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Beyond use value and exchange value, commodities encapsulate semiotic values too. They function as markers of status, domesticity, social discipline, rebelliousness and so on. These functions are contextual, contingent and change over time.

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What is women’s studies? Is it a discipline? Subject? What should a women’s studies' programme connote and what obtains in practice?

This paper examines whether female participation in the labour force enhances the autonomy of women in poor populations.

Hysterectomy is major surgery with a mortality rate of 1-2 per 1000 operations and an even higher complication rate. There is a widespread misconception, even among doctors that removal of the uterus, without removal of the ovaries has little or no long-term health consequences for the woman.