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Télécharger le livre :  Women Entrepreneurs and Business Empowerment in Muslim Countries
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Women Entrepreneurs and Business Empowerment in Muslim Countries


Amelia Fauzia , Minako Sakai


This book analyzes women entrepreneurs in Muslim countries who are using Islamic values to develop and run small businesses. As a core case study, the authors are using Indonesia as it is the largest Muslim country in the world by population. The project examines...

Parution : 2022-09-26
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Télécharger le livre :  Social Reproduction, Solidarity Economy, Feminisms and Democracy
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Social Reproduction, Solidarity Economy, Feminisms and Democracy


Isabelle Guérin , Isabelle Hillenkamp , Christine Verschuur


This book contributes to timely debates on the conditions of resistance and changes with the aim to offer a ray of hope in times of ecological, economic, social and democracy crisis worldwide. In the context of the crisis of social reproduction, impoverishment and...

Parution : 2021-09-06
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Télécharger le livre :  Gender and Domestic Violence in the Caribbean
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Gender and Domestic Violence in the Caribbean


Ann Marie Bissessar , Camille Huggins


Domestic violence, interpersonal violence, intimate partner violence, or gender-based violence continues to be a social problem that is rarely understood or discussed in many parts of society, worldwide. The same holds true in the Anglophone Caribbean. Most Caribbean...

Parution : 2021-06-22
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Télécharger le livre :  Affect, Gender and Sexuality in Latin America
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Affect, Gender and Sexuality in Latin America


Cecilia Macón , Mariela Solana , Nayla Luz Vacarezza


This book emphasizes the significance of affects, feelings and emotions in how we think about politics, gender and sexuality in Latin America. Considering the complex and even contradictory social processes that the region is experiencing today, many...

Parution : 2021-02-23
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Télécharger le livre :  Gender, Protests and Political Change in Africa
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Gender, Protests and Political Change in Africa


Awino Okech


This book brings together conceptual debates on the impact of youth-hood and  gender on state building in Africa. It offers contemporary and interdisciplinary  analyses on the role of protests as an alternative route for citizens to challenge  the ballot...

Parution : 2020-07-03
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Télécharger le livre :  War-Time Care Work and Peacebuilding in Africa
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War-Time Care Work and Peacebuilding in Africa


Fatma Osman Ibnouf


This book provides a nuanced understanding of an often neglected aspect of armed conflicts, namely the everyday structures that sustain lives during crises and, specifically, care-work performed by women. It showcases the work of women as key protagonists and stresses...

Parution : 2019-09-03
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Télécharger le livre :  Women and Sustainable Human Development
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Women and Sustainable Human Development


Maty Konte , Nyasha Tirivayi


This book adds significantly to the discourse surrounding the progress made in empowering women in Africa over the last decade, providing strong research evidence on diverse and timely gender issues in varied African countries. Topics covered include climate change and...

Parution : 2019-06-29
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Télécharger le livre :  Gender, Democracy and Institutional Development in Africa
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Gender, Democracy and Institutional Development in Africa


Njoki Nathani Wane


This book analyses African foundations of gender, education, politics, democracy and institutional development by stimulating theoretical discourses. It offers a discursive framework on ways to examine the conceptualizations of African social development and a critical...

Parution : 2019-04-25
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Télécharger le livre :  Rethinking Transitional Gender Justice
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Rethinking Transitional Gender Justice


Lucy Fiske , Rita Shackel


This book draws together established and emerging scholars from sociology, law, history, political science and education to examine the global and local issues in the pursuit of gender justice in post-conflict settings.This examination is especially important given the...

Parution : 2018-10-08
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Télécharger le livre :  Women, Urbanization and Sustainability
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Women, Urbanization and Sustainability


Anita Lacey


This work considers the city as a gendered space and examines women’s experiences and engagement in both urbanization and sustainability. Such a focus offers distinctive insights into the question of what it means for a city to be sustainable, asking further how...

Parution : 2017-03-28
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Télécharger le livre :  Financing for Gender Equality
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Financing for Gender Equality


Nalini Burn , Zohra Khan


This collection of essays addresses the glaring gap between policy commitments and actual investments in gender equality, ranging across sectors and focusing on development aid, peace-building and climate funds. Casting a spotlight on the application of...

Parution : 2017-03-06
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Télécharger le livre :  Bodies in Resistance
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Bodies in Resistance


Wendy Harcourt


As part of the emerging new research on civic innovation, this book explores how sexual politics and gender relations play out in feminist struggles around body politics in Brazil, Colombia, India, Iran, Mexico, Nepal, Turkey, Nicaragua, as well as in East Africa, Latin...

Parution : 2016-11-29
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Télécharger le livre :  Land, Labour and Livelihoods
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Land, Labour and Livelihoods


Bina Fernandez , Meena Gopal , Orlanda Ruthven


This book brings together a unique collection of theoretical and empirical analyses of women’s access to land, labour and livelihoods in contemporary India. The authors recognize that gender relations must be viewed intersectionally, along with other social...

Parution : 2016-11-25
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Télécharger le livre :  Gender, Sexuality and Power in Chinese Companies
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Gender, Sexuality and Power in Chinese Companies


Liu Jieyu


This book offers the first ethnographic account of the experiences of highly educated young professional women, hailed by the Chinese media as ‘white-collar beauties’. It exposes the organizational mechanisms – naturalization, objectification and commodification of...

Parution : 2016-11-08
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Télécharger le livre :  Under Development: Gender
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Under Development: Gender


I. Guérin , H. Guétat-Bernard , C. Verschuur


Despite various decades of research and claim-making by feminist scholars and movements, gender remains an overlooked area in development studies. Looking at key issues in development studies through the prisms of gender and feminism, the authors demonstrate that gender...

Parution : 2016-04-30
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Télécharger le livre :  Women, Political Struggles and Gender Equality in South Asia
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Women, Political Struggles and Gender Equality in South Asia


M. Alston


A brutal gang-rape of a young woman in India in 2012 caused a global outcry against rising brutal violence against women. In response to the young woman's death and the protests that followed, the contributors analyze the position of women in South Asia, the issue of...

Parution : 2014-08-07
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Télécharger le livre :  A Journey into Women's Studies
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A Journey into Women's Studies


R. Pande


The present book is a journey of many women across the world who have struggled to give women's studies visibility. Drawing upon the contributors' diverse experiences and concerns, it explores the metamorphosis of women's studies from the early days to date.

Parution : 2014-07-22
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Télécharger le livre :  Rural Women's Power in South Asia:
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Rural Women's Power in South Asia:


P. Obeng


This book investigates how women's power and caste cleavages often continue to transcend and crosscut the boundaries of caste/tribe, gender, age, class and religion in India, Pakistan and Bangladesh It examines the gendered divisions of labor in rural communities and...

Parution : 2014-07-22
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Télécharger le livre :  Women Reclaiming Sustainable Livelihoods
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Women Reclaiming Sustainable Livelihoods


Wendy Harcourt


This volume highlights women's work sustaining local economies and environments, particularly in response to the current food, fuel and climate crises. It includes women's role in the green entrepreneurship, women's reproductive and productive work in the care...

Parution : 2012-04-26
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