Female well-being: toward a global theory of social change/
edited by Janet Mancini Billson and Carolyn Fluehr-Lobban
- London: Zed Books, 2005.
- xiv, 432 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
The twentieth century as a transformative time for women / Janet Mancini Billson, Caroly Fluehr-Lobban -- The complexities of defining a female well-being / Janet Mancini Billson -- A critique of social change theories / Carolyn Fluehr-Lobban, Janet Mancini Billson -- Women in Bangladesh: a journey in stages / Nasrin Sultana, Alema Karim -- Women in Canada: a century of struggle / Tess Hooks, Patrice Leclerc, Roderic Beaujot -- Women in Colombia: 'you forge your path as you walk' / Elena Garcés de Eder, Adriana Marulanda Herrán -- Women in Croatia: a continuity and change / Vesna Barilar, Zeljka Jelavic, Sandra Prlenda -- Women in Iceland: strong women-myths and contradictions / Thorgerđur Einarsdóttir -- Women in Japan: change and resistance to change / Masako Aiuchi [and others] -- Women in South Africa: crossing the great divides of race and gender / A.M. (Ria) van Niekerk, Jopie van Rooyen -- Women in Sudan: resistance and survival / Carolyn Fluehr-Lobban -- Women in Thailand: changing the paradigm of female well-being / Farung Mee-Udon, Ranee Itarat -- Women in the United Kingdom: the impacts of immigration, 1900-2000 / Erica Halvorsen, Heather Eggins -- Women in the United States of America: the struggle for economic citizenship / Laura Khoury -- Common challenges: factors that enhance or detract from female well-being / Janet Mancini Billson, Carolyn Fluehr-Lobban -- Towards a gendered theory of social change / Carolyn Fluehr-Lobban, Janet Mancini Billson -- Towards a global female well-being / Janet Mancini Billson, Caroyln Fluehr-Lobban.
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Women--Health and hygiene Women--Social conditions Maternal and infant welfare Women in development