Making globalization work for women the role of social rights and trade union leadership / [Texte imprimé] :
edited by Valentine M. Moghadam, Suzanne Franzway, and Mary Margaret Fonow
- Albany : State University of New York Press, 2011
- 1 vol. (XVI-336 p.) : ill., couv. ill. ; 23 cm
- Suny series, praxis: theory in action .
- Suny series, praxis : theory in action (State University of New York Press) .
Index
Notes bibliogr.
Introduction and overview : globalization and women's social rights / Mary Margaret Fonow, Suzanne Franzway, Valentine M. Moghadam -- Towards economic citizenship : the Middle East and North Africa / Valentine M. Moghadam -- Promoting the social rights of working women : the case of Palestinian women in Israel / Michal Schwartz -- Tunisia : women's economic citizenship and trade union / Hafidha Chékir and Khédija Arafoui -- Gendered economic rights and trade unionism : the case of Argentina / Graciela di Marco -- Can a focus on survival and health as socio-economic rights help some of the world's most imperiled women in a globalized world? Cases from Ecuador, Ukraine, and Laos / Rae Lesser Blumberg and Andres Wilfrido Salazar-Paredes -- The ILO, gender equality, and trade unions / Shauna Olney -- Women's rights and leadership : a central trade union agenda / Jo Morris -- Achieving equality through quality : public services and the role of public sector trade unions / Nora Wintour -- The role of unions in the promotion of gender equality in france / Pascale Coton -- Trade unions, collective agency and the struggle for women's equality : expanding the political empowerment measure / Linda Briskin -- Women's leadership in the South African labor movement / Neva Seidman Makgetla -- Women-only unions and women union leaders in Japan / Kaye Broadbent -- Demanding their rights : LGBT transnational labor activism / Suzanne Franzway and Mary Margaret Fonow -- Ne'er the twain shall meet? Reflections on the future of feminism and unionism / Jennifer Curtin
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Women's rights Women in the labor movement Globalization Feminism