Full Description
Are women fighting over the same issues and for the same rights all around the world? What are the gains that have been made for women in different cultures over the past 200 years? Students will find answers to these and similar questions in this unique resource of fifteen case studies exploring the problems surrounding the fight for women's rights in different countries, ranging from Argentina to Zimbabwe. The history, the public perceptions, contemporary problems, the future of women's rights, and the roles of activists concerning these rights are examined. The detailed explorations provide readers with the opportunity to discover the different cultural attitudes toward women.
In order to facilitate comparisons, each chapter follows a similar outcome. The countries were chosen to represent every region of the world and to provide as broad a picture as possible of the issues presented by women's struggles for equality. Each case study asks how national, cultural, class, racial, and religious differences have influenced women's rights. These different views of ways in which women have sought their rights around the world will help students to understand the fight for women's rights in a broad sense as a social issue that affects all of humanity.
Contents
Preface by Lynn Walter Introduction by Lynn Walter Argentina: The Long Road to Women's Rights by Marysa Navarro Bolivia: Women's Rights, the International Women's Convention, and State Compliance by Gratzia Vilarroel Smeall China: First the Problem of Rights and Law by Sharon K. Hom Cuba: The Search for Women's Rights in Private and Public Life by Araceli Alonso Denmark: Women's Rights and Women's Welfare by Lynn Walter Egypt: Multiple Perspectives on Women's Rights by Bahira Sherif The European Union: Women's Rights in the European Union by Madeleine Shea India: Women's Movements from Nationalism to Sustainable Development by Manisha Desai Iran: Emerging Feminist Voices by Ziba Mir-Hosseini Israel: The Myth of Gender Equality by Chava Frankfort-Nachmias Japan: Democracy In A Confucian-Based Society by Linda White Nigeria: Women Building on the Past by Victoria B. Tashjian Ojibwe Women of the Western Great Lakes by Lisa M. Poupart United States: The Great Work Before Us by Cheryl Toronto Kalny Zimbabwe: Women's Rights and African Custom by Sita Ranchod-Nilsson Appendices Index
