
The Future of Women's Rights
Global Visions and Strategies
Zed Books Ltd (Publisher)
Published on 1. September 2004
Book
Paperback/Softback
240 pages
978-1-84277-459-5 (ISBN)
Description
The remarkable array of women's activists and leaders from different parts of the world assembled for the dialogue in this volume are deeply concerned at the recent emergence of various trends that may threaten the ongoing work of women's movements in advancing gender equality, women's human rights and sustainable human development. These phenomena include the multifarious impacts of globalization and neoliberal economics, developments in biotechnology, the neo-conservative backlash against women's rights, monopolistic ownership patterns over information technologies that exclude women, fundamentalisms of various kinds and the rise of identity politics that subordinate or marginalize women's issues, and the increase in violent conflict and war.
The contributors to this volume are united in seeing a pressing need for women's movements to evaluate the methods they have used until now, with a view to making their political work more effective in future. They try to identify current issues and trends in the world. They think through how these may impact on women and the work of women's movements. And they identify how women should prepare for them, and what strategies they should prioritise, in order to protect and advance their agenda.
With as deliberately diverse a group of women thinkers as this, there is inevitably a thought-provokingly diverse range of views about how women ought to respond if they not be pushed on to the defensive, but instead take the initiative again and be more proactive across the wide range of arenas and issues that bear particularly on one-half of humanity.
The contributors to this volume are united in seeing a pressing need for women's movements to evaluate the methods they have used until now, with a view to making their political work more effective in future. They try to identify current issues and trends in the world. They think through how these may impact on women and the work of women's movements. And they identify how women should prepare for them, and what strategies they should prioritise, in order to protect and advance their agenda.
With as deliberately diverse a group of women thinkers as this, there is inevitably a thought-provokingly diverse range of views about how women ought to respond if they not be pushed on to the defensive, but instead take the initiative again and be more proactive across the wide range of arenas and issues that bear particularly on one-half of humanity.
Reviews / Votes
'A "must read".'Peggy Antrobus, DAWN
'This collection of vibrant essays demonstrates conclusively that, although men still run it, intellectually, politically and ethically the world is no longer seen only through masculine eyes.'
- Rosi Braidotti, Utrecht University
'This is simply the best international collection of feminist writing for some years. It is refreshingly textured and honest in its politics, which range geo-politically and address the dominant issues and arenas of current patriarchal folly. It is erudite, it is strategic - and it is highly recommended.'
Marilyn Waring, Massey University and author of Counting for Nothing/If Women Counted
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Language
English
Place of publication
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
ISBN-13
978-1-84277-459-5 (9781842774595)
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Persons
Joanna Kerr is Executive Director of the Association for Women's Rights in Development. Previously she was a Senior Researcher at The North-South Institute in Ottawa and is the author of Ours By Right: Women's Rights as Human Rights (Zed 1993).
Ellen Sprenger is the co-author of Gender and Organizational Change (1997).
Alison Symington is Senior Researcher at the Association for Women's Rights in Development. She is the author of Dual Citizenship and Forced Marriages (2001).
Ellen Sprenger is the co-author of Gender and Organizational Change (1997).
Alison Symington is Senior Researcher at the Association for Women's Rights in Development. She is the author of Dual Citizenship and Forced Marriages (2001).
Content
Introduction: The Future of Women's Rights - Ellen Sprenger and Alison Symington
1. From 'Opposing' to 'Proposing': Finding Proactive Global Strategies for Feminist Futures - Joanna Kerr
2. Creating a New World with New Visions: African Feminism and Trends in the Global Women's Movement - Bisi Adeleye-Fayemi
3. Rights of Passage: Women Shaping the 21st Century - Mahnaz Afkhami
4 Challenging Power: Alternatives to the Current Global Order - An interview with Josefa (Gigi) Francisco
5. An Action Framework for South Asia - Deepa Dhanraj, Geeta Misra, and Srilatha Batliwala
6 Different Worlds Possible: Feminist Yearnings for Shared Futures - Sarah Bracke
7. Diversity as our Strength: Transforming Power, Public Policy and Popular Culture - Ana Criquillion
8. Confronting Globalization: Feminist Political Spirituality as a Strategy of Action - Alda Facio
9. Globalization and Reinventing the Politics of A Women's Movement - Vanessa Griffen
10. Caution! Women Moving: Strategies for Organizing Feminist Visions of the Future - Sisonke Msimang
11. International and Post-Socialist Women's Rights Advocacy: Points of Convergence and Tension - Anastasia Posadskaya-Vanderbeck
12. Gender Equality Advocates Speak: Feminist Issues and Strategies Into the Future - Rhonda Leeson
1. From 'Opposing' to 'Proposing': Finding Proactive Global Strategies for Feminist Futures - Joanna Kerr
2. Creating a New World with New Visions: African Feminism and Trends in the Global Women's Movement - Bisi Adeleye-Fayemi
3. Rights of Passage: Women Shaping the 21st Century - Mahnaz Afkhami
4 Challenging Power: Alternatives to the Current Global Order - An interview with Josefa (Gigi) Francisco
5. An Action Framework for South Asia - Deepa Dhanraj, Geeta Misra, and Srilatha Batliwala
6 Different Worlds Possible: Feminist Yearnings for Shared Futures - Sarah Bracke
7. Diversity as our Strength: Transforming Power, Public Policy and Popular Culture - Ana Criquillion
8. Confronting Globalization: Feminist Political Spirituality as a Strategy of Action - Alda Facio
9. Globalization and Reinventing the Politics of A Women's Movement - Vanessa Griffen
10. Caution! Women Moving: Strategies for Organizing Feminist Visions of the Future - Sisonke Msimang
11. International and Post-Socialist Women's Rights Advocacy: Points of Convergence and Tension - Anastasia Posadskaya-Vanderbeck
12. Gender Equality Advocates Speak: Feminist Issues and Strategies Into the Future - Rhonda Leeson