Search Results - "Longman, Chia"

The fertile grounds of reproductive activism in The Gambia: A qualitative study of local key stakeholders' understandings and heterogeneous actions related to infertility by Dierickx, Susan, Coene, Gily, Evans, Megan, Balen, Julie, Longman, Chia

“…While several studies have focussed on the experiences of women living with infertility, there is a paucity of information related to understandings,…”
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'I am always crying on the inside': a qualitative study on the implications of infertility on women's lives in urban Gambia by Dierickx, Susan, Rahbari, Ladan, Longman, Chia, Jaiteh, Fatou, Coene, Gily

“…There is an increasing awareness that infertility in Sub-Saharan Africa constitutes a severe social and public health problem. Few of the existing studies on…”
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'We are always desperate and will try anything to conceive': The convoluted and dynamic process of health seeking among women with infertility in the West Coast Region of The Gambia by Dierickx, Susan, Balen, Julie, Longman, Chia, Rahbari, Ladan, Clarke, Ed, Jarju, Bintou, Coene, Gily

“…In many Sub-Saharan African countries, women with infertility search relentlessly for treatment. Guided by the Partners for Applied Social Sciences model for…”
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Women with infertility complying with and resisting polygyny: an explorative qualitative study in urban Gambia by Dierickx, Susan, Coene, Gily, Jarju, Bintou, Longman, Chia

“…In many low-and middle-income countries women with infertility are often in polygynous marriages. From a human and women's rights perspective, the practice of…”
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Women’s Circles and the Rise of the New Feminine: Reclaiming Sisterhood, Spirituality, and Wellbeing by Longman, Chia

“…This paper draws on the results of ethnographic research on ‘women’s circles’; women-only spaces that celebrate sisterhood and the ‘feminine’, including the…”
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The female body as the bearer of national identity in Iran: a critical discourse analysis of the representation of women's bodies in official online outlets by Rahbari, Ladan, Longman, Chia, Coene, Gily

“…The female body has been in the foreground of nation-building in Iran especially since the 1930s projects of modernization, when unveiling women and adaptation…”
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“You give the skin, I give the bones”: Undocumented migrant mothers' maternal practices by Brouckaert, Tine, Longman, Chia

“…Brouckaert et al discuss a study which aims to contribute to the growing field of research on women, mothering and migration by focusing on the lives of…”
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'When my children were born, I started to love Belgium': Moroccan migrant mothers' narratives of affective citizenship in the Belgian citizenisation context by Miri, Amal, Emmery, Irma, Longman, Chia

“…Integration policies and citizenisation programmes tend to have narrow conceptions of 'good' citizenship and are often articulated alongside specific…”
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Gesprekken met mormoonse vrouwen in Vlaanderen by Ellen Decoo, Chia Longman

“…Latter-day Saints (Mormons) living outside the ‘Mormon Culture Region’ in the Western United States usually form small minorities. As Mormonism upholds…”
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Sacrificing the Career or the Family?: Orthodox Jewish Women between Secular Work and the Sacred Home by Longman, Chia

“…This article addresses the question of women's agency in traditionalist religion, through a study of self-narratives by women in the Orthodox Jewish community…”
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Working against many grains: Rethinking difference, emancipation and agency in the counter-discourse of an ethnic minority women’s organisation in Belgium by Van Den Brandt, Nella, Longman, Chia

“…In this article, we aim to contribute to feminist academic debates about multiculturalism and secularism/religion by drawing upon an analysis of an ethnic…”
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Gendering the diversification of diversity: The Belgian hijab (in) question by COENE, GILY, LONGMAN, CHIA

“…This article presents an analysis of the recent headscarf debate in Belgium, and explores in particular to what extent issues of gender equality and feminist…”
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Mothering as a citizenship practice: an intersectional analysis of 'carework' and 'culturework' in non-normative mother-child identities by Longman, Chia, De Graeve, Katrien, Brouckaert, Tine

“…In this article, a comparative analysis is presented of two ethnographic case studies on mothering practices in Belgium. Interviews with, and participant…”
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‘Kill Me but Make Me Beautiful’: Harm and Agency in Female Beauty Practices in Contemporary Iran by Rahbari, Ladan, Dierickx, Susan, Longman, Chia, Coene, Gily

“…In this paper, drawing on notions, such as harmful cultural practices and beauty, and based on semi-structured interviews with young female university students…”
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“Not Us, but You Have Changed!” Discourses of Difference and Belonging among Haredi Women by Longman, Chia

“…English Feminist research into the position and participation of women in contemporary fundamentalist and traditionalist identity movements shows how…”
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Sacrificing the Career or the Family? by Longman, Chia

“…This article addresses the question of women's agency in traditionalist religion, through a study of self-narratives by women in the Orthodox Jewish community…”
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From Happy to Critical Diversity: Intersectionality as a Paradigm for Gender and Diversity Research by Chia Longman, Katrien De Graeve

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Gendering the diversification of diversity by Coene, Gily, Longman, Chia

“…This article presents an analysis of the recent headscarf debate in Belgium, and explores in particular to what extent issues of gender equality and feminist…”
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Gendering the diversification of diversity : The Belgian hijab (in) question: The Rights of Women and Crisis of Multiculturalism by COENE, Gily, LONGMAN, Chia

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Gesprekken met mormoonse vrouwen in Vlaanderen: Omgaan met structurele ambivalentie by Decoo, Ellen, Longman, Chia

“…Latter-day Saints (Mormons) living outside the ‘Mormon Culture Region’ in the Western United States usually form small minorities. As Mormonism upholds…”
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