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The question of the role of women in the Gospel of John has been widely debated after the ground breaking work of Raymond Brown (1975), "Roles of Women in the Fourth Gospel". Since then, we have a number of scholarly researches done on the topic. For instance, Schneiders (1982); Seim (1987); Thiessen (1990); Conway (1999); Bierne (2003) etc deal with the prominent roles of Johannine women assigned with a "quasi-apostolic role" (Brown, 1975) and ...

While the terms ‘agency’, ‘collectivity’, and ‘social networks’ may seem anachronistic for the study of early modern women, these concepts were very much alive in that era and essential to women’s self-actualization. Using social network theory, feminist calls for intervention into his-tory, and conceptions of feminist collectivity (as derived from the 1970s Woman’s Building), we examine two examples of women’s involvement in professional arts. ...

This article analyses cases of women entrepreneurs' discourses about their life experiences of empowerment and their leadership communication acts that empower their female subordinates. Compilation of qualitative data fieldwork findings from Bandung, Indonesia were compared with two existing similar studies on women's entrepreneurship in the US. Despite the cultural and geographic differences of the cases, research findings were generally ...

In this article the practice of end of life decisions is applied to pregnant women. This is not an easy task as shown by the extensive case law and literature on the subject. The main conclusion of the article is that the pregnant woman's wishes should always be respected whatever the consequences for the foetus may be. Another position would unjustly sacrifice the woman's fundamental rights to bodily integrity and self-determination for the ...

This research explores political educational debates regarding the concept of women's emancipation in women and family programmes on Belgian television between 1954 and 1975. From the very beginning, the women's episodes were regarded as explicitly educational. The episodes were created to increase women's participation by means of their emancipation, but simultaneously continued to underline women's segregation from men. Therefore, we want to ...

The recent rise in Islamist-inspired women’s activism is posing challenges to the longstanding secular women’s movements in post-Ben Ali Tunisia. Starting from the conviction that cohesive, cross-class women’s coalitions are better suited to achieve gender justice for women of all walks of life, this article draws on the concept of ‘agonistic pluralism’ (Chantal Mouffe) to understand how Tunisia’s women’s movements can deal with the new, ...

BACKGROUND: Ultrasound is increasingly used in labour; however, little data exist on attitudes to its use. We sought to analyse and compare the views of pregnant women, midwives, and a women's panel on the value and use of ultrasound in labour. METHODS: Focus groups involving a short presentation on ultrasound, questionnaire, and a question and answer session were held with groups of pregnant women, midwives at 2 inner-city maternity units, and ...

© 2019 Elsevier Ltd In various parts of the world women gain autonomy in decision-making as they get older. We hypothesize that part of this age-dividend is rooted in (historical) beliefs regarding the supernatural powers of menopaused women. To test this hypothesis, we study the age- and menopause-dividend in women's decision-making autonomy in four West-African countries that include ethnic groups that practice(d) voodoo. Our empirical ...