Fighting for Justice in the 21st Century
Buch, Englisch, 190 Seiten, Format (B × H): 148 mm x 210 mm, Gewicht: 286 g
ISBN: 978-3-031-70701-8
Verlag: Springer Nature Switzerland
What does it mean to fight for women’s rights in the 21st century? Around the globe, women stand up to repression, violence, and authoritarianism to make demands for justice. Against the odds and often risking their safety, such women dedicate their lives to a vision of a more equal future. The book takes readers from Burundi to Mexico, from Myanmar to South Africa. In each chapter, activists and academics partner to write compelling accounts of their struggles to advance women’s issues on the ground. From women’s efforts to prevent sexual violence in Colombia to their protests against the Taliban in Afghanistan, the authors weave stories from across the globe to show the rich diversity of women’s struggles. The volume is the product of years of conversations and collaborations across continents, from Peru to Georgia to Brazil. It reveals the ways in which women’s journeys, although different in content, overlap in meaning and the overarching goal to protect, empower, and ensure the rights of women in all their diversity. This book has been written to appeal to a general audience interested in the fight for women’s rights around the world. It will also be appealing to students and researchers across feminist and gender studies, sociology, politics, and international relations.
Zielgruppe
Popular/general
Autoren/Hrsg.
Fachgebiete
- Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtliche Themen Mentalitäts- und Sozialgeschichte
- Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politische Kultur Menschenrechte, Bürgerrechte
- Interdisziplinäres Wissenschaften Wissenschaften Interdisziplinär Friedens- und Konfliktforschung
- Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziale Gruppen/Soziale Themen Soziale Fragen & Probleme
- Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziologie Allgemein Feminismus, Feministische Theorie
- Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziale Gruppen/Soziale Themen Gender Studies, Geschlechtersoziologie
Weitere Infos & Material
Chapter 1. Introduction.- Chapter 2. Silences that Speak: Deciphering the Unsaid while Protecting Women in Colombia.- Chapter 3. Inés Fernandez and the Me’phaa Ambassadors in Guerrero, Mexico.- Chapter 4. Ancestrality and the fight for the right to self-representation: The political struggle of enslaved people’s great-granddaughters in Brazil.- Chapter 5. My biggest achievement … was to be myself.” Trans Activism in Peru.- Chapter 6. Practices of love and care in the Women’s Advocacy Network, northern Uganda.- Chapter 7. Feminist Activism in Exile: Burundi’s Chapter 8. The Politics of Care in the Fight Against Domestic Violence: Community-Coordinated Safety and Collective Care in South Africa.- Chapter 9. Transformative Activism: Women’s Peace Efforts within Conflict-Affected Populations in Georgia.- Chapter 10. “I’d rather create my own table than sit where I am not wanted.” A conversation between Stella Naw and Jenny Hedström about Myanmar.- Chapter 11. Pretty Purposed: A Social Justice Partnership for Black Girls in Virginia, United States.
