Laura H Roskos
Biographic Data
| ID | 1479155 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Laura H Roskos |
| GIVEN NAMES | Laura H |
| FAMILY NAME | Roskos |
| SIGNATURE | ROSKOS L H |
| AFFILIATIONS | Physicians for Human Rights |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 6 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 5 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 1 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2001 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2011 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
Gender, Violence and Security
I s A nother W orld P ossible W hen V iolence against W omen I s I gnored ? S ome Q uestions from the B oston S ocial F orum
Since its inauguration in January 2001, the World Social Forum has gained importance as a venue for strengthening alternatives to the neoliberal agenda for globalization. Many feminist organizations are struggling to find ways to plug into this arena. This article describes the efforts of the Women's International League for Peace and Freedom to participate in a regional social forum in Boston, Massachusetts, by collaborating with various women's…
International Feminism, Human Rights and the Women's Studies Curriculum
From the Center to the Margins
Throughout the winter of 2002-03, women in the United States participated with women around the globe in a multitude of mobilizations, virtual and embodied, that attempted to avert the U.S. military assault on Iraq. Shortly after the invasion began, NEWSA's conference provided an opportunity to bring together community educators, organizers, activists, and law professors versed in everyday use and explication of human rights. This was not a non-s…
The Challenges of Feminist Citizenship
Anannya Bhattacharjee’s 1996 article “The Public/Private Mirage: Mapping Homes and Undomesticating Violence Work in the South Asian Immigrant Community” opened up new ways to think about women in community and the link between enforcement violence as manifested by private and public actors. This interview with her was conducted in New York City on June 6 2003. (excerpt)
Introduction
This cluster of articles is comprised of the four talks given at a special plenary session during the NWSA 2000 National Conference at Simmons College, Boston, along with an introductory essay by the session's organizers. The session began from the premise that war and peace are deeply gendered at the conceptual level as well as in their practical effects. In a series of non-technical reports from the field, these feminist activist-scholars map t…
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Introduction
This cluster of articles is comprised of the four talks given at a special plenary session during the NWSA 2000 National Conference at Simmons College, Boston, along with an introductory essay by the session's organizers. The session began from the premise that war and peace are deeply gendered at the conceptual level as well as in their practical effects. In a series of non-technical reports from the field, these feminist activist-scholars map t…
International Feminism, Human Rights and the Women's Studies Curriculum
From the Center to the Margins
Throughout the winter of 2002-03, women in the United States participated with women around the globe in a multitude of mobilizations, virtual and embodied, that attempted to avert the U.S. military assault on Iraq. Shortly after the invasion began, NEWSA's conference provided an opportunity to bring together community educators, organizers, activists, and law professors versed in everyday use and explication of human rights. This was not a non-s…
The Challenges of Feminist Citizenship
Anannya Bhattacharjee’s 1996 article “The Public/Private Mirage: Mapping Homes and Undomesticating Violence Work in the South Asian Immigrant Community” opened up new ways to think about women in community and the link between enforcement violence as manifested by private and public actors. This interview with her was conducted in New York City on June 6 2003. (excerpt)
I s A nother W orld P ossible W hen V iolence against W omen I s I gnored ? S ome Q uestions from the B oston S ocial F orum
Since its inauguration in January 2001, the World Social Forum has gained importance as a venue for strengthening alternatives to the neoliberal agenda for globalization. Many feminist organizations are struggling to find ways to plug into this arena. This article describes the efforts of the Women's International League for Peace and Freedom to participate in a regional social forum in Boston, Massachusetts, by collaborating with various women's…
Gender, Violence and Security
Political science (6 works) · Sociology (6 works) · Law (5 works) · Gender Politics and Representation (3 works) · Gender Studies (3 works) · Gender, Security, and Conflict (3 works) · Politics (3 works) · Criminology (2 works) · Feminism (2 works) · Human rights (2 works)