scholarly journals Visual Compassion for Women’s Empowerment

2021 ◽  
Vol 12 (2) ◽  
pp. 62-75
Author(s):  
Nanako Sakai
Keyword(s):  
Human Nature ◽  
Theoretical Study ◽  
Women's Empowerment ◽  
Women’S Empowerment ◽  
Asian Countries ◽  
Moral Issues ◽  
The West ◽  
Moral Conduct ◽  
Feminist Perspectives ◽  
Spiritual Energy

Abstract Little attention has been given to principles of Buddhist moral conduct in the West. There are ten virtuous actions of Buddhist moral conduct, called the Ten Virtuous Deeds of the Bodhisattvas. Drawing from the works of contemporary women thinkers and artists, this article considers how the beauty of human nature and spirituality can be cultivated based on Buddhist feminist perspectives. There are many oppressed women in Asian countries whose voices are not heard in society. Buddhist feminism based on the Ten Virtuous Deeds of the Bodhisattvas can probe deeply into the heart of the moral issues and nurture the powerful flow of spiritual energy for the women. This is a theoretical study that elaborates on women’s struggle for their liberation as inspired by the art of Rima Fujita.

scholarly journals Measuring community norms around women's empowerment in the West Bank: Opportunities and challenges of a novel approach using cultural consensus

2019 ◽  
Vol 9 ◽  
pp. 100489
Author(s):  
Roseanne C. Schuster ◽  
Alexandra Brewis ◽  
Peggy Ochandarena ◽  
Angie Abdelmonem ◽  
Sereen Hoso ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
West Bank ◽  
Women's Empowerment ◽  
Women’S Empowerment ◽  
Cultural Consensus ◽  
The West ◽  
Community Norms ◽  
Novel Approach

Dancing Around Orientalism

2006 ◽  
Vol 50 (4) ◽  
pp. 52-71 ◽  
Author(s):  
Donnalee Dox
Keyword(s):  
Middle Eastern ◽  
Women's Empowerment ◽  
Women’S Empowerment ◽  
Belly Dance ◽  
The West ◽  
Belly Dancing

The performance of belly dancing in the West embodies a central paradox: while invoking Orientalist tropes in its appropriation of Middle Eastern dances, it is cast as a celebratory form of women's empowerment that destabilizes Western patriarchy. Exploring these contradictory claims, the author situates the predicaments of gender and interculturalism that surface in discourses about Western belly dance.

scholarly journals Do Women’s Advancement and Gender Parity Promote Economic Growth? Evidence from 30 Asian Countries

2020 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
pp. 5-26
Author(s):  
P. K. Mishra ◽  
S. K. Mishra ◽  
M. K. Sarangi
Keyword(s):  
Economic Growth ◽  
Gender Equality ◽  
Positive Impact ◽  
Labour Productivity ◽  
Women's Empowerment ◽  
Women’S Empowerment ◽  
Asian Countries ◽  
Gender Parity ◽  
And Gender ◽  
The Impact

Women’s advancement and consequential gender equality have significant implications for human capital formation, increase in labour productivity, employment creation, poverty reduction, and overall socio-economic and human development. So, inclusive growth and sustainable development would not be possible without women’s empowerment and gender equality. Thus, targeting women’s empowerment is extensively relevant for Asian countries. In this context, this article explored the impact of the gender factors on the economic growth of 30 Asian economies over the period from 1997 to 2015 by using panel autoregressive distributive lag (ARDL) model. It provides the evidence of an overall positive impact of the gender parity index of health, education, employment and democratic representation on the economic growth of Asia in the long run. Therefore, gender equality is an important determinant of economic growth in Asian countries, and hence, should be on board while planning for the empowerment of women.

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