To open its Women’s Month celebration, the University of the Philippines Center for Women’s and Gender Studies (UPCWGS) launched the latest issue of its journal, the Review of Women’s Studies Volume XXXIV, Number 1, on 10 March 2025 at the UPCWGS Conference Room.
The featured works for this issue of the journal are:
Research Papers
Clandestine Casualties: Examining the Right to Abortion Under International Law in the Philippine Context by Marianne Crielle G. Vitug
Microaggression Toward Filipino Women With Mobility Disabilities: From Microstories to Macrostruggles by Christelle Juin R. Ancha and Jan Erron R. Celebrado
Nipping the Stereotypes: Development of a Sexual Health Literacy Program for Teens and Young Adults With Moderate to Severe Levels of Intellectual Disability by Marie Grace A. Gomez
Advancing Women’s Leadership in the Philippine Health Sector: A Policy Review by Lynnell Alexie Ong, Reneepearl Kim Sales, Pura Angela Wee Co, and Katherine Ann Reyes
“Goodness Without the Guilt”: Constructing the Ideal Feminine Through Consumerism That Cares by Maritess D. Cruz
Review
Hyphenate Woman: Pacita Abad Stitching Solidarity—A Review of Pacita Abad’s Retrospective at the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art by Jose Santos P. Ardivilla
Creative Works
Sulsi at Iba Pang Tula by Roda Tajon
The Review of Women’s Studies (RWS) is a refereed journal published twice a year by the UPCWGS. The journal serves as a forum where ideas on issues and concerns affecting the lives of women, seen from the analytical perspectives of different disciplines, may be exchanged. Works that critically explore the myriad experiences of Filipino women and problematize gender relations in Philippine society are welcome. The RWS encourages and seeks to publish: (a) research papers that employ feminist methodologies and that adhere to the principles of feminist research, bearing in mind the intersectionality of gender, class, religion, age, and education; (b) reviews of current scholarship (local or foreign); and (c) creative works (poems, short fiction, essays, and artworks) that provide insights into women’s consciousness and give life to their hopes and dreams. The RWS follows the double-blind peer review process.
