Women In World Research Articles

Physical workload and fatigue pattern characterization in a top-class women's football national team: a case study of the 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup.

With the growing scientific interest in women's football it is critical to understand the match demands and fatigue patterns during a top-class women's competition. Physical characteristics and performance of top-class women football matches during the 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup was investigated from data collected using global positioning system for 21 outfield players during the tournament. Relative total distance (TD; m·min-1) was moderately lower (P≤0.05, ES:0.6) in the final match (96.1±5.0 m·min-1) compared to the first (104.1±5.9 m·min-1) match. Performance in relative total high-speed running (THSR; m·min-1) declined -27.5% (P≥0.05) throughout the tournament following peak performance in the third match (M3) (5.3±1.7 m·min-1). Match performance between halves was reduced -25.4±0.13% (P≤0.05, ES:1.2-2.3) across all measures in M3. Relative high-intensity running (HIR; 25.9±3.5 m·min-1) and THSR (9.8±1.5 m·min-1) were greater (P≤0.05, ES:0.2-0.7) for forwards, while midfielders performed greater (P≤0.05, ES:0.6) relative total distance (102.0±5.5 m·min-1), compared to central defenders (HIR: 16.1±3.7 m·min-1; THSR: 3.1±1.6 m·min-1; TD: 92.5±5.7 m·min-1). Reductions in relative HIR between halves (-10.9%), within the first half (-31.0%), and the start and end of the match (-36.9%) were most pronounced for midfielders (P≤0.05, ES:0.6-2.3). Across all matches, relative THSR performance was reduced, with moderate to large differences (P≤0.001, ES: 0.7-0.8) observed between halves, within the first half, and throughout the match. In conclusion, specific fatigue patterns observed within and between matches throughout the women's World Cup, may be influenced by playing positions, the rank of the opposition, as well as the stage of the tournament.

Angel or the Monster: Presenting Patriarchal Ideology and Representation of the First World Women in Charles Dickens’ The Old Curiosity Shop

Angel or the Monster: Presenting Patriarchal Ideology and Representation of the First World Women in Charles Dickens’ The Old Curiosity Shop

The Global White Snake as Digital Activist Project

There is a long oral tradition and written record for the legend of the White Snake. As a woman, her “original sin” is being a snake. She is a snake who has cultivated herself for hundreds, if not thousands, of years to attain the form of a beautiful woman. Living as a resident “alien” (yilei) in the “Human Realm” (renjian), the White Snake has always been treated with suspicion, fear, exclusion, and violent suppression/exorcism. The White Snake is an immigrant to the human world, whose serpentine identity made her a “resident alien,” the legal category given to immigrants in the United States before they receive their “Green Card” and become a “permanent resident.” The implication of being a snake woman in the human world took on new meanings when the COVID-19 pandemic worsened the existing xenophobia, fear, and suspicion toward minority populations in the contemporary United States and throughout the world. Inspired by the Chinese White Snake legend, the three Anglophone opera, film, and stage projects from Cerise Lim Jacobs, Indrani Pal-Chaudhuri, and Mary Zimmerman, energetically engage with issues relevant to minority activism in the United States and more broadly, through digital media and digital platforms.

SUBALTERN DAN NASIONALISME DALAM NOVEL NYAI DASIMA (1960) KARYA S. M. ARDAN

This paper analyzes new meanings as the results of the reception written by S.M. Ardan in Nyai Dasima, which is known to have a central meaning, generally refers to the colonial efforts to liberate Nyai Dasima from colonialism. Recognized as a victim of colonial social structure s, Nyai Dasima yearn s for liberation by restoring her position, maintaining her identity and self-respect by rebelling against colonial oppression based on indigenous woman nationalism. The theory used in this paper is Gayatri Spivak's critical reading of the subaltern, which refers to “third world women” who are considered unable to speak or have a voice. This analytical method is the deconstruction method to find what Spivak calls “cognitive failure”. The analysis of this paper found that the rebellion and resistance carried out by Nyai Dasima represent an act of liberation from the shackles of colonialism which suppresses subaltern groups, especially women. However, it was found that the exemption offered to Nyai Dasima was parole which in no way refer s to a sovereign and privileged subject.

Жінка-персонаж і жінка-автор в античній літературі: спроба типології

The article proposes a typology of female characters of ancient literature. The typology is based on the dominant categories of «moral» (expressed by the dichotomy of «moral – immoral»), «heroic» («achievement – offence») and «aesthetic» («beautiful – ugly»). Through the prism of mythology, the semantics of the figurative gallery «woman-character» and «woman-author» reflects the specifics of the position of women in the ancient world. Misogyny is typical for the male world of antiquity. This determined the emphasis in the interpretation of women's masks, which were mainly given the role of the object of erotic posing. This, however, does not diminish the reception potential of female images of ancient origin in the subsequent world literary discourse.

Women Safety Device with GPS Tracking using Arduino

In today’s world women safety has become a major issue as they cannot step out of their house at any given time due to fear of physical abuse and violence. Now these can be brought to an end with the help of a women safety device. This safety device consists of a micro controller, emergency button switch. On sensing the emergency situation this device provides the current location of women and sense it to emergency contact through GSM MODULE. This safety device also includes a LED and an electric shock inverter circuit which is used to hurt the attacking person due to which there is a chance for the women to escape. GPS receiver gets location INFORMATION from satellite in the form of latitude and longitude. The GSM modem sends an SMS to the pre-defined mobile number. When a woman is in danger she can press the switch which is with her. By pressing the switch the entire system will be activated. Then immediately the SMS will be sent to the person with location using GSM and GPS which can be traced from the goggle maps.

A Botanical Association Involving Elizabeth Pym, Peter Collinson, Sir Hans Sloane, and Admiral Sir Charles Wager

Elizabeth Pym wrote a letter in 1742 from the island of Nevis, in the Caribbean Sea, to Peter Collinson in London, describing various botanical samples she was sending him, including two coffee plants. The letter was found inside Volume II of Sir Hans Sloane’s “A Voyage to the Islands Madera …” housed at Oak Spring Garden Library in Virginia. Collinson received both volumes as gifts, with Volume I inscribed to him by Admiral Sir Charles Wager and Volume II inscribed by Sloane. The letter serves as a rare example documenting the collection of botanical specimens by a woman in the New World.

Rebecca’s Ordeal, from Africa to the Caribbean: Sexual Exploitation, Freedom Struggles, and Black Atlantic Biography

ABSTRACT In 1832, an elderly enslaved woman named Rebecca told the Protector of Slaves in Demerara (part of colonial British Guiana) a harrowing story that, she hoped, would secure her freedom and that of her grown children. Decades earlier, barely past childhood, she had been sexually exploited by the captain of the slave ship that carried her across the Atlantic. He promised to free her if she bore his child. Her freedom claim, now in the archives of the British Colonial Office, is an extraordinary example of the countless freedom struggles of enslaved women in the colonial Atlantic world. Rebecca's claim committed to the archival record a rare, firsthand account of sexual exploitation during the Middle Passage from the perspective of an enslaved female survivor. Rebecca's legal strategy suggests that West African understandings and practices about sexual relations, kinship, and slavery shaped experiences during and long after the Middle Passage. Our efforts to piece together fragments of Rebecca's life are necessarily speculative and incomplete, but the result spans a remarkable breadth—from her childhood to her old age. Rebecca's ordeal illuminates some of the long-lasting, gendered effects of the Middle Passage and the continued relevance of African culture in the Americas.

The Relation Between the Growth in the Number of Female Single Parent Families and the Number of Women Imprisonment in Brazil

This article proposes to analyze the current conjecture of Brazil in which it was observed by the studies a relevant growth in female single-parent families combined with the observation that in face of the situation in these families, women are driven to crime and consequently to prison. Female single-parent families with children are more “vulnerable” in economic terms, in food supplies and in the caring provided to the children. In this way, families that are headed by these women occur in these circumstances, often allied to their will and consequently the entering of these women in world of crime, so their imprisonment interferes in the whole family. Therefore, we aim with this article to establish a relation between this increase in the number of families headed by women and the increase of women deprived of liberty. The theoretical and methodological support that conducted this research is anchored in the socioeconomic perspective, starting from an investigation of incarcerated women, the family situation and the type of crime committed, since most women do not commit violent crimes. Within a qualitative approach, being the technical procedure adopted of a descriptive-analytical character, carried out through analysis of bibliographic content and data. In this way, we will discuss the socioeconomic reality of incarcerated women, the family situation and how this situation affects the committing of crime and, consequently, incarceration. There would be a concrete relationship between two data, an increase in the number of female single-parent families and because of that, an increase in the number of incarcerated women? It appears that women in situation of vulnerability are the majority among prisoners and considering the circumstances they are arrested it stays very clear the gender hierarchy in social and prison environment which they are subjected. In advance, we noticed that there is a need to create more public policies that promote social justice and greater support for families where women are the main supporters in order to minimize their possible entry into the world of crime. Keywords: Female Single Parenting, Female Imprisonment, Public Policy, Human Rights. DOI: 10.7176/RHSS/11-11-07 Publication date: June 30 th 2021

Cost-Effective Breast Cancer Screening to Reduce Mortality Rates of Women in India: A Revolution

Background: Breast cancer is one of the leading cancers among world women. Early detection and early treatment improve the survival rate of the women. In India, breast cancer is primarily identified only at later stages that increase the burden of mortality. Thus, in many developing countries, there exists the scarcity of cost-effective breast cancer screening systems. Methods: In this paper, we have comprehensively analyzed the limitations of the existing diagnostic tools and overviewed the advancement of microwave technology in breast cancer detection. The principal focus is to augment the survival rate of the women by detecting the cancers at the early stage. Findings: The comparative studies on sensitivity and specificity values are performed on different diagnostic tools. Microwave-based screening holds 96% sensitivity and 98% specificity values, which certainly reduces false positive and false negative rates. The detection rate is also high as 98% that enables to identify undersized tumors. Conclusion: Microwave Technology is able to detect the early-stage cancers effectively and the performance exceeds with existing techniques.

Sex-Based Differentials in the Prevalence and Determinants of Food Insecurity and Its Association With Measures of Wellbeing in Arab Countries

ObjectivesThis study aimed to: 1- compare the prevalence and trends of food insecurity (FI) within Arab countries using a gender lens; and 2- explore the sociodemographic determinants of FI and its association with measures of wellbeing, by sex. MethodsData for the present study were drawn from four waves of the Gallup World Poll (GWP) surveys for years 2014–2017, covering 18 Arab countries (n = 65,903). Surveys included questions about FI, socio-demographic characteristics, social support, well-being indices (e.g., global well-being index). For this analysis, mild+ (mild, moderate and severe FI), moderate+ (moderate and severe FI), and severe FI were calculated. Multiple logistic regression analyses were performed to explore the association of socioeconomic variables (e.g., education, employment and social support), emotional wellbeing and sex interactions with the likelihood of experiencing FI in the study population, whilst controlling for country and year. ResultsOn average, 42%, 24%, and 11% of the study population experienced mild+, moderate + and severe FI, respectively. Significant sex-differences in FI prevalence were observed across Arab countries. Multiple regression analyses showed that older age females, unemployed, or those with low social support had significantly higher odds of experiencing mild+, moderate + and severe FI, whereas females with higher educational or those who were married had lower odds of FI (P < 0.05). Further, females experiencing mild+, moderate + and severe FI had significantly lower odds of reporting a thriving global well-being compared to food secure males (OR = 0.43, 95% CI: 0. 38, 0.48; OR = 0.43, 95% CI: 0. 37, 0.49; OR = 0.51, 95% CI: 0.41, 0.64, respectively). ConclusionsFemales in the Arab region experience different forms of FI and have significantly lower subjective wellbeing compared to males. Findings highlight the need for developing policies and programs that address gender disparities in employment; land and asset ownership; and access to services such as education, health care and technology. Negative gender social norms and attitudes need to be also challenged to alleviate FI and improve overall wellbeing of women in the Arab world. Funding SourcesThis study was partially funded by the University Research Board at the American University of Beirut.

Age of Marriage and Women’s Political Engagement: Evidence from India

Although decades have passed since most women in the democratic world gained the right to vote and run for election, a large gender gap in political participation persists, particularly in developing countries. This short article considers an important—and previously overlooked—factor limiting the political engagement of many women in the developing world: marriage age. Drawing on nationally representative data from India and instrumenting marriage age with menarche age, we find that delaying marriage has substantial positive effects on women’s everyday political participation. A standard deviation increase in marriage age makes a woman 25% more likely to attend local council meetings and 8% more likely to discuss politics with her husband. Exploring mechanisms, we show that education and time—rather than employment, mobility, and household decision-making power—appear to be the main channels. These findings underscore the critical role of early marriage in impeding women’s participation in the political sphere.

Invention of Third Vision with Vocal Recognition for Safeguarding Women with a Live Surrounding Update Using Mobile App

In Today’s World Women Safety is the most important issue in every country. The earlier existing system are helpful in detecting the women’s location after the crime has been committed. In this project a women’s handbag is used in which a camera lenses are fixed along with a small mic which can be carried wherever they go. Whenever she meets any outsider, the activities of the person can be monitored continuously. If the activities of the person vary resulting in any harmful action, then the system will detect it and process the information and will send to the police and family members with GPS location tracked from IP address. A parent mobile application will be developed using react native to receive notification, also to monitor the condition live and help the victim as soon as possible. A women mobile application is developed to send the current location of the women to the parent application by passing the location through Message Queuing Telemetry Transport (MQTT) protocol. If camera gets misplaced the person can shout loudly, immediately the abnormality is detected and notification is sent to the parent app. Thus, our project helps in saving the life of a women and safeguarding her in the present situation.

Women Healing the Globe, Preserving the Tibetan Plateau

The Tibetan Plateau’s Permafrost is melting at an alarming rate. Six of the world’s major rivers are sourced in the Tibetan Himalayas that are warming at a faster rate than the rest of the earth. If the temperature of the region continues to increase, the rivers will dry up and the earth will warm at an even faster rate. Buddha Yeshe Tsogyal (ye shes mTsho rgyal) (757–817 CE), long considered the Mother of Tibetan Tantric Buddhism, was the consort of Padmasambhava. She reached “complete liberation” or Nirvana in a single lifetime. Her stories are preserved in rman thar. Her life was an exemplary practice of compassion, responsible care, and non-violence toward all sentient beings and the world. Can we follow her proto-eco-feminist example? Can we build responsible care for our planet and humanity across disciplines and faith traditions? What does compassionate, non-violent Buddhist thought and Roman Catholic pastoral care bring to eco-feminism? Can an eco-feminist epistemology informed by Buddhist EcoDharma construct programs of sustainability into humanity’s excessive habits integrating science’s ability to quantify, with Buddha nature? Can Catholicism’s pastoral ability to show dependence on God, the peaceful, compassionate Creator of all allow us to see our dependence on God and our earth? Many women have already begun this work around the globe. In 2002, Rosemary Radford Ruether brought 16 women together from around the globe in Women Healing Earth: Third World Women on Ecology, Feminism, and Religion to tell us how they are doing it and succeeding. Each is highlighted here for their visions on how to heal the planet at the grassroots level. From their insights, this article explores their contributions as being still relevant today and adding new concerns about the dangers arising on the Tibetan Plateau. The article emphasizes their ideas, provides a warning and other ideas that collective activation might inspire to address climate change.

The History and Function of Sisterhood in Turkey: Bacıyan-ı Rum Organization in Medieval Era

Bacıyan-ı Rum (Anatolian Sisters Organization) is known as the world's first women's organization in history, but very few pieces of literature exist about this medieval organi­zation. Thus, the aim was to reach up to all available historical documents about the topic and systematically analyze the nature and function of such an organization in the medieval era. Preliminary findings show that no written documents existed in English nor other languages except the Turkish language. It was also observed that this topic has emerged as an exciting area for many disciplines in recent times, leading to a sudden develop­ment of recent write-ups on such a topic. Therefore, this paper aims to introduce and explore the historical antecedent and functions of Bacıyan-ı Rum Organization to readers and other professionals interested in history, ethics, women, and gender studies. Kinds of literature were reviewed across history, eco­nomics, politics, travelogues, art, sociology, and anthropology to provide an extensive and detailed understanding of such a remarkable phenomenal women organization that existed in the Islamic world of the Medieval Era in Anatolia, Turkey.

WOMEN EMPOWERMENT THROUGH ENTREPRENEURSHIP IN INDIA : A CASE STUDY ANALYSIS

In today’s world women entrepreneurs play a significant role and have made vital contributions to economic growth and poverty reduction. In the traditional Indian culture, women were restricted to four walls. Notwithstanding, in modern India, they come out and take an interest in a wide range of activities including Entrepreneurship. Despite the fact that they are assuming a key function in the general public, however, their entrepreneurial capacity has not been appropriately tapped due to judgemental social orders. In India, business is mainly dominated by menfolk only but women have now realized the criticality of survival and the need of coming at par with men. They are standing for their rights, freedom, and equality in the business domain.

Between Gender and Kinship: Mediating Rights and Relations in North Indian NGOs

ABSTRACT Over the past three decades, transnational women's rights discourse has promoted the category gender as a universal tool to evaluate questions of inequality. Building on fieldwork in Jaipur, India, this article argues that the discursive economy of women's rights renders gender global by framing kinship as a local, harmful element of women's social worlds. Mid‐level staff at women's rights organizations, called “family counselors,” demonstrate the complexities of kinship in women's rights institutions. Counselors work with the constraints and possibilities of north Indian kinship systems to support female clients. Yet globally circulating representations of gender inequality as a problem of “Indian patriarchy” present them with a dilemma. Relying upon kin relations marks their work as inexpert, even as such interdependent relations are crucial to both the families they support and the women's rights institutions they serve. By analogizing kinship with local and backwards and gender with global and progressive, women's rights discourse provokes counselors to reimagine the possibilities of kinship, and then erases their efforts. [gender, kinship, women's rights, interdependence, India]

The Veil in Western Eyes and the Politics of (Mis)Representation in Nora Twomey’s The Breadwinner: A Graphic Novel

This study attempts to explore the (mis)representation of the Afghan women by western feminists with a special reference to Nora Twomey’s The Breadwinner: A Graphic Novel. This study entails the use of the concepts of postcolonial feminism as theorized by Gayatri Spivak, Chandra Mohanty, Leila Ahmed and Lila Abu-Lughod as well as postcolonial theorists such as Frantz Fanon and Stuart Hall. Moreover, Edward Said’s concept of ‘Orientalism’ will be used to unravel how the portrayal of Muslim women in the graphic novel resulted in the ‘Othering’ of third world women, creating a third world difference. As per the alliances of graphic fiction with postmodern critical approaches and different academic disciplines, the study will also explain the significance of all medium specific features of the graphic narrative like page layout, panel design, speech balloons, narratorial captions, and sound effects. The functions of filmic techniques used in graphic narrative like camera angle shots and the mise en scene will be thoroughly examined as well in order to support the main argument of the study – mainly criticizing the negative stereotyping of Muslim women in the selected text.

Utopia or Bust: Capitalocene, Method, Anti-Utopia

ABSTRACT In the introduction to the 2015 reprint of her classical Partial Visions, Angelika Bammer cites the pithy injunction of the American poet and feminist thinker Adrienne Rich: “We need to imagine a world in which every woman is the presiding genius of her own body. In such a world women will truly create new life, bringing forth … the visions, and the thinking necessary to sustain, console, and alter human existence. … Sexuality, politics, intelligence, power, motherhood, work, community, intimacy will develop new meaning; thinking itself will be transformed.” Based on sustaining, consoling, and radically altering the present dire state of human existence, the author leads to two sets of initial arguments: Where Are We (in general), and What Are We (in particular) Doing Wrong. What follows are samples of possible answers, perhaps representative beyond themselves.

The issue of two women in the korean art world

The issue of two women in the korean art world