The idea of this book came to the scholars at the Institute of Women’s Studies (IWS) at the University of Ottawa in the fall of 2000 when the World March for Women was energizing the women’s movement and feminist studies globally. A general call was put out for research papers, without setting any boundaries to the authors as to what and how they should write. The response was enormous. A large number of papers, innovative in the choice of topics and methodology used reached them soon. After an insightful reading of the manuscripts they were sent to Women’s Studies scholars for peer reviewing.
January 2005, volume 29, No 1