Investing in girls’ education and economic opportunity has become a growing focus area within international development corporate philanthropy, often framed as long-term growth strategy first gender equality second. Through feminist postcolonial lenses, Kathryn Moeller’s The Gender Effect: Capitalism, Feminism, the Corporate Politics of Development uncovers shaky ground on which this narrative ...

In spite of the urgent need for research into the socio-political contexts of the teaching and learning of English as a second/foreign language, the predominant paradigm of inquiry into EFL in the Chinese context still focuses on the functional aspects of second language education. In order to provide a critical understanding of the larger context of the hegemony of “global English,” this paper...

background: domestic violence is a concern in the communities and need a wide attention. violence against women can cause all kinds of physical and mental illness. this is a threat to woman’s and family member’s health. stress, anxiety and depression during pregnancy are risk factors for adverse consequences. little is known about the level of the mental illnesses in women who exposed to domest...

drawing largely on aidoo’s (1970) play, anowa, as well as lived experiences, i argue on the philosophical flaws of ashcroft’s (2009) claim that there is no inherent link between language and culture. this essay subsequently explores the implication of my argument on some transformational domains of english in particular though it has obvious applicability to the role of colonial languages in ge...

Bowen Family Systems Theory and Social Learning Theory served as a framework for examining the potential role of offspring maternal forgiveness in the intergenerational transmission (IGT) of violence. Using 285 emerging adults, we tested the hypotheses that higher accounts of witnessed interpersonal violence perpetrated by either parent would relate to increased reports of dating violence, and ...