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| Preface | |
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| Introduction to Global Women's Studies | |
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| Global Women's Studies Sees Gender Inequality as a Historical, Sociocultural Phenomenon | |
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| Global Women's Studies is About Activism and Empowerment | |
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| Global Women's Studies Takes a Multicultural, Intersectional, and Contextual Approach | |
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| The Importance of Similarity | |
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| The Importance of Difference | |
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| The Challenge of Multiculturalism | |
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| Global Women's Studies Views Women's Rights as Human Rights | |
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| Overview of the Book | |
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| Study Questions | |
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| Discussion Questions | |
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| Women's Low Status and Power | |
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| Men's Greater Economic Power | |
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| Men's Greater Legal and Political Power | |
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| Males' Higher Status | |
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| Females as Property | |
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| Violence Against Women (VAW) | |
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| Domestic or Intimate Partner Violence | |
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| Dowry Murder | |
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| Honor Killing | |
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| Sexual Violence and Exploitation | |
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| Rape | |
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| Sexual Violence in Conflict and Post-Conflict (War Rape) | |
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| Prostitution | |
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| Conclusion | |
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| Study Questions | |
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| Discussion Questions and Activities | |
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| Action Opportunities | |
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| Activist Websites | |
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| Informational Websites | |
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| Reproductive Health & Reproductive Rights | |
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| Maternal Mortality and Morbidity | |
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| Maternal Mortality | |
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| Maternal Morbidity (Disability) | |
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| Female Genital Cutting | |
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| Contraception, Reproductive Choice, and Reproductive Health | |
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| Abortion | |
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| The Agents that Control Women's Reproductive Choice and Health | |
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| Government | |
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| Men | |
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| The Global Economy and Corporations | |
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| Religious Organizations | |
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| Women | |
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| Conclusion | |
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| Study Questions | |
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| Discussion Questions and Activities | |
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| Action Opportunities | |
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| Activist Websites | |
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| Informational Websites | |
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| Women's Sexuality and Sexual Rights | |
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| A Woman's Sexuality Is Often Not Her Own | |
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| Sexual Rights as Human Rights | |
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| Sexual Rights, Sexual Orientation, and Gender Identity | |
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| Efforts to Define Sexual Rights as Human Rights | |
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| Sexual Orientation and Global Women's Studies | |
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| Lesbian and Bisexual Women | |
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| Compulsory Heterosexuality and Heteropatriarchy | |
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| Lesbian and Bisexual Invisibility | |
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| Consequences of Lesbian and Bisexual Invisibility | |
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| Lesbian Feminism | |
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| Lesbian Responses to Heterosexism and Invisibility | |
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| Conclusion | |
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| Study Questions | |
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| Discussion Questions and Activities | |
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| Action Opportunities | |
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| Activist Websites | |
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| Informational Websites | |
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| Women's Work | |
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| The Relationship between Women's Work, Status, and Power | |
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| Feminist Economics | |
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| Women's Unpaid Labor | |
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| Gender-based Divisions of Household and Care Labor | |
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| Explanations for Gender-Based Divisions of Household and Care Labor | |
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| Women's Paid Labor | |
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| Effects of Paid Work on Women | |
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| Maternity Protection and Childcare | |
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| The Gender Pay Gap: Explanations & Solutions | |
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| The Glass Ceiling: Explanations & Solutions | |
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| Sexual Harassment: Explanations & Solutions | |
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| Self-Employed Women | |
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| Conclusion | |
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| Study Questions | |
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| Discussion Questions and Activities | |
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| Action Opportunities | |
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| Activist Websites | |
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| Informational Websites | |
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| Women, Development, and Environmental Sustainability | |
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| Background | |
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| Development Terminology | |
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| Colonial History | |
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| Women in Developing Nations | |
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| Feminist Concerns with the Development Process | |
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| Traditional Development Programs Fail to Recognize Women's Economic Contributions | |
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| Traditional Development Programs Have Not Reduced Women's Considerable Workloads | |
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| Traditional Development Programs Focus on Men's Income Generation | |
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| Traditional Development Programs Have Contributed to Erosions in Women's Status | |
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| Women in Development Approach (WID) | |
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| Income-Generating Projects | |
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| Labor Saving Technologies | |
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| Improving Women's Access to Development Resources | |
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| Gender and Development Approach (GAD) | |
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| Women, the Environment, and Sustainable Development | |
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| Sustainability Basics | |
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| Effects of Environmental Degradation on Women 156 | |
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| The Role of Women in Sustainable Development 157 | |
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| Progress in Acknowledging Women and Sustainable Development | |
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| Women and Environmental Activism | |
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| Conclusion | |
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| Study Questions | |
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| Discussion Questions and Activities | |
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| Action Opportunities | |
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| Activist Websites | |
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| Informational Websites | |
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| Women and Globalization | |
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| The Effects of Globalization on Women | |
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| Women's Work in the Transnational Factory | |
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| Women's Sweatshop Labor | |
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| Activism to Stop Sweatshop Labor | |
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| The Global Economy and Women's Migration | |
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| Migrating for Domestic and Care Work | |
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| Migrating to Marry | |
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| Women and Girls' Labor in the Global Sex Trade | |
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| Sexual Tourism | |
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| Sex Trafficking | |
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| Conclusion | |
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| Study Questions | |
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| Discussion Questions and Activities | |
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| Action Opportunities | |
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| Activist Websites | |
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| Informational Websites | |
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| Women and Religion | |
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| Diversity and the Study of Women and Religion | |
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| Religious and Spiritual Diversity | |
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| Religious Fundamentalism | |
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| Critiquing and Deconstructing Religion | |
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| Masculine God Language | |
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| Sexism in Religious Texts | |
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| Gender-Segregated Religious Practices | |
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| Reforming and Reconstructing Religion | |
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| Women and The World's Major Religions | |
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| Islam | |
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| Judaism | |
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| Hinduism | |
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| Buddhism | |
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| Christianity | |
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| Intersectional Feminist Theologies | |
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| Feminist Spirituality | |
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| Conclusion | |
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| Study Questions | |
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| Discussion Questions and Activities | |
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| Action Opportunities | |
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| Activist Websites | |
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| Informational Websites | |
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| Women in Politics | |
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| Women's Voting | |
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| Women Representatives in Parliaments, Congresses and Cabinets | |
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| Importance of Women Representatives in Parliaments, Congresses, and Cabinets | |
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| Explanations for Gender Differences in Political Representation | |
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| Increasing the Women Representatives in Parliaments and Congresses | |
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| Women Heads of State: Presidents and Prime Ministers | |
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| Paths to Power | |
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| Gender Differences in Leadership | |
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| Advocacy of Women's Issues | |
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| Women in Informal Politics: Social and Protest Movements | |
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| Women's Action around Economic Issues | |
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| Women's Action around Nationalist and Racial/Ethnic Issues | |
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| Women's Action around Humanistic/Nurturing Issues | |
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| Conclusion | |
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| Study Questions | |
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| Discussion Questions and Activities | |
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| Action Opportunities | |
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| Activist Websites | |
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| Informational Websites | |
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| National and Local Women's Movements | |
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| Forces Operating against Women's Activism | |
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| Early (Mistaken) Assumptions about Women's Movements | |
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| Assuming that All Women's Movements Use the Feminist Label | |
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| Assuming Western Feminist Concerns are the Concerns of All Women | |
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| Different Strands of Women's Movements | |
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| Contextual Factors Affecting Women's Movements | |
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| Practical and Strategic Gender Interests | |
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| Local Political and Economic Conditions | |
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| Women's Movements Arising from Class Struggles | |
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| Women's Movements Arising from Nationalist Struggles | |
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| Factors Affecting the Influence of Democratization on Women's Movements | |
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| Women's Movements and State Feminism | |
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| Debate about the Role of the State | |
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| Factors Affecting the Success of State Feminism | |
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| Evaluating the Success of Women's Movements | |
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| Conclusion | |
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| Study Questions | |
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| Discussion Questions and Activities | |
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| Action Opportunities | |
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| Activist Websites | |
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| Informational Websites | |
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| Transnational Women's Movements & Networks | |
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| The Transnational Women's Movement and the United Nations | |
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| The UN's World Women's Conferences | |
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| Transnational Feminist Influences on the UN | |
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| Transnational Feminism and Women's Rights as Human Rights | |
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| CEDAW: The International Women's Bill of Rights | |
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| Challenges to a Women's Human Rights Agenda | |
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| Conclusion | |
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| Study Questions | |
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| Discussion Questions and Activities | |
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| Action Opportunities | |
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| Activist Websites | |
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| Informational Websites | |
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| Appendix | |
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| Glossary | |
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| References | |
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| Index | |