Fiji: Trouble in Paradise
One on One with Raijeli Nicole of the Fiji Women's Rights Movement
In May this year, Fiji caught the world's attention because of a civilian coup that held 35 members of the parliament hostage, including Prime Minister Mahendra Chaudry. This was a rather unusual development for a country touted abroad as a peaceful, idyllic resort paradise.
Feminisms and Feminist Criticism
an overview of various feminist strategies for reconstructing knowledge
I assume most of us subscribe to the statement that gender is socially constructed, and that its construction has enforced unequal relations of power between women and men. From this we may move to the assumption that products of consciousness, like literature and media, are also socially constructed, and tend to be a function of those relations of power. It follows, then, that if consciousness is a product of human construction, and that we human beings make our own knowledge, then it is possible to remake that knowledge. By reconstructing knowledge, we perform the political act of changing the power relations that rule our lives.
Myanmar: It's a Curse to be a Woman
age-old agricultural practices coupled with raging war have pushed Myanmar women to the brink of nowhere, but not without a fight
Let me tell you about my life as a Myanmar woman today. These are my true stories and I want the world to know that there are still some traditions in my country that abuse women.
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