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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... feminist framework for analysis and action. Our research has identified many key sources and sites of women's empowerment. Empowerment has been a critical concept for the international women's movement, underscoring the effectiveness of ...
... simultaneously victims, survivors, and agents of change. They may also be perpetrators of violence. SEXUAL. AUTONOMY. AND. GLOBAL. POLITICS: FEMINIST. CRITIQUES. OF. HIV/AIDS INTERVENTIONS IN AFRICA As the HIV/AIDS epidemic accelerates, it.
... Feminist analyses show that intervention programs intended to protect public health may draw females further under the surveillance of local and global patriarchal structures, undermining their sexual rights and sexual autonomy. NOTES. 1 ...
... Feminist Studies for permission to reprint the Ewig article and Political Geography for permission to reprint the Silvey article, both without fees. Finally, I must acknowledge the Internet. Without the capacity to send manuscripts ...
... feminist scholarship and advocacy that are often seen as alternatives and in opposition: globalization and the politicization of religions. The scholars' investigations of gender violence and denial of sexual autonomy, as noted in their ...
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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Global Empowerment of Women: Responses to Globalization and Politicized ... Carolyn M Elliott No preview available - 2012 |