From Patriarchy To Empowerment

Author : Valentine Moghadam
Publisher : Syracuse University Press
Page : 436 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 2007-06-18
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 0815631111

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From Patriarchy to Empowerment by Valentine Moghadam Pdf

This rich anthology offers twenty studies on instances of emerging social justice and women’s empowerment in the Middle East, North Africa, and South Asia. These areas are home to huge populations where women’s rights have withered under patriarchal rule, and many are beset by civic unrest. The book shows how changes are occurring as flood tides of capital, people, and information erode entrenched gender regimes, giving birth to energetic and forward-thinking women’s movements. Highly original, conceptually sophisticated, and imminently readable, this book illustrates how local women are transforming their collective fates by questioning their status, forming alliances, demanding full participation in economic development and the political process, and mining opportunities afforded by globalization.

Author : Asha Mukherjee
Publisher : Gyan Books
Page : 252 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 2003
Category : Women
ISBN : IND:30000094717364

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Conditioning and Empowerment of Women by Asha Mukherjee Pdf

An edited volume of archives, contributed by well-known feminists, analyzing the status of indian women and alternative modes of their empowerment viewed from different dimensions. The issue dealt theoretically and practically with all details. A must but for a complete comprehension of the issue.

Author : Janet G. Townsend
Publisher : Zed Books
Page : 212 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 1999
Category : Non-governmental organizations
ISBN : UVA:X006121230

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Women and Power by Janet G. Townsend Pdf

This text sets out to throw light on empowerment by showing how women can and do take power into and over their own lives. It demonstrates that it is often poor women in poor countries who are celebrating new powers and changing their own lives.

Author : Catherine Mich
Publisher : Balboa Press
Page : 111 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 2013-02
Category : Self-Help
ISBN : 9781452568126

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Papa and Me! the Perils of Patriarchy by Catherine Mich Pdf

CAUGHT IN THE CONFINING CHRYSALIS OF PATRIARCHY? Five American women candidly share their transformative experiences of moving through the stifling culture of patriarchy out into the fresh air of their uniquely authentic, sparkling selves. The journey may seem long and daunting, but the destination is worth the trip. Making a commitment to the process is the first step of the journey toward being the person you came here to be with all the gifts you possess. You are a piece of good news! Be glad and rejoice in it! • The brave women who share their stories here may inspire and motivate you to reflect on your own life, plumbing your depths for aspirations denied, plans deferred, and intuitions ignored, in the context of patriarchal relationships. • This storytelling process often ignites an individual process unique to each woman who pursues it. The benefits of this process are enhanced by coupling it with a journaling practice. • Should you feel alone in your struggles with the reality of patriarchal relationships, these women aim to point you in the direction for overcoming that feeling of isolation. As a woman, you are one of a multitude of women searching for creative, healthy, freeing responses to patriarchy. You have caring companions and these women are some of them.

Author : Jordan B. Peterson
Publisher : Random House Canada
Page : 450 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 2018-01-23
Category : Psychology
ISBN : 9780345816023

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12 Rules for Life by Jordan B. Peterson Pdf

#1 NATIONAL BESTSELLER #1 INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER What does everyone in the modern world need to know? Renowned psychologist Jordan B. Peterson's answer to this most difficult of questions uniquely combines the hard-won truths of ancient tradition with the stunning revelations of cutting-edge scientific research. Humorous, surprising and informative, Dr. Peterson tells us why skateboarding boys and girls must be left alone, what terrible fate awaits those who criticize too easily, and why you should always pet a cat when you meet one on the street. What does the nervous system of the lowly lobster have to tell us about standing up straight (with our shoulders back) and about success in life? Why did ancient Egyptians worship the capacity to pay careful attention as the highest of gods? What dreadful paths do people tread when they become resentful, arrogant and vengeful? Dr. Peterson journeys broadly, discussing discipline, freedom, adventure and responsibility, distilling the world's wisdom into 12 practical and profound rules for life. 12 Rules for Life shatters the modern commonplaces of science, faith and human nature, while transforming and ennobling the mind and spirit of its readers.

Author : Ula Yvette Taylor
Publisher : UNC Press Books
Page : 286 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 2017-09-05
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781469633947

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The Promise of Patriarchy by Ula Yvette Taylor Pdf

The patriarchal structure of the Nation of Islam (NOI) promised black women the prospect of finding a provider and a protector among the organization's men, who were fiercely committed to these masculine roles. Black women's experience in the NOI, however, has largely remained on the periphery of scholarship. Here, Ula Taylor documents their struggle to escape the devaluation of black womanhood while also clinging to the empowering promises of patriarchy. Taylor shows how, despite being relegated to a lifestyle that did not encourage working outside of the home, NOI women found freedom in being able to bypass the degrading experiences connected to labor performed largely by working-class black women and in raising and educating their children in racially affirming environments. Telling the stories of women like Clara Poole (wife of Elijah Muhammad) and Burnsteen Sharrieff (secretary to W. D. Fard, founder of the Allah Temple of Islam), Taylor offers a compelling narrative that explains how their decision to join a homegrown, male-controlled Islamic movement was a complicated act of self-preservation and self-love in Jim Crow America.

Author : Eunju Hwang,Bhabani Shankar Nayak,Utkarsha Malkar
Publisher : Palgrave Macmillan
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 2024-08-11
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 3031572114

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From Entrenched Gender Bias to Economic Empowerment by Eunju Hwang,Bhabani Shankar Nayak,Utkarsha Malkar Pdf

This book examines entrenched gender bias and the economic, political, and social systems that enable patriarchy. With examples from both the developed and developing world, it highlights how women receive lower financial rewards within the capitalist system and explores how working operations, economic frameworks, and political institutions protect gender bias. By examining cases where traditional power structures have been deconstructed, a framework is created for gender equality through cooperative and collaborative action, where everyone is included within the capitalist system. A particular focus is given to the economic involvement of rural women, the potential for technology to assist female empowerment in India, gender equality within the creative industries, and the persistence of patriarchy in the UK. This book shows how economic progress can be inclusive and how it can benefit women across the world. It will be of relevant to students and researchers interested in labour economics, the political economy, and gender studies.

Author : Kenneth M. Cuno,Manisha Desai
Publisher : Syracuse University Press
Page : 329 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 2009-12-28
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780815651482

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Family, Gender, and Law in a Globalizing Middle East and South Asia by Kenneth M. Cuno,Manisha Desai Pdf

The essays in this collection examine issues of gender, family, and law in the Middle East and South Asia. In particular, the authors address the impact of colonialism on law, family, and gender relations; the role of religious politics in writing family law and the implications for gender relations; and the tension between international standards emerging from UN conferences and conventions and various nationalist projects. Employing the frame of globalization, the authors highlight how local and global forces interact and influence the experience and actions of people who engage with the law. By virtue of a "south-south" comparison of two quite similar and culturally linked regions, contributors avoid positing "the West" as a modern telos. Drawing upon the fields of anthropology, history, sociology, and law, this volume offers a wide-ranging exploration of the complicated history of jurisprudence with regard to family and gender.

Author : Jennifer L. Troutner,Christine Hünefeldt,Peter H. Smith
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 308 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 2006-11-13
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 074252924X

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Promises of Empowerment by Jennifer L. Troutner,Christine Hünefeldt,Peter H. Smith Pdf

How and to what degree are women worldwide gaining and using power? This book offers the first genuinely comparative assessment of this key question by exploring the conditions, actions, and accomplishments of women in Latin America and Asia. Encompassing 60 percent of the world's population and experiencing far-reaching transformations, these two regions offer a vital window into our understanding of the experiences of women globally. Revealing both basic similarities and fundamental differences, this volume offers thoughtful insights about the changing conditions of women, on the one hand, and, on the other, about patterns of social change throughout Asia and Latin America.

Author : Kpughe Lang
Publisher : African Books Collective
Page : 246 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 2020-11-09
Category : History
ISBN : 9789956551071

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Empowered Without Power by Kpughe Lang Pdf

This book examines women's participation in the executive structures of the Basel Mission and Presbyterian Church in Cameroon in order to tell a new story of women and church leadership. In 1886, the Basel Mission commenced mission work in Cameroon and successfully established an indigenous church which gained independence in 1957 as Presbyterian Church in Cameroon (PCC). In both churches, women were underrepresented in the echelons of power owing to entrenched patriarchy and recourse to controversial empowerment. Female missionaries to Cameroon trained women in fields like motherhood, domestic science and marriage, which yielded little or no opportunities for local women to participate in the power structures of the Basel Mission. This patriarchal culture was handed down to the PCC, whose initial all-male authority ensured that the power structure was all-male. But growing feminism within the church and pressure from international ecumenical partners led to timid gender reforms which ended women's exclusion from the ordained ministry, promoted female eldership, led to the establishment of a convent, and the adoption of a gender inclusive policy. But women's dearth in positions of leadership persisted, with most executive structures filled by men. So, this book tells the story of women's involvement in the executive structures of the Basel Mission and Presbyterian Church in Cameroon. It is the first effort at a holistic approach to interpreting women's lack of power in these two churches. Based upon archival research and oral sources, the book tells the story of the people, forces and events that led to the consistent underrepresentation of women in the churches' echelons of power. The lived realities of women who challenged patriarchy and held leadership positions in the church are illuminated. It documents the reality of women's lack of power, with particular focus on the dilemmas of female pastors, elders, nuns, and female Christian groups.

Author : Valentine M. Moghadam
Publisher : JHU Press
Page : 276 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 2005-02-16
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 0801880246

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Globalizing Women by Valentine M. Moghadam Pdf

Winner of the Victoria Schuck award given by the American Political Science Association and an Honorable Mention in the Distinguished Book Award given by the Political Economy of World Systems section of the American Sociological Association Globalization may offer modern feminism its greatest opportunity and greatest challenge. Allowing communication and information exchange while also exacerbating economic and social inequalities, globalization has fostered the growth of transnational feminist networks (TFNs). These groups have used the Internet to build coalitions, lobby governments, and advance the goals of feminism. Globalizing Women explains how the negative and positive aspects of globalization have helped to create transnational networks of activists and organizations with common agendas. Sociologist Valentine M. Moghadam discusses six such feminist networks to analyze the organization, objectives, programs, and outcomes of these groups in their effort to improve conditions for women throughout the world. Moghadam also examines how "globalizing women" are responding to and resisting growing inequalities, the exploitation of female labor, and patriarchal fundamentalisms. This book is an important addition to literature exploring feminism as well as to the broader discussion of the impact of transnational social movements and organizations in the globalized world.

Author : Naomi Alderman
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 2017
Category : FICTION
ISBN : 0316558370

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The Power by Naomi Alderman Pdf

She throws her head back and pushes her chest forward and let's go a huge blast right into the centre of his body. The rivulets and streams of red scarring run across his chest and up around his throat. She'd put her hand on his heart and stopped him dead. Suddenly, girls find that with a flick of their fingers, they can inflict agonizing pain and even death. With this single twist, the four lives at the heart of this novel are utterly transformed, and we look at the world in an entirely new light. What if the power to hurt were in women's hands?

Author : UNESCO
Publisher : UNESCO Publishing
Page : 130 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 2017-06-30
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9789231002472

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UNESCO's soft power today by UNESCO Pdf

Author : Jazlynn Lopez
Publisher : Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Page : 120 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 2018-07-09
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1722722657

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Destroy the Patriarchy by Jazlynn Lopez Pdf

Destroy the Patriarchy! Are you looking for a great feminist women empowerment gift? This is a great perfect blank lined journal for your favorite feminist Friend. Details of this journal include: 6x9 inches, 120 pages, matte-finished-cover and white paper. If you're looking for a different book make sure you click on the author name for other great ideas.

Author : Sangeeta Bharadwaj- Badal
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 2009
Category : Gender empowerment
ISBN : 8131602397

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Gender, Social Structure, and Empowerment by Sangeeta Bharadwaj- Badal Pdf

Under human development in India, is the persistence of female-male gaps indicative of the low status assigned to women in that cultural setting? Are the various gender ideologies rooted in the different kinship structures leading to a subordinate status of women in India? Does economic development interact with kinship patterns to produce spatial variations in gender relations? Do these structural processes affect women's status differently in different parts of India? In other words, does 'place' play a role in the constitution of gender differences? This book focuses on the interdependence of gender relations, development levels, and social stratification without underestimating the full significance of each in Indian society. This work offers a multidimensional view that argues for conceptualizing status broadly in terms of its economic, social, and political dimensions. The contrasting performance of specific states/districts on each dimension clearly indicates that the dynamic and variable nature of women's status cannot be captured by any one dimension. It is observed that women's status is affected by kinship structures, development levels, and social stratification, which vary over space and time, individually, and in interaction with each other. It is this variation that leads to differences in women's position from one region of India to another.