http://tiikmpublishing.com/proceedings/index.php/fow/issue/feed Proceedings of the International Conference on Future of Women 2020-10-27T12:59:55+0530 FOW Editorial Board publication@tiikmedu.com Open Journal Systems <h2>About Proceedings</h2> <p><strong>ISSN 2602-8646 (Online)</strong></p> <p>The principal aim of Proceedings of the International Conference on Future of Women is to cover any aspect of research into the broad topics of Future of Women. Through this it is intended to disseminate knowledge and establish channels of communication between academic and research experts, Scholars, policy makers, International Institutions and Society at large.</p> <p>The proceedings publish original scientific research papers, review papers, short notes on research in progress dealing with Women’s Studies. </p> <p>Full papers of the authors who participate in the International Conference on Future of Women are published free of charge in the proceedings after a double-blind peer review process.</p> <p><a href="https://futurewomenconference.com/">Learn more about FOW Conference</a></p> http://tiikmpublishing.com/proceedings/index.php/fow/article/view/612 Newspaper Coverage of Sexual Assaults in South Korea: Before and after #MeToo Movement 2020-10-27T12:59:55+0530 Jooyeon Lee csjyl8114@gmail.com <p><span class="fontstyle0">This study explores differences in South Korean newspaper coverage related to cases of<br>sexual assault on females before and after the #MeToo movement. To this end, a content analysis<br>was conducted to examine the framing of newspaper coverage of sexual assault by politicians in<br>2014 and 2018. In total, 755 news stories were analysed, revealing 10 times increase in the number<br>of articles dealing with sexual violence cases after the #MeToo movement. In addition, it was found<br>that the number of newspaper articles representing the voices of women who were victims of sexual<br>assault or representing the position of women's organizations calling for social change and the<br>protection of women's rights increased significantly after the #MeToo movement. In particular, a<br>significant increase in newspaper coverage discussing problems with the legal system and calling for<br>an urgent improvement to its dealings with sexual assault cases was found. Despite the #MeToo<br>movement, however, the examined newspaper coverage still used an episodic frame more often than<br>a thematic one in dealing with sexual violence against women and the articles still contained many<br>provocative words, such as ‘adultery’ and ‘infidelity’, aimed at arousing readers' curiosity and<br>interest</span><span class="fontstyle2">.</span></p> 2020-07-30T00:00:00+0530 Copyright (c) 2020 Jooyeon Lee http://tiikmpublishing.com/proceedings/index.php/fow/article/view/613 Gender-Sensitive Peer Counselling Groups in Times of Conflict Reflections on a Self-Help Support Group in Berlin 2020-10-27T12:59:55+0530 Jinan Abi Jumaa jinan.abi-jumaa@charite.de Andreas Heinz jinan.abi-jumaa@charite.de <p><span class="fontstyle0">The arrival of stark number of forcibly displaced refugees in Germany since 2015 has led<br>to increased challenges in the mental health care system. The system was overburdened, and<br>therefore innovative approaches to health care for refugees were necessary in order to gain<br>knowledge about their expansion and admission to regular care. To increase knowledge of refugees<br>regarding mental health services and to provide practical support, a manual for peer-to-peer<br>counseling was developed at Charité University Medical Center Berlin and refugees were trained as<br>peer counsellors. This paper aims to give an overview of previous peer support interventions<br>published in literature and to also point out to the preliminary results from the intervention<br>conducted at the Charité. Good practices and recommendations for peer interventions are provided.<br>Qualitative interviews were conducted with the group participants, and results show that peer groups<br>helped refugees in sharing experiences, in giving ideas for possible solutions, in building<br>social/friendship networks, and in providing a safe place for discussions. The results of our study<br>suggest that integrating gender-sensitive peer support approaches in the mental health services for<br>refugees may benefit the public health by reducing both need and demand for these services.</span></p> 2020-07-30T00:00:00+0530 Copyright (c) 2020 Jinan Abi Jumaa, Andreas Heinz http://tiikmpublishing.com/proceedings/index.php/fow/article/view/614 Women’s Sex Representation in Comic Book 2020-10-27T12:59:55+0530 Aylin Gungor aylin.gungor@giresun.edu.tr <p>The representation of women has always been different in comics from past to present.<br>Some women have been shown in the comics, in the role of being saved by a male superhero, or in a<br>sexy female image with pornographic elements. The scarcity of female illustrators and writers, being<br>male among publishers consists of the necessary information for the research of comics among the<br>gender studies. Just as there are gender and objectification elements in real life, there are also these<br>approaches to the female body in comics. Towards the 21st century, together with the movements of<br>feminism, both the technological conditions and the digitization of the comics have made women's<br>representation a little more free. For this reason, the methodology of the research has been<br>determined as Fourth Wave Feminism. Now, they can explain the female lesbian culture and sexual<br>policies independently of society in the comics of Alison Bechdel's Fun Home and a series of images<br>that depict Belden Sezen's A Snapshot. The handling of such female characters in comic books and<br>graphic novels firstly enables the students to make accurate determinations while breaking the<br>prejudice of the society, and then when determining the orientation of the young generation, and that<br>women can live their identity freely as an individual. Based on all these information and results, in<br>this research, the representation of women in comics will be explained through a historical<br>evaluation and then criticized in terms of gender.</p> 2020-07-30T00:00:00+0530 Copyright (c) 2020 Aylin Gungor