Global Empowerment of Women: Responses to Globalization and Politicized ReligionsCarolyn M. Elliott Routledge, 2007 M12 12 - 416 pages The empowerment of women is a broadly endorsed strategy for solving a host of difficult problems, from child poverty to gender violence to international development. The seventeen international scholars in this multi-disciplinary volume offer thoughtful critiques of the notion of empowerment based on their studies in twenty countries in all regions of the world. The comparative introduction places concepts of empowerment in the context of models of the market and of community, showing how contradictions in these models as they are enacted on the ground provide both spaces and constraints for women. The chapters consider opportunities for women in the context of globalization, resurgent nationalism and politicized religion, cultures of masculinity, and the HIV/AIDS epidemic in Africa. They show how initiatives at national or global levels are transformed by local cultures and power structures, and demonstrate the fruitfulness of tensions between universal values of human rights and contextualized understandings. This landmark, multi-disciplinary collection of original studies by distinguished international feminist scholars will be an essential addition to the fields of Political Science, Women’s Studies, Economics, Sociology, International Development, and Environmental Studies. |
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... role of the market , greater openness to international trade and investment , and a reduced role for government in promoting population well - being . The focus of government policy is on individual strategies rather than collective ...
... situation a woman faces. Other problems arise when empowerment generates conflict among the several roles of women or between groups of women. The unevenness and inconsistencies of empowerment must be charted, within women's lives and.
... roles of women in social and political conflicts, and investigate the complex relationships between gender, citizenship, and processes of social inclusion and exclusion. In particular, they need to examine how gender is used in the ...
... role in many post-conflict situations, but within these forums violence against women has been ignored or considered to be outside the commissions' purview. Women's participation in anti-war and resistance movements is also too often ...
... roles within societies and led to increasing commitments to women's rights, both nationally and internationally. Global communication has also facilitated the spread of Women Living Under Muslim Laws (WLUML), a twenty-year-old ...
Contents
Reproductive Technologies | |
Opportunities and Contradictions | |
Women in Saudi Arabia | |
Negotiating with Multiple Patriarchies | |
The Case of | |
Commissions | |
Rape Trauma and Meaning | |
What Have Boys | |
Religion Violence and Womens | |
What Does | |
The Criminalization of Youth | |
Feminists the Catholic Church and | |
Works Cited | |
Law as a Site of Struggle | |
Shariah Activism in Nigeria Under Hudud | |
Gender and EU Accession | |
Contributors | |
Index | |
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