03947nam 2200577 450 991015048070332120170509103034.01-4473-2481-11-4473-2479-X1-4473-2480-3(CKB)3710000000944248(MiAaPQ)EBC4738351(StDuBDS)EDZ0001660388(ScCtBLL)1e32c290-55e0-45b5-87a4-a5e12e48d2f4(oapen)https://directory.doabooks.org/handle/20.500.12854/33079(DE-B1597)647540(DE-B1597)9781447324805(EXLCZ)99371000000094424820161118h20162016 uy 0engurcnu||||||||rdacontentrdamediardacarrierWomen's emancipation and civil society organisations challenging or maintaining the status quo? /edited by Christina Schwabenland [and three others]2017Bristol, England ;Chicago, Illinois :Policy Press,2016.©20161 online resource (390 pages) illustrations, photographs, maps, tablesPreviously issued in print: 2016.1-4473-2478-1 1-4473-2477-3 Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index.Front Matter -- Contents -- Images, figures, maps and tables -- About the authors -- Acknowledgements -- Foreword -- Introducing the anthology -- 'Empowerment' as women's emancipation? A global analysis of the empowerment paradigm and the influence of feminism in women's NGOs -- Organising for emancipation -- Se Non Ora Quando? ('If not now, when?') The birth, growth and challenges of a new voice within the feminist scenario in Italy -- Street harassment activism in the twenty-first century -- New gender-political impulses from Eastern Europe: the case of Pussy Riot -- How a feminist activist group builds its repertoire of actions: a case study -- From feminist extravagance to citizen demand: the movement for abortion legalisation in Uruguay -- Sustainability from the bottom up: women as change agents in the Niger Delta -- Emancipating organisation(s) -- A women's NGO as an incubator: promoting identity-based associations in Nepalese civil society -- Gender democracy and women's self-empowerment: a case of Somali diaspora civil society -- The role of civil society organisations in emancipating Portuguese Roma women -- Breaking down dichotomies in the narratives of women's activism in Morocco -- Working within associations: recognition in the public space for women? -- Flexible working practices in charities: supporting or hindering women's emancipation in the workplace -- Examining and contextualising Kenya's Maendeleo ya Wanawake Organisation (MYWO) through an African feminist lens -- Organising for emancipation/emancipating organisations? -- IndexWomen are at the heart of civil society organisations (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 organisations is rarely examined. This collection corrects that oversight, exploring the nexus between the emancipation of women and their roles in CSOs.WomenPolitical activityWomen civic leadersSocial ScienceWomen's StudiesWomenPolitical activity.Women civic leaders.305.42Lange Chrisedt1347111Schwabenland ChristinaMiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910150480703321Women's emancipation and civil society organisations3083141UNINA