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Record Nr.

UNISA996218591503316

Autore

Antrobus Peggy

Titolo

The global women's movement : origins, issues and strategies / / Peggy Antrobus

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London, England : , : Zed Books, , 2004

[London, England] : , : Bloomsbury Publishing, , 2021

ISBN

1-350-22318-2

1-84813-693-5

1-84813-143-7

1-281-21600-3

9786611216009

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (162 pages)

Collana

Global issues series

Classificazione

71.38

Disciplina

305.42

Soggetti

Feminism - History - 20th century

Feminism

Women's rights

Gender studies: women

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

; 1. Introduction -- ; 2. global women's movement : definitions and local origins -- ; 3. Global contexts for an emerging movement : the UN development decades, 1960s-1970s -- ; 4. decade for women : UN conferences, 1975-85 -- ; 5. lost decade -- the 1980s -- ; 6. It's about justice : feminist leadership making a difference on the world stage -- ; 7. Political strategies and dynamics of women's organizing and feminist activism -- ; 8. new context : challenges and dilemmas for the future -- ; 9. Leadership for moving forward -- ; 10. Epilogue : is another world possible? -- ; App. 1. world needs the love of a free woman -- ; App. 2. global women's strike -- ; App. 3. sisterhood is global institute.

Sommario/riassunto

Drawing on her long experience of feminist activism, the author provides an overview of the state of feminism, both in national and international contexts.