...Lina Abirafeh Lina Abirafeh describes the global conditions of gender equality and violence against women. She offers a brief history of her work to prevent violence against women and to build a better world for women. The author outlines the current promises and challenges for women’s equality...

... Cisneros draws constant attention to the potential violence of home­ space by interrogating the very foundations of homeliness-the domes­ tic-as a site of confinement for women. Doreen Massey ( 1 994) has con­ vincingly argued that our conceptions of space and domesticity are tied into patriarchal modes...

...Hong Cai This paper employs assimilation theory to examine the experiences of Chinese and Jewish immigrant women at similar stages of their encounters with America. By focusing on the letters in Dear Diane: Letters from Our Daughters (1983), and Dear Diane: Questions and Answers for Asian American...

... among them. Copyright, ©EES, The National Association for Ethnic Studies, 1984 1984 Women Religion Peace 16 Women, Religion, and Peace in an American Indian Ritual Kristin Herzog I will tell you aomething about stories, [he said} They aren't just entertainment. Don't be fooled. They are all...

...) are: the high status of women in Haudenosaunee society the understanding of statecraft as a sacred responsibility toward all creation peace as justice and wholeness in the social order. The threads found in stories dating back to about the 15th century provide a view of beliefs denominated by the Haudenosaunee...

... supporting it. The main point to be made however is that oral tradition is a legitimate tradition. Copyright, ©EES, The National Association for Ethnic Studies, 1984 1984 Critique Women Religion Peace 34 Critique Kristin Herzog's journey into the past is a necessary journey for serious students...

... systematic balance of power between the sexes. Although it is doubtful that American women who are currently engaged in a struggle for political and social power will achieve quite the same degree of equity, just studying a society in which such a balance was achieved is helpful for those in the process...

...Karl J. Reinhardt The value of Herzog's study, in addition to the factual information presented, is a tragic reminder of two interrelated truths: 1) by studying history we could learn how to make a better world in which to live; and, 2) we do not learn from history. The women's movement of recent...