The Future of Women's Rights: Global Visions and Strategies

The Future of Women's Rights: Global Visions and Strategies
ISBN-10
184277459X
ISBN-13
9781842774595
Category
Social Science
Pages
224
Language
English
Published
2004-09
Publisher
Zed Books
Authors
Joanna Kerr, Ellen Sprenger, Alison Symington

Description

The Future of Women's Rights identifies the emergence of various trends threatening the advance of gender equality, women's human rights and sustainable human development. These phenomena include the impacts of globalization and neoliberal economics, developments in biotechnology, the neo-conservative backlash against women's rights, monopolistic ownership patterns over information technologies, the rise of identity politics marginalizing 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 their methods, with a view to making their future political work more effective. They identify current issues and trends in the world, thinking through how these may impact women and the work of women's movements.

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