Global feminism : transnational women's activism, organizing, and human rights /

Other Authors: Ferree, Myra Marx., Tripp, Aili Mari.
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York, NY : New York University Press, c2006.
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Table of Contents:
  • 1. Globalization and feminism : opportunities and obstacles for activism in the global arena / Myra Marx Ferree
  • 2. Unlikely godmother : the UN and the global women's movement / Margaret Snyder
  • 3. The evolution of transnational feminisms : consensus, conflict, and new dynamics / Aili Mari Tripp
  • 4. Turkey's modern paradoxes : identity politics, women's agency, and universal rights / Yakin Ertürk
  • 5. Working women of the world unite : labor organizing and transnational gender solidarity among domestic workers in Hong Kong / Sarah Swider
  • 6. Women's organizing in post-Yugoslav countries : talking about "donors" / Aida Bagić
  • 7. Women as agents for development : learning from the experiences of women in Finland / Hilkka Pietilä
  • 8. Regional women's activism : African women's networks and the African Union / Melinda Adams
  • 9. Measuring feminist mobilization : cross-national convergences and transnational networks in Western Europe / Dorothy E. McBride and Amy G. Mazur
  • 10. Transnational feminist NGOs on the Web : networks and identities in the global North and South / Myra Marx Ferree and Tetyana Pudrovska
  • 11. Human/women's rights and feminist transversal politics / Nira Yuval-Davis
  • 12. Challenges in transnational feminist mobilization / Aili Mari Tripp.