WOW.com Web Search

Search results

1. Results from the WOW.Com Content Network

2. Female education - Wikipedia

   en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Female_education

   In the 1850s the women's movement started in Russia, which were firstly focused on charity for working-class women and greater access to education for upper- and middle-class women, and they were successful since male intellectuals agreed that there was a need for secondary education for women, and that the existing girls' schools were shallow.

3. Women in Hinduism - Wikipedia

   en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Women_in_Hinduism

   [1] [2] The woman is celebrated as the most powerful and the empowering force in some Hindu Upanishads, Sastras and Puranas, particularly the Devi Upanishad, Devi Mahatmya and Devi-Bhagavata Purana. [3] [4] [5] Ancient and medieval era Hindu texts present a diverse picture of duties and rights of women in Hinduism. The texts recognize eight ...

4. Black feminism - Wikipedia

   en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_feminism

   Mary J. Blige was another artist who became an advocate of women empowerment in hip-hop. She was a legendary singer who influenced the Bad Boy Records label, although she was never signed by them. Together, these women shared a sense of freedom in the music business that allowed them to bring women together across the world.

5. Our Bodies, Ourselves - Wikipedia

   en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Our_Bodies,_Ourselves

   The book emphasizes empowerment through information and learning, specifically, information gained through women sharing their personal narratives with each other because "by sharing our responses we can develop a base on which to be critical of what the experts tell us."

6. Periyar and women's rights - Wikipedia

   en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Periyar_and_women's_rights

   Even our educated women do not entertain any thought that they must enter the police and army departments and learn to pilot airplanes like the women of Russia and Turkey. Just as modern education has made men cowards an book-worms, it has made our women decoratie dolls and weaklings". [34]

7. Fatema Mernissi - Wikipedia

   en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fatema_Mernissi

   Mernissi's work is extremely influential in Islamic feminism, intersectionality, and global feminism, by focusing on issues surrounding Muslim women in the Arab world. This book, in particular, was able to bring light to specific issues that women deal with in the Islamic world, such as issues of sexual identity and gender roles, and the ...