Making globalization work for women [[electronic resource] ] : the role of social rights and trade union leadership / / edited by Valentine M. Moghadam, Suzanne Franzway, and Mary Margaret Fonow

• Pubblicazione: Albany, : State University of New York Press, c2011
• Edizione: 1st ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (354 p.)
• Disciplina: 331.87082
• Soggetto topico: Feminism; Globalization; Women in the labor movement; Women's rights
• Altri autori: FonowMary Margaret <1949-> FranzwaySuzanne MoghadamValentine M. <1952->
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Introduction and overview : globalization and women's social rights / Mary Margaret Fonow, Suzanne Franzway, Valentine M. Moghadam -- Towards economic citizenship : the Middle East and North Africa / Valentine M. Moghadam -- Promoting the social rights of working women : the case of Palestinian women in Israel / Michal Schwartz -- Tunisia : women's economic citizenship and trade union / Hafidha Chekir and Khedija Arafoui -- Gendered economic rights and trade unionism : the case of Argentina / Graciela di Marco -- Can a focus on survival and health as socio-economic rights help some of the world's most imperiled women in a globalized world? Cases from Ecuador, Ukraine, and Laos / Rae Lesser Blumberg and Andres Wilfrido Salazar-Paredes -- The ILO, gender equality, and trade unions / Shauna Olney -- Women's rights and leadership : a central trade union agenda / Jo Morris -- Achieving equality through quality : public services and the role of public sector trade unions / Nora Wintour -- The role of unions in the promotion of gender equality in france / Pascale Coton -- Trade unions, collective agency and the struggle for women's equality : expanding the political empowerment measure / Linda Briskin -- Women's leadership in the South African labor movement / Neva Seidman Makgetla -- Women-only unions and women union leaders in Japan / Kaye Broadbent -- Demanding their rights : LGBT transnational labor activism / Suzanne Franzway and Mary Margaret Fonow -- Ne'er the twain shall meet? Reflections on the future of feminism and unionism / Jennifer Curtin.
• Sommario/riassunto: Explores the potential for trade unions to defend the socioeconomic rights of women.
• Titolo autorizzato: Making globalization work for women
• ISBN: 1-4384-3962-8
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910824262503321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: SUNY series, praxis, theory in action.