Tag Archives: gender
Double Poverty and Precarious Workers in South Korea
“Double Poverty: Class, Employment Type, Gender and Time Poor Precarious Workers in the South Korean Service Economy” (DOI: 10.1080/00472336.2023. 2176782) is a new research article authored by Taehwan Kim of the Department of Comparative Social Policy, University of Oxford in … Continue reading
Voices from Asian Feminist Activism
The Asian Journal of Women’s Studies or AJWS aims to share and disseminate information and scholarly ideas about women’s issues in Asia and all over the world, with the view to develop women’s studies in Asia and expand the horizon of … Continue reading
Malaysia and Gender Politics
Gender Politics and the Pursuit of Competitiveness in Malaysia. Women on Board is a new book by Juanita Elias and published by Routledge. It is reviewed for JCA by Juliette Schwak of the Division of Communication, History and Politics at … Continue reading
Bangladeshi Women and Migration
“Learning to Swim in Turbulent Waters: Women’s Migration at the Agency-Exploitation Nexus” (DOI: 10.1080/00472336.2019.1612935) is a new article by Thérèse Blanchet of the Drishti Research Centre in Dhaka, Bangladesh and Samantha K. Watson of the Department of Geography and Environment, … Continue reading
Rubber and Precarity in Northern Laos and Northern Myanmar
A second article in a special issue on Precarity in Asia has been published. “Precarity and Vulnerability: Rubber Plantations in Northern Laos and Northern Shan State, Myanmar” (DOI: 10.1080/00472336.2018.1554161) is authored by Kyoko Kusakabe of Gender and Development Studies, Department … Continue reading
Domestic workers, migration and regulation
“Governing Domestic Worker Migration in Southeast Asia: Public–Private Partnerships, Regulatory Grey Zones and the Household” (DOI: 10.1080/00472336.2017.1392586) is a new article at the JCA publisher’s website. Authored by Juanita Elias of the Department of Politics and International Studies, University of … Continue reading
Women’s Parliamentary Representation in Indonesia
Ben Hillman of the Crawford School of Public Policy at the Australian National University has a new article with JCA. His article is titled “The Limits of Gender Quotas: Women’s Parliamentary Representation in Indonesia” (DOI: 10.1080/00472336.2017.1368092). It examines the ways … Continue reading
Gender and Muslim Scapegoating in Myanmar
The seventh and final article for the forthcoming special issue on Interpreting Communal Violence in Myanmar, guest edited by Nick Cheesman, is available at the JCA publisher’s site for the journal. This article carries the title, “Gendered Rumours and the … Continue reading
Free access to The political economy of dowry in Bangladesh
In a new article published at the JCA website, the University of Bath’s Sarah C. White examines the question of dowries in Bangladesh. The paper can be freely accessed at the JCA website. The abstract to Patriarchal Investments: Marriage, Dowry … Continue reading
Asian Journal of Women’s Studies
The Asian Center for Women’s Studies at Ewha Womans University publishes the Asian Journal of Women’s Studies. The articles and reviews in Issue 1 for 2015 are available for free download.
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