The Greenwood encyclopedia of women's issues worldwide / editor-in-chief, Lynn Walter.

Women are working internationally to build a world based on gender equality and justice. Their concerns are shaped by conditions in their own countries and regions, and also by conditions for women in other parts of the world. Links forged by globalization, international relations, United Nations ge...

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Other Authors: Walter, Lynn, 1945-
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Westport, Conn. : Greenwood Press, 2003.
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Table of Contents:
  • v. [1] Asia and Oceania. Afghanistan / Shahin Gerami, Sondra D. Cogswell
  • Australia / Judith Gill
  • Bangladesh / Shelly Feldman
  • Cambodia / Benjamin F. Shearer
  • Central Asia / Nicola Kirsteen Dorman
  • China / Gale Summerfield
  • India / Deepa S. Reddy
  • Indonesia / Soe Tjen Marching
  • Japan / Jyoti Grewal
  • Korea / Hyunji Kwon, Eunyun Park
  • Laos / Benjamin F. Shearer
  • Malaysia / Gurdeep Skolnik
  • Micronesia / Sara M. Dettinger
  • Myanmar / Erin Hale DeOrnellas
  • Nepal / Sushma Joshi
  • New Zealand / Sara M. Dettinger
  • Pakistan / Sandra Homouda
  • Papua New Guinea / Marueen Dyer
  • Philippines / Linda K. Richter
  • Sri Lanka / Cynthia Caron
  • Taiwan / Jolan Hsieh
  • Thailand / LeeRay M. Costa
  • Uzbekistan / Andrea Giacomuzzi
  • Vietnam / Darunee Tantiwiramanond
  • v. [2] Central and South America. Argentina / Elizabeth L. Borland
  • Belize / Irma T. Alonso
  • Bolivia / Vanessa von Struensee
  • Brazil / Nathalie Lebon
  • Chile / Alvaro Vergara-Mery
  • Colombia / Juana Suárez
  • Costa Rica / Ilse Agshagen Leitinger
  • Ecuador / Gioconda Herrera
  • El Salvador / Kelley Ready
  • French Guiana / Diana H. Yoon
  • Guatemala / Lise-Marí Centeno
  • Guyana / Kalowatie Deonandan
  • Honduras / Julie Cupples
  • Nicaragua / Florence E. Babb
  • Panama / Elida Guardia Boner
  • Paraguay / Jane Clough-Riquelme, María Molinas Cabrera
  • Peru / Amy Lind, Emi McLaughlin
  • Suriname / Diana H. Yoon
  • Uruguay / Susana Rostagnol
  • Venezuela / Elisabeth Jay Friedman.
  • v. [3] Europe
  • Albania / Antonia Young
  • Armenia / Armine Ishkanian
  • Austria / Benjamin F. Shearer
  • Belarus / Elena Gapova
  • Belgium / Alison E. Woodward
  • Bosnia and Herzegovina / Jasna Bakšić-Muftić
  • Bulgaria / Kristen Ghodsee
  • Croatia / Aida Bagić
  • Czech Republic / Marianne A. Ferber, Phyllis Hutton Raabe
  • Denmark / Lynn Walter
  • Estonia / Ain Haas, Edgar Kaskla, Anu Laas
  • Finland / Anne Kovalainen
  • France / Deborah Reed-Danahay
  • Georgia / Nino Javakhishvili, Lela Khomeriki
  • Germany / Eileen Trzcinski
  • Greece / Maria Pantelidou Maloutas
  • Hungary / Beáta Nagy
  • Iceland / Torgerdur Einarsdóttir
  • Republic of Ireland / Elizabeth A. Throop
  • Italy / Elizabeth L. Krause
  • Kosovo / Antonia Young
  • Latvia / Daina Stukuls Eglitis
  • Lithuania / Vicki L. Hesli, Alexis Bushnell, Rasa Alisauskiene
  • Macedonia / Galina Schneider
  • Malta / JosAnn Cutajar
  • Netherlands / Benjamin F. Shearer
  • Norway ; Poland / Jill M. Bystydzienski
  • Portugal / Kathyn Bishop-Sanchez
  • Romania / Livia Popescu
  • Russia / Carol Nechemias
  • Serbia and Montenegro / Lilijana Cickaric
  • Slovakia / Sharon L. Wolchik
  • Spain / Eva Martínez-Hernández
  • Sweden / Linda Haas
  • Switzerland / Joy Charnley
  • Turkey / Tahire Erman
  • Ukraine / Lyudmyla Smolyar
  • United Kingdom / Gillian Pascall
  • v. [4] Middle East and North Africa. Algeria / Brigitte H. Bechtold
  • Bahrain / Sandra Lee
  • Egypt / Bahira Sherif-Trask
  • Iran / Mary Hegland
  • Iraq / Ghoncheh Tazmini
  • Israel / Chava Frankfort-Nachmias
  • Jordan / Nancy Mataraso Fitzgerald
  • Lebanon / Sima Aprahamian, Julie M. Koivunen
  • Libya / Amy J. Johnson
  • Morocco / Kim Shively
  • Occupied Territories / Stephanie Hargrave
  • Saudi Arabia / As ad Abu Khalil
  • Syria / Naji Abi-Hashem
  • Tunisia / Angel M. Foster
  • United Arab Emirates / Carolyn I. Wright
  • Yemen / Susanne Dahlgren.
  • v. [5] North America and the Caribbean. Bahamas / Audrey Ingram Roberts
  • Barbados / Miriam Zoll
  • Canada / Veronica Strong-Boag, Gillian Creese
  • Cuba / Sara E. Cooper
  • Dominican Republic / Cecilia Ann Winters
  • French Caribbean / Irma T. Alonso
  • Haiti / Robin B. Devin
  • Jamaica / Barbara Bailey
  • Mexico / Luisa Gabayet
  • Netherlands Antilles / Jacqueline Martis
  • Organization of Eastern Caribbean States ; Puerto Rico / Irma T. Alonso
  • Trinidad and Tobago / Rhoda Reddock
  • United States / Cheryl Toronto Kalny
  • v. [6] Sub-Saharan Africa. Botswana / Judith Van Allen
  • Burundi / Michele Wagner
  • Cameroon / Melinda Adams
  • Eritrea / Victoria Bernal
  • Ethiopia / Tsehai Berhane-Selassie
  • Ghana / Kathleen Maria Fallon
  • Guinea / Rebecca Furth
  • Kenya / Rebecca Kemble
  • Mali / Susanna D. Wing
  • Mozambique / Kathleen Sheldon
  • Namibia / Gretchen Bauer
  • Niger / Ousseina Alidou
  • Nigeria / Nwando Achebe
  • Rwanda / Michele Wagner
  • Senegal / Erin Augis
  • Somalia / Ladan Affi
  • South Africa / Hannah Britton
  • Sudan / Asma Mohamed Abdel Halim
  • Tanzania / Ruth Meena
  • Togo / Jennifer Seely
  • Uganda / Rebecca Mukyala
  • Zimbabwe / Mary J. Osirim.