Global feminism : transnational women's activism, organizing, and human rights / edited by Myra Marx Ferree and Aili Mari Tripp.

Other author Ferree, Myra Marx.
Other author Tripp, Aili Mari.
Format Book
Publication InfoNew York : New York University Press, ©2006.
Descriptionix, 325 pages ; 23 cm
Supplemental ContentTable of contents
Subjects
Feminism.
Feminism--International cooperation.
Transnationalism.

Contents Globalization and feminism : opportunities and obstacles for activism in the global arena / Myra Marx Ferree -- Unlikely godmother : the UN and the global women's movement / Margaret Snyder -- The evolution of transnational feminisms : consensus, conflict, and new dynamics / Aili Mari Tripp -- Turkey's modern paradoxes : identity politics, women's agency, and universal rights / Yakin Ertürk -- Working women of the world unite : labor organizing and transnational gender solidarity among domestic workers in Hong Kong / Sarah Swider -- Women's organizing in post-Yugoslav countries : talking about "donors" / Aida Bagić -- Women as agents for development : learning from the experiences of women in Finland / Hilkka Pietilä -- Regional women's activism : African women's networks and the African Union / Melinda Adams -- Measuring feminist mobilization : cross-national convergences and transnational networks in Western Europe / Dorothy E. McBride and Amy G. Mazur -- Transnational feminist NGOs on the Web : networks and identities in the global North and South / Myra Marx Ferree and Tetyana Pudrovska -- Human/women's rights and feminist transversal politics / Nira Yuval-Davis -- Challenges in transnational feminist mobilization / Aili Mari Tripp.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
LCCN 2006004307
ISBN0814727352 (cloth)
ISBN0814727360 (pbk.)
ISBN9780814727355
ISBN9780814727362

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