If you look like me,I'll talk to you: a preliminary study of ethnic identity and inter‐ethnic interaction among women in Singapore

In Singapore, government policy is for equal but separate development of the four major ethnic groups—Chinese, Malay, Indian and other. In this study, I attempt to gain some preliminary views of how strongly women identify with their own ethnic group and how freely they are prepared to interact with people from other ethnic groups in non‐work‐related situations. I confine my study to females for two reasons. One is that traditional ethnic dress is common among females in Singapore but much rarer among men, and this makes a strong non‐verbal statement of identity. The second reason is to avoid differences between males and females, which I did not wish to pursue within the limits of this exploratory study. The findings of my pilot investigation indicate that intra‐ethnic spontaneous interaction is more likely to occur among women who display a strong national identity. Moreover, younger women, who were exposed during their school years to the government's recent drive to nurture ethnic and cultural differences, are less open to inter‐ethnic interaction than are women in their 30s and older, who grew up when the government drive was towards creating one common national identity for the people of Singapore.     

出走堕落的娜拉——《沉香屑·第一炉香》与《日出》比较

张爱玲的《沉香屑.第一炉香》和曹禺的《日出》,都给我们讲述了一个女性出走后堕落的故事,但是这两个故事恰好前后承接,互为文本,演绎了女性出走后,因经济原因受诱惑而堕落,在堕落中必然走向死亡的全过程,由此传达了两位作者对女性问题的不同思考。     

论对妇女就业机会歧视的法律规制

我国当前的对女性就业机会歧视的现象相当严重,表现在招收录用、职业培训、退休年龄、下岗等各方面.为了在法律上对之进行规制,我们应该在严格执行现行法律法规的基础上,进一步完善相关法律法规,尤其是完善<妇女权益保障法>的相关规定;同时要推行生育保险,促进就业.     

妇女权利思想的历史沿革

本文从历史的角度谈中西方妇女权利思想的演进。通过对妇女权利思想的阐述进一步探究妇女权利的历史渊源、发展脉络,掌握妇女权利的发展状况,从而引起社会各界对妇女权利的高度重视。     

出走与反抗:叛逆女性之路--娜拉与娜嘉形象之比较

对挪威戏剧家易卜生笔下的娜拉与俄国小说家契诃夫笔下的娜嘉这两个文学形象进行了分析比较。娜拉和娜嘉同是为了跟不幸的命运抗争,做出了离家出走的抉择,她们的出走表现了觉醒女性的反叛和坚强,但也有着不同的意义,娜拉的出走是绝望地逃离,而娜嘉的出走,则充分展示了知识女性的理智与自信,娜嘉比娜拉走得更远更清醒。     

Poor Mothers and Habits of Hiding: Participatory Methods in Poverty Research

Poor mothers have long‐standing habits of hiding their lives in response to punitive authorities and stigma. We identify practices of hiding daily life, and we describe participatory research approaches for and ethical concerns in learning more about poor women's critical insights and survival strategies.     

对我国城市女性遭遇家庭暴力问题的再思考

从社会普遍关注的城市女性遭遇家庭暴力这个视角出发,分析和归纳了城市女性家庭暴力的含义、特征、危害,揭示了城市女性家庭暴力问题产生的主要原因,提出了预防和制止城市女性家庭暴力的对策和建议。     

试析中国诗性智慧语境下的《镜花缘》

在理性的语境下解读充满浪漫主义色彩的<镜化缘>,一方面扭曲了固有的鲜活灵动的审美旨趣,另一方面遮蔽了艺术思维与人类思维的血脉渊源.因此,只有把<镜化缘>放到中国诗性智慧的独特语境下,才能使文本凸显中国诗性文化特有的生命一体化的哲学维度以及女性崇拜的原形题旨.     

Asian Women,Job Training and the Social Organization of Immigrant Labor Markets

This paper examines the entry of Asian immigrant women into a gendered labor market via government-funded job training programs. The focus is on the intake processing of clients into an employment training program operated by a community based organization. The study reveals that women's family responsibilities and the cultural capital they bring function to screen them into or out of training programs and ultimately shape their location in the workforce. The study thus draws attention to how race, class, and gender enter into the organization of Asian immigrant women into the labor market. This investigation is based in institutional ethnography (Smith 1987), a research strategy which displays how activities in a particular setting are coordinated with more extended forms of social organization. The study shows that the overriding concern with successful placement in a job as mandated by government regulations is a critical factor in selecting the women for these programs.     

The majority legal status of women in southern Africa: implications for women and families

Women in many countries of southern Africa do not have majority status or have only recently gained this right. Majority status grants individuals adult legal status and the right to bring matters to court, own and administer property, have legal custody of children, and contract for marriage. This article summarizes the legal status of women in Botswana, Lesotho, South Africa, Swaziland, Zambia, and Zimbabwe. Lack of majority status contributes to the ongoing risk of poverty for women and makes them overly dependent on men. Compounding the situation in these countries is the presence of a dual legal system. Improving the situation of women and their families involves targeting changes in the legal system, influencing implementation of laws, educating women about their rights, and giving women needed support to seek their legal rights. The legal status of women must be viewed in the context of historical changes in the economic, educational, political, and cultural developments of society.The research for this paper was conducted during her previous faculty affiliation with the University of Michigan, School of Social Work. Her research interests include the impact of social change on women and families, rural mental health services, and health and mental health linkages. She received her Ph.D. from Rutgers University and her M.S.W. from the Columbia University School of Social Work.Her research interests are gender, work and family, culture and power, social transformations in rural and peri-urban communities, critical education, women and community politics, history of women, family and kinship issues, and community-based program development and evaluation. She received her M.S.W. from Dalhousie University, Halifax.