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"Women are at the heart of civil society organizations (CSOs) that challenge oppressive practices at a local and global level and develop outstanding entrepreneurial activities. Yet CSO research tends to ignore considerations of gender, and the rich history of activist feminist organizations is...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Schwabenland, Christina (Editor ), Lange, Chris (Editor ), Onyx, Jenny, 1941- (Editor ), Nakagawa, Sachiko (Editor )
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Bristol, UK ; Chicago, IL, USA : Policy Press, 2016.
Temas:
Women > Political activity.
Women civic leaders.
Women's rights.
Femmes > Activité politique.
Femmes leaders.
Femmes > Droits.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Discrimination & Race Relations.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Minority Studies.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Women's Studies.
Women civic leaders
Women's rights
Women > Political activity
Zivilgesellschaft
Frauenemanzipation
Soziale Rolle
Gleichberechtigung
Feminismus
Nichtstaatliche Organisation
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 1. Introducing the anthology
  • 2. A global analysis of the empowerment paradigm and the influence of feminism in women's NGOs
  • 3. Se Non Ora Quando? ('If not now, when?') The birth, growth and challenges of a new voice within the feminist scenario in Italy
  • 4. Street harassment activism in the twenty-first century
  • 5. New gender-political impulses from Eastern Europe : the case of Pussy Riot
  • 6. How a feminist activist group builds its repertoire of actions : a case study
  • 7. From feminist extravagance to citizen demand : the movement for abortion legalization in Uruguay
  • 8. Sustainability from the bottom up : women as change agents in the Niger Delta
  • 9. A women's NGO as an incubator : promoting identity-based associations in Nepalese civil society
  • 10. Gender democracy and women's self-empowerment : a case of Somali diaspora civil society
  • 11. The role of civil society organisations in emancipating Portuguese Roma women
  • 12. Breaking down dichotomies in the narratives of women's activism in Morocco
  • 13. Working within associations : recognition in the public space for women?
  • 14. Flexible working practices in charities : supporting or hindering women's emancipation in the workplace
  • 15. Examining and contextualizing Kenya's Maendeleo ya Wanawake Organisation (MYWO) through an African feminist lens
  • 16. Organising for emancipation/emancipating organisations?

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