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A sian Journal of Women's Studies Ten Years and Beyond
KHULLAR, Mala Ewha Womans University Press 2005 Asian Journal of Women's Studies(AJWS) Vol.11 No.4
In publishing the Asian Journal of Women's Studies we have sought to give visibility to women's studies issues in Asia and to Asian scholarship with a feminist perspective. Issues regarding feminist writing in Asia have received attention over the last 30 years or more, along with the emergence of women's movements and women's studies in different regions of the world. The concern regarding feminist publishing and the challenge the journal has responded to during this time has been virtually ubiquitous in the many different contexts of feminist publishing. This, however, did not mean that women did not write before, but that the earlier environment had not been hospitable to publishing on women's issues. The increase in women's writing has gone hand-in-hand with a change in the social milieu that made it acceptable for women writers to have their work published. In a sense, the publication of the Asian Journal of Women's Studies too has required us to act as gatekeepers of what we understand is appropriate knowledge for dissemination in the sphere of feminist scholarship, more specifically in Asian women's studies. Tied to feminist and academic yardsticks, the AJWS seeks to represent feminist perspectives from Asia or feminist and academic voices from the region or those who speak about the region. More specifically, the range of issues that authors have approached in their contributions in the journal include studies on women's movements, politics, family, sexuality, education, labor issues, violence, the law and more. The backdrop within which a journal such as the AJWS-and the Asian Center for Women's Studies-was set up was the need to create a space within academia for feminist studies on Asia to flourish. The future challenges before the journal relate to the new dynamics in feminism and society, of which we need to keep abreast. Academic journals and other publications that represent the different disciplines, mainstream or otherwise, in the social sciences and the humanities have also accepted the inclusion of studies with gender or feminist perspectives, which in turn may imply a shrinking space for publications that are solely focused on feminist or gender issues.
Gender, Development, and Citizenship : Caroline Sweetman (ed.), Oxford; Oxfam GB, 2004, 101 pages
KHULLAR, Mala Asian Center for Women's Study ; Ewha Womans Unive 2004 Asian Journal of Women's Studies(AJWS) Vol.10 No.3
The book is a lively collection of fairly varied experiences that seem to be linked together by the common thread of NGO practice relating to gender in different developing countries. The information they provide is interesting and should be of considerable use to practitioners and researchers working in these fields. However, one is left with the feeling that there must be much more to many of the projects and experiences described all too briefly here and some more information and discussion would have been desirable. Greater conceptual clarity would also have made this volume much more valuable, especially if the notion of citizenship had been better defined, as the articles provide fairly diverse illustrations of what has been included under its umbrella.
Women's Caring in India : The Intersecting Public and Private Sphere
Khullar, Mala Ewha Womans University Press 1999 Asian Journal of Women's Studies(AJWS) Vol.5 No.3
This paper seeks to examine some aspects of Indian women's roles as they are played out in the public and private spheres of their lives. In the process, it traces the history of reform movements for women in 19th and 20th Century India and identifies the predominant reassertion of caring roles. The engendering of women's caring roles constitutes socialization processes visible in everyday interaction, in media, folklore, and practice that are subsequently examined here. The widespread notion of women working as "supplementary" of secondary income earners in India has been associated with the withdrawal of women from the labor force, whereby the status of the family or community is buttressed. Much of women's work of caring, however, is performed not only in the private household/familial spheres, but also in less visible niches within public arenas, as both agriculture and industries use family and informal labor and thus employ large and increasing numbers of women workers. The important concern that emerges here is on how women can and should derive control over resources and can be empowered. Thus the public-private framework has to be viewed and clearly defined within a particular social context if we seek to meaningfully address these questions about the inter-penetration of public and private spheres in the lives of women. These are politically charged issues are addressed by women's groups and other development initiatives and are relevant not only within public spheres, but also within domestic or private arenas.
Emergence of the Women's Movement in India
Khullar, Mala Ewha Womans University Press 1997 Asian Journal of Women's Studies(AJWS) Vol.3 No.2
Questions posed in this paper are to do with the antecedents of the Indian women's movement, the model of womanhood that it has sought to promote, the influences which it seeks to combat or draw upon in fulfilling its objectives and some of the contemporary issues addressed by it. Thus, examined are some historical processes that preceded the women's movement in India, which began in 1974-75, and these are viewed in the light of the present. To begin with, there is discussion on reform for women in: the social reform movements of the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries; the ensuing years of the national struggle; and the period following independence in 1947. The mid-seventies mark the beginning of the present wave of the movement, during which the concept itself gained currency. The role of women's organizations and the State is discussed as these are principal players in the arena of the movement. Finally, the challenge posed by conservative forces is noted as the progressive groups, that constitute the women's movement, have to address themselves to it. This challenge is articulated by a range of groups, including women's organizations, and it reflects the social and cultural mores embedded in existing institutions, and increasingly, in political forums.