Women's studies

outlined the need for Women’s Studies. Often feminism is construed poorly by the media and is resisted by many. The fact that so much resistance occurs creates a tough situation for women’s studies to thrive, especially along with the lack of strong feminist movement. There indeed lies a great importance in women and gender studies, since there still exists a lot of inequality in society. Personally, being a feminist, I have always held a notion of the importance of women’s studies in regards to understand

be seen in women’s rights presentation and case study of The UN and Natural Disasters presentation. UN’s efforts to address the women’s right issue which is relatively successful, but they have to do a lot more works in order to make it a better place for the women to live in. Women’s right issue is handled by UN women, which is the one of the program of ECOSOC. United Nation established the economic and social council as one of the main principle organ in 1945. According to

My herstory starts here at the University when I enrolled in my first Women's Studies course. While receiving feminist knowledge, I realized that many of the systems of oppression focused on those against white middle class women such as white middle-class feminist theory, the negative impacts of the Civil Rights movement on the 1st and 2nd wave, etc. without a comprehensive focus on black feminism, transnational feminism, womanism, and other types of feminism. As any college student, I wanted to

In the first reading, “Women’s Studies and Transnational Feminism,” the author discusses how beneficial it would be to have a global perspective from women all around the world and their personal stories. It would bring greater change if women’s stories weren’t only heard mainly from the U.S, but rather told by international women about their experience with oppression and way of living. According to the author the viewpoint of all the women globally is described as “transnational”, a way of challenging

"Why Women's Studies" Women's Studies has become a necessary and valuable educational tool because it brings women to the forefront of academics. Women that demonstrate knowledge, strength and empowerment. Role models that may have never been discovered without these studies. The massive amounts of feminist knowledge that has been left out of class rooms and communities is astonishing. Rather than rewrite the lesson plans of thousands of professors world wide, Women's and Gender Studies "creates

this reading stuck with me is because I was able to relate. I have always thought of myself as a feminist, however when others would hear that term they immediately would think of men-hating, topless angry women. There was no proper education on women’s studies in my school so most were not aware of what feminism really meant. This course has benefited me by educating me on the deeper meanings of being

On Saturday October 28th, 2017 the St.Mary’s Syrian Orthodox Church of Washington D.C. hosted their yearly “Family Night” event. This event was created by the members of the church in order to spread awareness of the talent and overall culture of our community. Although there was a slight delay for the event, the performances throughout was very entertaining and informative. It ranged from dances, songs, to speeches and minor lectures about growing issues in our society today. It started off with

In the story “Lust”, Susan Minot writes about the indiscretion of a young high school female student. She provides the reader with short simple sentences that describe each of the indiscretions that the young lady endures through her time in school. Lust is having a strong sexual desire. The title gives the reader a sense of what will be discussed throughout the story. As the reader involves themselves into the story, it becomes clear that the title changes in its description as the narrator becomes

problem to address that some conflicts within classes about women of color in women’s studies arise as symbols of deeper problems within the field of women’s studies. The write offers a description of some of the tensions that arise in the Women of Color in the U.S. class, and attempts to contextualize such tensions, by pointing to the ways in which women of color have historically been marginalized within women’s studies and ostensibly included in more recent years through the development of classes

Honors College, I met my advisor Dr. Njambi where she was able to provide an outline of the benefits and main focus of the Women’s Studies program. Finally, I decided to declare Women’s Studies as my major and I was anxious for my first class. On May 5, I will be graduating with a concentration in Women’s Studies and I am grateful that I chose this as major. Women’s Studies has made me an open-minded individual that no longer view traditionalism as the norm. I am now able to understand others’ opinion