4) ◽  
Author(s):  
Elizabeth M. Gillespie ◽  
Roseanne M. Mirabella ◽  
Angela M. Eikenberry
Keyword(s):  
Sexual Violence ◽  
Feminist Theory ◽  
Nongovernmental Organization ◽  
Theory And Practice ◽  
Bureaucratic Accountability

AbstractThe purpose of this essay is to explore the implications of #metoo and #aidtoo for understanding nonprofit/nongovernmental organization (NPO/NGO) theory and practice. We provide an overview of how women have experienced sexual violence in the context of NPOs/NGOs and draw on an intersectional feminist theory lens to highlight the context that enables violence to persist, and which requires more than implementing bureaucratic accountability reforms. We end by discussing potential avenues for creating change to end such violence.

A Feminist Analysis: Sexual Violence in the Bosnian War (1992-1995)

2021 ◽  
Vol 30 (2) ◽  
pp. 254-267
Author(s):  
Özgenur Çaputlu
Keyword(s):  
Sexual Violence ◽  
Feminist Theory ◽  
Feminist Perspective ◽  
Feminist Analysis ◽  
Bosnian War ◽  
Forced Prostitution

Throughout history, war violence has disproportionately affected women, especially in patriarchal societies. Wartime rape, which is the most common and destructive type of conflict-related sexual violence, is the clearest example of these effects. This study clarifies the sexual violence experiences of Yugoslavian women during the Bosnian War, which had lasted between the years 1992-1995, with an anti-militarist feminist perspective. The first part of the article includes hypotheses of feminist theory about conflict-related sexual violence. The second part handles types of sexual violence such as wartime rape, forced prostitution, and forced pregnancy that had affected women in Yugoslavian conflict areas between 1992-1995. The last part of the study describes the numerical dimensions of the sexual violence used in the Bosnian War and its ef-fects on Yugoslavian women. Throughout history, war violence has disproportionately affected women, especially in patriarchal societies. Wartime rape, which is the most common and destructive type of conflict-related sexual violence, is the clearest example of these effects. This study clarifies the sexual violence experiences of Yugoslavian women during the Bosnian War, which had lasted between the years 1992-1995, with an anti-militarist feminist perspective. The first part of the article includes hypotheses of feminist theory about conflict-related sexual violence. The second part handles types of sexual violence such as wartime rape, forced prostitution, and forced pregnancy that had affected women in Yugoslavian conflict areas between 1992-1995. The last part of the study describes the numerical dimensions of the sexual violence used in the Bosnian War and its effects on Yugoslavian women.

Feminist Perspectives on Science

Hypatia ◽  
1988 ◽  
Vol 3 (1) ◽  
pp. 139-155 ◽  
Author(s):  
Barbara Imber ◽  
Nancy Tuana
Keyword(s):  
Feminist Theory ◽  
Scientific Theory ◽  
Theory And Practice ◽  
Feminist Perspectives ◽  
Practice Of Science ◽  
Precise Role

In this issue of Hypatia there is a consensus that science is not value-neutral and that cultural/political concerns enter into the epistemology, methodology and conclusions of scientific theory and practice. In future dialogues the question that needs to be further addressed is the precise role political concerns should play in the formulation of a feminist theory and practice of science.

Participatory Evaluation: Towards a Transformation of Assessment for Women’s Studies Programs and Projects

1988 ◽  
Vol 10 (3) ◽  
pp. 191-199 ◽  
Author(s):  
Joan Poliner Shapiro
Keyword(s):  
Feminist Theory ◽  
Women's Studies ◽  
Participatory Evaluation ◽  
Theory And Practice ◽  
New Model ◽  
Women’S Studies ◽  
Qualitative And Quantitative ◽  
Alternative Approach

This paper addresses some of the concerns inherent in evaluating women’s studies programs and projects. It focuses on the following four areas: a) discussion of objections raised by feminists about traditional forms of assessment; b) consideration of criticisms of traditional evaluations expressed by nontraditional evaluators; c) description of the strengths and weaknesses of illuminative evaluation as an alternative approach to assessing women’s studies programs; and d) introduction of a new model of evaluation which is herein termed “participatory evaluation.” Participatory evaluation is a process allowing for the use of both qualitative and quantitative methodologies. It recognizes the importance of the evaluator’s role as knowledgeable insider rather than neutral outsider and facilitates development of trust between assessor and those being assessed. Evaluations based on trust permit a highly interactive form of assessment. Participatory evaluation is not only compatible with feminist theory and practice, but it is also appropriate for the assessment of women’s studies programs and projects.

Introducing Women's Studies: Feminist Theory and Practice

1994 ◽  
pp. 108
Author(s):  
Maggie Humm ◽  
Diane Richardson ◽  
Victoria Robinson
Keyword(s):  
Feminist Theory ◽  
Women's Studies ◽  
Theory And Practice ◽  
Women’S Studies

Representation

2015 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lisa Disch
Keyword(s):  
Twentieth Century ◽  
Feminist Theory ◽  
Political Representation ◽  
Cultural Representation ◽  
Theory And Practice ◽  
Historical Representation ◽  
The Relationship

The concept of representation may be second only to gender in its centrality to mid-twentieth-century feminist theory and practice. This chapter provides an overview of feminist explorations of the relationship between political representation and aesthetic/semiotic/cultural representation. It analyzes three approaches, comparing feminist discussions of “Vamps” (cultural representation), with “Visibility” (historical representation) and “Voice” (political representation) to emphasize the interdisciplinarity of feminist explorations of representation. Running through all three sections are concerns about the interplay between how representations picture women and who speaks for them, and how acts of representation work to constitute that for which they purport merely to stand.

scholarly journals Gender and Learning in Rwanda

10.5130/aag ◽  
2021 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Feminist Theory ◽  
Gender Equality ◽  
Social Relationships ◽  
Personal Experience ◽  
Single Point ◽  
Theory And Practice ◽  
Master's Program ◽  
Policy Area ◽  
Gender Culture ◽  
Culture And Development

This book presents an unparalleled mix of aspiration and achievement, of feminist theory and practice. It does not claim to be complete or final, nor is it a snapshot of a single point in time. It falls into two parts. One part containing scholarly chapters written academics involved in developing and teaching in the innovative Master’s program in Gender, Culture and development offered from 2011 at the Kigali Institute of Education in Rwanda. The second part contains statements written by students in the first cohort, most of which have been revised and updated. All the contributions are informed by a set of common experiences, but each writer presents her (or his) own perspective. This is most clearly evident in the short chapters written by the women who brought their diverse scholarly backgrounds together in their passion for the scholarly development of other women and men, in an empowering, feminist, educational experience. This mix of experiences and the diversity of writings make the book a challenging read and an invaluable resource for anyone interested in research-based approaches to social change, the weaving of personal experience into scholarly reflections, and in insights into leaders in working towards gender equality, a policy area which affects social relationships throughout a society, including at the most intimate level.

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