Abstract/Notes: Women play a prominent role in bringing about peace in post-conflict societies. Several studies have found the systematic and representative inclusion of women in conflict resolution processes to significantly increase the chances of sustainable peace. However, women’s contribution to peace processes are often underemphasized or ignored in conflict management research and praxis. It was not until the passage of UN Security Council Resolution 1325 and seven other related resolutions that critical attention was given to women’s role in the peace process. This article provides an in-depth review of the literature on women’s contribution to conflict resolution and peacebuilding. The overall aim is to provide researchers and actors in the global peace market with a distillation of the salient studies and findings from research on women’s involvement in the peace process. Such an effort is necessary to bring together the sparse literature on women’s contribution to peace and to reveal existing gaps in the literature for future research.

Language: English

DOI: 10.1080/17400201.2019.1576515

ISSN: 1740-0201, 1740-021X

Abstract/Notes: Within the complex dynamics of gender relationships and roles among African peoples, women often exercise power through song and dance. Such is the case among the women of Ogbaruland in southern Nigeria who, in their performance of the dance drama Égwú Àmàlà , act as custodians of knowledge and tradition and as transmitters of culture.Apart from being a repository of information about artistic traditions, the genre also documents and enacts the history and culture of the Ogbaru people. Égwú Àmàlà, which is the subject of my dissertation, is the most popular of all Ogbaru women dance genres. The term Égwú Àmàlà literally means "paddle dance" or "paddle drama," but it is often referred to as the "mermaid dance" or égwú mmili, that is, "water dance" because of its ritualistic associations with Onye-mmili, the water divinity. This genre is predominantly performed by women of all ages, with men playing secondary roles such as òpì(gourd horn) player and paddlers of canoes when the genre is performed in the river setting. My study of Égwú Àmàlà will add to a small but growing body of literature demonstrating how gender, a locus classicus for debates in contemporary scholarship, relates to other domains of culture such as musical performance, and how gender constructions can be articulated as well as negotiated in the genre and through the performing arts in general. Since the origin and performance of Égwú Àmàlà revolves around rituals and water, this dissertation also discusses the religious dimensions of the genre, stressing the importance of water to the dance, to the Ogbaru people and to African traditional religion as well. Considering the fact that women have for decades preserved Égwú Àmàlà, which epitomizes the culture and traditions of the Ogbaru people, the present investigation represents a significant contribution to ethnomusicological, gender, and cultural studies. [Excerpt: "With the ecclesiastical permission of the Holy See, Mother Mary Magdalen Charles Walker left her home country of Ireland in response to the request of Bishop Joseph Shanahan to serve the people of God in Calabar, southern Nigeria. Her focus was the education of children and helping to improve the lives of women in the area. She established the first Montessori School in Calabar – Convent school, which became an exemplary educational institution in West Africa." p. 54]

Language: English

Published: Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, 2008

Language: English

ISSN: 1071-6246

Abstract/Notes: Members of the Women's Board will entertain with a reception and tea at the women's headquarters in the California building at the park, complimentary to Dr. Maria Montessori, the Italian educator. The reception will be held at 4:30 o'clock this afternoon. Miss Adelia Pyle will serve as interpreter for Dr. Montessori. During the reception the guest of honor will give a short talk in which she will present some of the principles of pedagogy on which her system is founded. There are now some [40?] members of the Montessori classes which are being held in the Science of Man building. Dr. Montessori lectures Monday and Friday afternoons, her interpreter speaks on Wednesday afternoon, and review work is given Saturday afternoon. The course of lectures will continue through August.

Language: English

Language: English

ISSN: 0959-4108

Abstract/Notes: In Italy at the turn of the nineteenth century, the theme of sexual freedom, independent of procreation and starting a family, was virtually absent from the cultural and political debate. Only the anarchist movement alluded to it, along with the questions of free love and birth control, known at this period as neo-Malthusianism, though it tended to lay more stress on economic motives than on libertarian ones.1 At the dawn of the twentieth century, through the agency of the Italian Neo-Malthusian League (formally constituted in 1913),2 publications of a popular kind, produced by small publishing houses with anarchist sympathies, began to circulate. Providing information about the anatomy and physiology of the reproductive organs and about methods for avoiding conception, these writings also addressed the themes of ‘conscious procreation’ and ‘voluntary maternity’,3 and did much to promote a debate in Italy on the sexual question.4

Language: English

Published: London, England: Palgrave Macmillan UK, 2015

ISBN: 978-1-137-39699-0

Series: Genders and Sexualities in History Series

Abstract/Notes: "A class of five young women were graduated yesterday from the Montessori School, 532 West 187th Street, having finished the course given by Mrs. A. Reno Margulies, who studied under Dr. Maria Montessori in Rome, and established this school two years ago. Fifty parents saw their children, ranging in age from two to seven, do some lessons with blocks, cut-out numbers and letters with which they are supposed to educate themselves. They were also put through their "rhythmic work," or musical gymnastics, in which they are left to respond as they think best to music. Luncheon was served later, the children waiting on the guests. Each teacher has already been engaged to enter a household where she will direct the self-education of the children."

Language: English

ISSN: 1941-0646

Abstract/Notes: EXPOSITION GROUNDS, SAN FRANCISCO, July 2.--Having watched the Participation of the women of San Francisco and the State of California in the Panama-Pacific International Exposition, I have come...

Language: English

Abstract/Notes: Postpartum women in the U.S. experience a wide range of cultural pressures and expectations, regarding both their bodies as well as their performance of motherhood. Few institutional services are available to support any of these challenges, leaving the postpartum woman largely to her own devices to navigate this difficult experience. This thesis aims to support the well-being of the postpartum woman by offering her a tool for assessment and reflection. It chronicles the development of an object that facilitates a reflective activity to help women acknowledge and articulate how they are doing in the postpartum period and beyond. The object is a body mapping figure that externalizes and records the physical and psychological well-being of the postpartum woman.

Language: English

Published: New York City, New York, 2023

Abstract/Notes: Women play a key role in construction a nation and every country is being recognized for the power of womens empowerment. It is afundamental element for any nation. Promoting education among women helps them understand their individuality to refrain from any exploitation. There is a great need for womens education to bring the human civilization to the roots of advancement and to attain the progressive development of the society. Women have contributed significantly to the organization of education system in different countries at different time. With the help of the present study the researcher tries to discuss the current status of women education in India and outside India and also discuss the contribution of women in the field of education in India and outside India.

Language: English

ISSN: 2583-1062