Conferences
RWSA 2024 Conference Program
Join us May 15-19, 2024, in Jonesboro, Arkansas, for RWSA 2024!
Activism
16 Days of Activism in Ogun State, Nigeria
Menstruation is a natural and biological process. It’s time we stop shaming women for it.
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Meet the Female “Drummer”
Gary Gillman, Beer Et Seq Toronto, Ontario, Canada ` In North America in the late-19th and early 20th centuries, manufacturing and wholesaling firms relied on armies of traveling sales personnel to interest buyers in their product line. Their customers were typically retail store owners and sometimes the ultimate consumer, say the Read more
New Books
What is agricultural ethics and why does it matter?
Agricultural ethics is a specific discipline for inquiry into the myriad normative issues that interpenetrate every aspect of agricultural production and food systems. As understood in the specific sense developed here, agricultural ethics matters because some unique features in the institutionalization of agricultural science and education have created gaps in the thought processes that support policy and the innovation process for agricultural technologies.
Publications
Call for Manuscripts: Families in Focus
The editors seek books that explore families —as they adjust to changing intimate relationships, uncertain economic situations, and contested political contexts.
Conferences
Call for Presentations and Papers—DEADLINE EXTENDED to 1 June 2023
Gendered Advocacy and Activism, Shaping Institutions and Communities
Rural Women’s Studies Association Triennial Conference 2024
Submit proposals by 1 June 2023
Activism
RWSA, Africa Chapter, Marks International Day of the Girl Child
RWSA’s Africa Chapter sponsored lectures, interactive sessions, and counseling and distributed sanitary towels to empower adolescent girls.
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Call for Presentations and Papers–RWSA 2024
Gendered Advocacy and Activism, Shaping Institutions and Communities Rural Women’s Studies Association Triennial Conference Hosted by Arkansas State University, Jonesboro, Arkansas, USA May 15-19, 2024 Recent challenges to civil rights in various locations internationally bring to mind equity in rural communities which has a separate set of challenges to those Read more
New Books
Poor Farms and the Mythmaking of the Multitasking Woman
We talk about the strains of rural women’s lives in past tense: being isolated during a long winter on a farm, kneading bread while nursing a baby, or darning socks while rocking a cradle with a spare foot, but recently women have experienced social isolation of their own, staying home to avoid the transmission of COVID while being separated from the support of family and friends, baking bread to both pass the time and to cope with interrupted supply lines, trying to write late at night while the children sleep.
New Books
Mindful Wandering: Nature and Global Travel through the Eyes of a Farmgirl Scientist
How does life on a farm shape the essence of a girl? Farm life teaches a girl to be mindful, to pay attention to the world around her, to be considerate of other people and creatures…While wandering the globe, I contemplate ideas of sustainability and resilience and advocate that we (especially those of us privileged enough to travel) must expand our mindful considerations to include all the other inhabitants of this beautiful Earth.