Encyclopedia - Women's Shelter: Encyclopedia - Women's Shelter
A Women's Shelter is a place of temporary refuge and support for women escaping violent situations, such as Rape, and Domestic Violence. ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Women's Cricket: Encyclopedia Ii - Women's Cricket - Women's Test Cricket
Women's Test cricket has been played since 1933/4. Current international women's cricket teams include nine Test teams, as follows: Aust...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Women's Cricket: Encyclopedia Ii - Women's Cricket - Women's Odi Cricket
Women's One-day Internationals have been played since 1973. The first Women's Cricket World Cup competition was held in 1973, two years b...   » Read the article

Article - Women’s Spirituality: A Personal View On Women’s Liberation
“The experience of being a ‘free women’ came to me when I attended spiritual sessions… Freedom, I was under the impression, was to dress ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Women's Rights: Encyclopedia - Women's Rights
The term women's rights typically refers to the legal rights of women which pertains to the social and human rights of women. In particul...   » Read the article

Article - Women's Spirituality: Womens Movement In A Spiritual Perspective
This is the second of two two summaries of the speach about Womens Movement in a Spiritual context delievered by Tapasya Dasaji of the Go...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Women's Suffrage: Encyclopedia - Women's Suffrage
The movement for women's suffrage, led by suffragists (peaceful protestors) and suffragettes (violent protestors), was a social, economic...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Women And Mormonism: Encyclopedia - Women And Mormonism
The status of women in Mormonism has been a source of public debate beginning prior to the death of Joseph Smith, Jr. in 1844. Various de...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Women In Hinduism: Encyclopedia - Women In Hinduism
Hinduism is based on numerous texts, some of which date back to 2000 BC. They are varied in authority, aunthencity, content and theme, wi...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Women For Sobriety: Encyclopedia - Women For Sobriety
Women For Sobriety (WFS), Inc., is a non-profit support group for alcoholic women, founded in 1976. The mutual support groups of WFS work...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Women's Cinema: Encyclopedia - Women's Cinema
The term women's cinema usually refers to the work of women film directors. It can also designate the work of other women behind the came...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Women In India: Encyclopedia - Women In India
This article is about the status of women in India, both historically and currently. This is distinct from the position of women as advoc...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Women In Love Film: Encyclopedia - Women In Love Film
Women in Love is a 1969 film which tells the story of the relationships between men and women at the turn of the 19th century. It stars A...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Women's Studies: Encyclopedia - Women's Studies
Women's studies is an interdisciplinary academic field devoted to topics concerning women, feminism, gender, and politics. It often inclu...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Brigham And Women's Hospital: Encyclopedia - Brigham And Women's Hospital
Brigham and Women's Hospital (BWH) is a hospital in Boston, Massachusetts. With Massachusetts General Hospital, it is one of the two foun...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - What Women Want: Encyclopedia - What Women Want
What Women Want is a 2000 romantic comedy film, directed by Nancy Meyers. It stars Mel Gibson and Helen Hunt. Ashley Johnson, formerly on...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Women In Science Fiction: Encyclopedia - Women In Science Fiction
Although women had always been represented among science fiction writers (Frankenstein by Mary Shelley has been called the first science ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Christian Views Of Women: Encyclopedia - Christian Views Of Women
Christian views of women vary considerably today and have varied even more throughout the last two millennia, evolving along with or coun...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Women's British Open: Encyclopedia - Women's British Open
The Women's British Open, also known for sponsorship reasons as the Weetabix Women's British Open, is one of the leading events in women'...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Role Of Women In Judaism: Encyclopedia - Role Of Women In Judaism
The role of women in Judaism is determined by the Hebrew Bible, Talmud (oral law), tradition and by non-religious cultural factors. The B...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Women's Majors: Encyclopedia - Women's Majors
Women's golf has evolved a set of major championships which parallels that in men's golf, but the women's system is younger and has been ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Catalogue Of Women: Encyclopedia - Catalogue Of Women
The Catalogue of Women (Greek: γυναικῶν κατάλογος, gynaikon katalogos) is an epic of ancient Greek literature. Ancient...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Comfort Women: Encyclopedia - Comfort Women
Comfort women is a euphemism for women who were forced to work as sex slaves in military brothels in Japanese-occupied countries during W...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Women In Islam: Encyclopedia - Women In Islam
Islam History of Islam Oneness of God Profession of Faith Prayer • Fasting Pilgrimage • Charity Muhammad Ali • Abu Bakr Companions...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Women's Social And Political Union: Encyclopedia - Women's Social And Political Union
The Women's Social and Political Union (WSPU) was the leading organisation campaigning for women's suffrage in the United Kingdom. It was...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Women's International Boxing Federation: Encyclopedia - Women's International Boxing Federation
The WIBF (Women's International Boxing Federation) is, along with the WIBA, IWBF and others, one of the more recognized world championshi...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Women And Mormonism: Encyclopedia Ii - Women And Mormonism - Women In Early Mormonism
For its time, early Mormonism had a relatively liberating stance toward women. The religion owed some of its outlook toward women to the ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Women's Suffrage: Encyclopedia Ii - Women's Suffrage - Timeline
Women's suffrage has been granted (and been revoked) at various times in various countries throughout the world. In many countries women'...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Women In Refrigerators: Encyclopedia Ii - Women In Refrigerators - Women In Refrigerators Syndrome
Women in Refrigerators Syndrome describes the use of the death or injury of a female comic book character as a plot device in a story sta...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Women's Sports: Encyclopedia Ii - Women's Sports - Volleyball
Women's sports - WOMEN'S SPORTS MAGAZINES. Sporting Woman Quarterly was originally founded in 2002 as an online media outlet for women'...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - In Defense Of Women: Encyclopedia Ii - In Defense Of Women - Content
In Defense of Women - General. In general, biographers describe Defense as "ironic:" it was not so much a defense of women as a critiqu...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Ordination Of Women: Encyclopedia Ii - Ordination Of Women - Christianity
Ordination of women - Roman Catholic Church. The ordination of women is much discussed in the Roman Catholic Church today, as vocations...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Women's Battalion: Encyclopedia Ii - Women's Battalion - Formation
The Women's Battalion was formed on May 21, 1917, in Mariynski Theater of the pre-1918 Russian capitol of Petrograd, Russia. Its leader, ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Women In India: Encyclopedia Ii - Women In India - Missing Women
Based on comparison of gender ratios in India with those of developed countries, up to 50 million girls and women are assumed missing (19...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Women As Imams: Encyclopedia Ii - Women As Imams - Women Imams In Women-only Congregations
The schools differ on whether a woman may be imam (leader) of a Jama'ah (congregational) prayer if the congregation consists of women alo...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Ordination Of Women: Encyclopedia Ii - Ordination Of Women - Islam
Although Muslims do not formally ordain religious leaders, the imam serves as a spiritual leader and religious authority. There is a curr...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Ordination Of Women: Encyclopedia Ii - Ordination Of Women - Judaism
Jewish tradition and law does not presume that women have more or less of an aptitude or moral standing required of rabbis. However, it h...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Ordination Of Women: Encyclopedia Ii - Ordination Of Women - Buddhism
This ordination of women is currently and historically practised in some Buddhist regions and not in others. The tradition of the ordaine...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Women's Battalion: Encyclopedia Ii - Women's Battalion - Action
The Women's Battalion was called into action against the Germans during the June Offensive. They were assigned to the 525th Kuriag-Daryju...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Women In Islam: Encyclopedia Ii - Women In Islam - Divorce
The rules for Talaq (divorce) vary among the major Islamic schools. Most importantly Shi'a and Sunni Muslims have different rules to enga...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Women In Islam: Encyclopedia Ii - Women In Islam - Clothing
The Qur'an requires believers, both male and female, to dress modestly. "And tell the believing women to lower their gaze and guard thei...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Women In Islam: Encyclopedia Ii - Women In Islam - Marriage
Islam does require a type of dowry but it is different from anthropological notions of brideprice. Islam requires that a husband make a g...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Women In Hinduism: Encyclopedia Ii - Women In Hinduism - Sati
(Complete article: Sati) Sati is the voluntary immolation of a woman on her husband's funeral pyre. (It was practiced by the Scythians an...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - In Defense Of Women: Encyclopedia Ii - In Defense Of Women - History
The original goal of Defense was to help clarify Mencken's views on women, garnered from an inconsistent and confusing reputation in news...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Catalogue Of Women: Encyclopedia Ii - Catalogue Of Women - Content
The complete epic comprised five books of verse in dactylic hexameter. Each book may have been up to 1000 lines long. The poem is not a h...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Women In India: Encyclopedia Ii - Women In India - Education
Under Non-Formal Education programme, about 40% of the centers in states and 10% of the centers in UTs are exclusively reserved for girls...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Women's Cinema: Encyclopedia Ii - Women's Cinema - Bibliography
Books Ally Acker, Reel Women. Pioneers of the Cinema. 1896 to the Present, London: B.T. Batsford 1991 Attwood, Lynne, Ed., Red Women on ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Women As Imams: Encyclopedia Ii - Women As Imams - Women Imams In Women-only Congregations
The schools differ on whether a woman may be imam (leader) of a Jama'ah (congregational) prayer if the congregation consists of women alo...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Women In Hinduism: Encyclopedia Ii - Women In Hinduism - Marriage
In a Hindu marriage, both husband and wife are two parts of one, complementing each other and becoming one in their spiritual journey. Th...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - The Trojan Women: Encyclopedia Ii - The Trojan Women - Plot
Euripides' play follows the fates of the women of Troy after their city has been sacked, their husbands killed, and as their remaining fa...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Women's Football Soccer: Encyclopedia Ii - Women's Football Soccer - Early Women's Football
Women's football has been played for a long time with reports of the game being played in the 1790s [1] [2]. The first match recorded by ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Women's Football Soccer: Encyclopedia Ii - Women's Football Soccer - The 'revival' Of The Women's Game
The English Women's FA was formed in 1969 (as a result of the increased interest generated by the 1966 World Cup), and the FA's ban was f...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Women In India: Encyclopedia Ii - Women In India - Historically
Main article: Sati Sati is an old funeral custom in which the widow was immolated alive on her husband’s funeral pyre. The act was sup...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - The Women: Encyclopedia Ii - The Women - Film Version
Directed by George Cukor, it was adapted for the screen by Anita Loos and Jane Murfin, who toned down the innuendo for a movie audience, ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Women In Refrigerators: Encyclopedia Ii - Women In Refrigerators - Brief History Of Women In Refrigerators
The term Women in Refrigerators was coined by writer Gail Simone in early 1999 during on-line discussions about comic books with friends....   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Women's Cinema: Encyclopedia Ii - Women's Cinema - European
Elvira Notari was a pioneer of Italian cinema. During the "golden age" of "Classical" French cinema Jacqueline Audry was the only woman t...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Women's Cinema: Encyclopedia Ii - Women's Cinema - Asian
Before 1980 it had been virtually impossible for a woman in India to become a film maker. Now Mira Nair, Aparna Sen, Vijaya Metah, Sai Pa...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Women And Mormonism: Encyclopedia Ii - Women And Mormonism - Women In The Church Of Jesus Christ Of Latter-day Saints
The status of women in The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints has been a source of public debate beginning in the 19th century, ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Women And Mormonism: Encyclopedia Ii - Women And Mormonism - Women In The Church Of Jesus Christ Of Latter-day Saints
The status of women in The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints has been a source of public debate beginning in the 19th century, ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Women In Hinduism: Encyclopedia Ii - Women In Hinduism - Study Of Scriptures
Several women sages and seers are mentioned in the Upanishads, the philosophical part of the Vedas, notable among them being Gargi and Ma...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Women In Islam: Encyclopedia Ii - Women In Islam - The Effect Of Islamism
The nebulous revivalist movement termed Islamism is one of the most dynamic movements within Islam in the 20th and 21st centuries. Islami...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Women In Refrigerators: Encyclopedia Ii - Women In Refrigerators - Women In Refrigerators In Pop Culture
Though the original list and website exist now as an archive, the term 'Women in Refrigerators' continues to spark discussion in comic bo...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Women Artists: Encyclopedia Ii - Women Artists - Issues In Constructing A History Of Women Artists
There are some important problems in delineating the history of women artists. First, for some periods, there is a distinct scarcity of b...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Women In Islam: Encyclopedia Ii - Women In Islam - Legal Status
In Islamic law the legal status of women is similar to that of men, but in certain cases men have advantages. It is mentioned in the Qur'...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Women As Imams: Encyclopedia Ii - Women As Imams - Women As Imams Of Mixed-gender Congregations
Women as imams - Traditionally. In the Hanbali madhhab, women are allowed to lead mixed congregations in the optional tarawih prayers i...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Women In Islam: Encyclopedia Ii - Women In Islam - As National Leaders
There is a disputed Sunni hadith reported by Bukhari (Sahih Bukhari, Volume 5, Book 59, Number 709) which reports that Muhammad said that...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Women In Islam: Encyclopedia Ii - Women In Islam - Domestic Violence
According to most interpretations of Sharia (Islamic law), authorization for the husband to physically beat disobedient wives is provided...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Women In Islam: Encyclopedia Ii - Women In Islam - Right To Work
Islam does not prohibit women from working, though, it does emphasize the primary duty, applied to both parents, is of caring for the fam...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Women Artists: Encyclopedia Ii - Women Artists - 19th Century
Artists from this period include Constance Mayer, Marie Ellenrieder, Rosa Bonheur, Elizabeth Butler, Berthe Morisot, Mary Cassatt, Camill...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Women In Islam: Encyclopedia Ii - Women In Islam - Honor Killings
Due to the prevalance of honor killings in some Muslim societies, "Honor killings" are often identified with Islam, with some writers ass...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Women In Hinduism: Encyclopedia Ii - Women In Hinduism - Property Rights
Arthashastra and Manusamhita are sources about the woman's right to property or ‘Stridhan’, (literally meaning, property of wife). It...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Old Testament Views On Women: Encyclopedia Ii - Old Testament Views On Women - Social Position Of Women
Women in the Old Testament were not the social or economic equals of men. A married woman would be largely subject to the wishes of her h...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Women In The Australian Senate: Encyclopedia Ii - Women In The Australian Senate - History
Australia made history in 1902 when the passage of the Commonwealth Franchise Act allowed women to both vote and stand for election to th...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Women Artists: Encyclopedia Ii - Women Artists - Medieval Era
Artists from this period include Ende, Diemudus, Guda, Claricia, Herrade of Landsberg and Hildegard of Bingen. In the early Medieval peri...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Women's Suffrage: Encyclopedia Ii - Women's Suffrage - Timeline
Women's suffrage has been granted (and been revoked) at various times in various countries throughout the world. In many countries women'...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Women's Suffrage: Encyclopedia Ii - Women's Suffrage - Timeline
Women's suffrage has been granted (and been revoked) at various times in various countries throughout the world. In many countries women'...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Women Artists: Encyclopedia Ii - Women Artists - 20th Century
Noted women artists of the twentieth century include Ann Hamilton, Eva Hesse, Frida Kahlo, Lee Krasner, Barbara Kruger, Tamara de Lempick...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Women Artists: Encyclopedia Ii - Women Artists - Renaissance Era
Artists from this period include Caterina dei Virgi, Maria Ormani, Sofonisba Anguissola, Lucia Anguissola, Lavinia Fontana, Barbara Longh...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Women Artists: Encyclopedia Ii - Women Artists - 18th Century
Artists from this period include Rosalba Carriera, Guilia Lama, Anna Dorothea Therbusch, Angelica Kauffmann, Mary Moser, Maria Cosway, An...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Legal Rights Of Women: Encyclopedia Ii - Legal Rights Of Women - Christian Laws And Influences On Women's Rights
The following are a few of the matters in which Christianity appears to have made alterations, generally but perhaps not always improveme...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Women As Imams: Encyclopedia Ii - Women As Imams - Women As Imams Of Mixed Congregations
Women as imams - Traditionally. In the Hanbali madhhab, women are allowed to lead mixed congregations in the optional tarawih prayers i...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Women In Islam: Encyclopedia Ii - Women In Islam - Right To Vote
Until recently most Muslim nations (and indeed most nations) were non-democratic. Today a minority of Islamists view democracy as against...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Catalogue Of Women: Encyclopedia Ii - Catalogue Of Women - Title And Date
In antiquity the poem was also known as the Ehoiai (Greek: Ἠοῖαι or Ἠ' οἷαι; Latin: Eoeae, Ehoeae, Eoiae, etc.), from the f...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Women Artists: Encyclopedia Ii - Women Artists - Baroque Era
Artists from this period include Elisabetta Sirani, Giovanna Garzoni, Maria Sibylla Merian, Josefa de Ayala, Mary Beale, Louise Moillon, ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Women's Cinema: Encyclopedia Ii - Women's Cinema - Re-entering The Mainstream?
Since the beginning of sound cinema, with very few exceptions, the films of women had been absent from mainstream cinema fore more then h...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Women As Imams: Encyclopedia Ii - Women As Imams - Canonical Position
The Qur'an does not address this issue directly; relevant precedents are therefore sought for in the hadith, the traditions attributed to...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Catalogue Of Women: Encyclopedia Ii - Catalogue Of Women - Fragmentary Epic
The poem is fragmentary, meaning that it survives in quotations, scraps of ancient papyrus, and second-hand references in other authors. ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Catalogue Of Women: Encyclopedia Ii - Catalogue Of Women - Reception And Influence
As noted above, the poem has similarities to many passages in Homer. This implies that they share a common genre in some respects: the Ca...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - The Trojan Women: Encyclopedia Ii - The Trojan Women - Characters And Setting
Characters include: Hecabe, alternately called Hecuba, former queen of Troy Cassandra, one of her daughters, a cursed prophetess Androma...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - National Organization For Women: Encyclopedia Ii - National Organization For Women - Background
NOW was founded on June 30, 1966 in Washington, D.C., by women attending the Third National Conference of the Commission on the Status of...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - National Organization For Women: Encyclopedia Ii - National Organization For Women - Background
NOW was founded on June 30, 1966 in Washington, D.C., by women attending the Third National Conference of the Commission on the Status of...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of Women In The United States: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of Women In The United States - Women In Colonial Times
The experiences of women during the colonial era varied greatly from colony to colony. In New England, the Puritan settlers brought their...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Maya Women: Encyclopedia Ii - Maya Women - Gender Roles
Women did have specific roles that were different than those of men. But, perhaps one of the most prolific ways that women’s roles are ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Womens Bay Alaska: Encyclopedia Ii - Womens Bay Alaska - Geography
Womens Bay is located at 57°42'6" North, 152°34'20" West (57.701742, -152.572270)GR1. According to the United States Census Bureau, the...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Women As Imams: Encyclopedia Ii - Women As Imams - Canonical Position
The Qur'an does not address this issue directly; relevant precedents are therefore sought for in the hadith, the traditions attributed to...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Comfort Women: Encyclopedia Ii - Comfort Women - The Ongoing Debate Over Comfort Women
The popular conception of "comfort women" outside Japan is that all comfort women were kidnapped by Japanese soldiers to serve as sex sla...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Dream Interpretation Women: Dream Interpretation Dictionary - Women
  Women To dream of women, foreshadows intrigue. To argue with one, foretells that you will be outwitted and foiled. To see a...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Christian Views Of Women: Encyclopedia Ii - Christian Views Of Women - Introduction
Christianity emerged from Judaism, which is considered by some a patriarchal religion, because God is almost always referred to with masc...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Christian Views Of Women: Encyclopedia Ii - Christian Views Of Women - Currently
In general, the issues have been what the proper role of women is (a) in the home; (b) in the church; (c) in society at large. Among the ...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Dream Interpretation Dictionary Women: Dream Interpretation - Women
  Women To dream of women, foreshadows intrigue. To argue with one, foretells that you will be outwitted and foiled. To see a...   » Read the article