Overview:
For this project, you will conduct research on the positions and lives of contemporary women around the world. Our goal is to think about feminism(s) transnationally, not just as a movement of women in the West. Toward that end, I would rather you NOT focus exclusively on women in the US and Western Europe unless you are making links to women in other parts of the world OR you can make a compelling case for why this specific group or culture merits a closer look. For example, if we don’t have a chance to examine Native American women in this class, I can imagine a project that would look at the struggle for women’s equality in a specific Native American culture/community. I offer a few suggested topics below, but you are also free to choose an issue or topic that is not on the list. There are a couple of links provided to explore other possibilities. You can also conduct your own search for International/Global women’s issues.
This paper should be written in either MLA or APA style, and will take the form of a 6-8 page research paper or creative project (approximately 1500-2000 words). You must include at least 7 sources in a Works Cited page (media elements should also be cited appropriately and do not count towards this requirement), 2 of these sources must be from this course.
Here is a list of sources from this course: (You must use 2 of these sources)
https://www.racialequitytools.org/resourcefiles/mcintosh.pdf
https://foundationsofgenderstudies.files.wordpress.com/2013/01/taylor_cisgender-privilege.pdf
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1QJjuy2wkgnyE92Ay5SioXded4ZjLBchc/view?usp=sharing
https://moodle.fhs.cuni.cz/pluginfile.php/19118/mod_resource/content/0/Wendell_Social_construction.pdf
https://goodmenproject.com/featured-content/white-fragility-why-its-so-hard-to-talk-to-white-people-about-racism-twlm/
http://www.brooklyn.cuny.edu/web/academics/centers/hitchcock/publications/amr/v43-2/apolloni.php
https://www.theroot.com/how-taylor-swift-is-the-most-dangerous-type-of-white-wo-1822521310
https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/mmiwg-inquiry-deliver-final-report-justice-reforms-1.5158223
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=upgjXZYBTTY
https://www.npr.org/sections/goatsandsoda/2015/10/20/448407788/where-the-girls-are-and-aren-t-15girls
http://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2011/feb/04/afghan-women-fears-for-future
Possible Topics:
Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) in African nations and cultures.
Micro Loans
Fistulas
The effect of the AIDS epidemic on women’s lives in Africa.
Sex (Human) trafficking in Thailand and other Southeast Asian countries.
Missing Women/The lack of value placed on girl children in China, India, and other nations.
Life after the Taliban for women in Afghanistan.
“Honor killings”
Matriarchal Cultures (i.e. China’s Mosuo)
The role of the veil in Islamic cultures; is it oppressive for women?
Positions of women in Latin America.
Child Brides
The lives of immigrant women in the US (choose a particular culture to examine).
Effect of global capitalism on women (i.e., the impact of Western companies moving into third world nations for cheap—and often female—labor
Here are a couple of websites where you can go for additional ideas and current information.
https://www.globalissues.org/article/166/womens-rights
https://www.womenforwomen.org/?gclid=EAIaIQobChMIleH6p_Pj3wIVBDZpCh1V2QWoEAAYASAAEgKmyfD_BwE
RUBRIC:
Project is professionally presented and well edited. (consistent formatting guidelines, MLA or APA, should be used for citations.) Includes a Works Cited page.
10 pts
Project is informed by research and includes at least 7 sources, 2 of which are from this course. Meets a 1500 word minimum.
10 pts
Project includes an engaging introduction. (Including a title.) Introduction gives a brief historical overview of the topic, a discussion of its current relevance, and a clear thesis or research question.
10 pts
Text is well organized and in paragraphs that take up various aspects of the thesis presented in the introduction, with no gaps in logic.
10 pts
A conclusion ties your ideas together and looks to the future. What is being done to address the topic you have examined? What are proposal for future action? How does this problem connect to other issues of global feminism?
This part of your project needs to include specific evidence (quotes, paraphrases) from at least five outside sources. The sources curated in your media assignment do not count towards this number. Use the library Research GuideLinks to an external site. to find books, journal articles, and newspaper articles, Internet research (though be sure to evaluate all websitesLinks to an external site. carefully for credibility), and field research (interviews with people who can provide you with important and credible information on this topic).
You can see what your annotations should look like by clicking here (https://studycrumb.com/apa-annotated-bibliography#:~:text=Are%20APA%20Annotations%3F-,Annotation%20Example,-Formatting%20Rules). Your bibliography should be in either MLA, APA, or Chicago formatting.
