International journal for intersectional feminist studies

Editorial collective report It gives me immense pleasure to write the first editorial report on behalf of our editorial collective. International journal for intersectional feminist studies is a publication of Project Monma research centre, and is published with the aim of providing opportunity for young researchers, scholars and postgraduate students to publish their feminist work and share it with the world. The journal also provides the young scholars a chance to peer-review other researchers’ work. This prepares them for future challenges and introduces them to the world of publication. For the first issue we received diverse submissions on various feminist issues which highlights the different challenges faced by women across the globe. The first article from Aisha Bhatti & Dr. Rabia Ali provides an interesting description of the lifestyle and health of professional Pakistani women. The article sheds light on how social transformation has increased the burden of both paid work and unpaid domestic work on these women which affects their health. In “Leaders in the desert: The Sahrawi women of Western Sahara” Johanna Higgs & Dr. Christine Ryan discuss the experiences they had with Sahrawi women in refugee camps in Southern Algeria. Higgs and Ryan elucidate that Sahrawi women are empowered and the main challenges they face are coping with the hot weather, water scarcity and achieving independence rather than patriarchy. Sandra Iskander, in her article on forced marriages in New Zealand focuses on the gaps in current New Zealand legislation. These gaps indicate the current legislation is not enough to provide protection to the female victims of forced marriages from African, Middle Eastern and African communities living in New Zealand. In our last article, Ambika Kohli, discusses the New Zealand government’s reluctance to pass specific legislation on forced marriages. Kohli argues that this suggests that the current legislation is based on the ideology of public patriarchy that is mainly experienced of by European women in New Zealand. However, the multicultural fabric of the New Zealand society. In closing I would like to thank all our contributors, our peer-reviewers, our editorial collective team, Sionainn Byrnes from UC Fem Soc (University of Canterbury Feminist Society), and UC Fem Soc. For any inquiries regarding the journal please contact Ambika Kohli [e-mail] Kind regards Ambika Kohli

编辑集体报告
谨代表本刊编辑集体撰写首份编辑报告，我深感荣幸。《交叉性女权主义研究国际期刊（International Journal for Intersectional Feminist Studies）》由蒙马项目研究中心（Project Monma Research Centre）主办，创办宗旨是为青年研究者、学者及研究生提供发表女权主义研究成果并向全球传播的平台。本刊同时为青年学者提供参与其他研究者成果同行评审（peer-review）的机会，这既能帮助他们应对未来学术出版领域的挑战，也能带领他们深入了解学术出版生态。首期征稿中，本刊收到了围绕各类女权主义议题的多元投稿，这些投稿展现了全球女性所面临的各异困境。艾莎·巴蒂（Aisha Bhatti）与拉比亚·阿里博士（Dr. Rabia Ali）的首篇文章，生动剖析了巴基斯坦职业女性的生活方式与健康状况。该文揭示了社会转型如何令这类女性同时背负有偿工作与无偿家务的双重重担，进而损害其身心健康。在《沙漠中的领袖：西撒哈拉的撒哈拉威女性（Leaders in the desert: The Sahrawi women of Western Sahara）》一文中，约翰娜·希格斯（Johanna Higgs）与克里斯汀·赖安博士（Dr. Christine Ryan）分享了她们在阿尔及利亚南部难民营与撒哈拉威女性共处的经历。希格斯与赖安阐明，撒哈拉威女性已获得赋权，她们面临的主要挑战是应对酷暑、水资源匮乏与争取民族独立，而非父权制压迫。桑德拉·伊斯坎德尔（Sandra Iskander）在其关于新西兰强迫婚姻议题的文章中，聚焦新西兰现行法律存在的漏洞。这些漏洞表明，现行立法不足以保护居住在新西兰的非洲、中东及非洲社群中强迫婚姻的女性受害者。在最后一篇文章中，安比卡·科利（Ambika Kohli）探讨了新西兰政府不愿就强迫婚姻问题出台专门立法的现象。科利指出，这一现状反映出现行立法基于公共父权制意识形态，而这种意识形态主要由新西兰的欧洲女性所经历，然而新西兰社会本身是多元文化的共同体。最后，我谨向所有投稿作者、同行评审员、编辑集体成员，以及坎特伯雷大学女权社团（University of Canterbury Feminist Society，简称UC Fem Soc）的西奥南·伯恩斯（Sionainn Byrnes）与坎特伯雷大学女权社团致以诚挚谢意。若需咨询本刊相关事宜，请联系安比卡·科利，邮箱：[e-mail]。顺颂时祺
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