Women's movements in the global era: the power of local feminisms

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Acknowledgments Boxed Information Amrita Basu Introduction AFRICA 1 Elaine Salo South African Feminisms--A Coming of Age? 2 Shereen Essof Ramagwana Rakajeka: Opportunities and Challenges of the Zimbabwean Women's Movement ASIA 3 Farida Shaheed The Women's Movement in Pakistan: Challenges and Achievements 4 Kalpana Kannabiran Feminist Deliberative Politics in India 5 Naihua Zhang and Ping-Chun Hsiung The Chinese Women's Movement in the Context of Globalization EUROPE 6 Elzbieta Matynia Polish Feminism Between the Local and the Global: A Task of Translation 7 Lisa McIntosh Sundstrom Russian Women's Activism: Two Steps Forward, One Step Back LATIN AMERICA 8 Cecilia M. B. Sardenberg and Ana Alice Alcantara Costa Contemporary Feminisms in Brazil: Achievements, Shortcomings, and Challenges 9 Elisabeth Jay Friedman Seeking Rights from the Left: Gender and Sexuality in Latin America 10 Rosalva Aida Hernandez Castillo Toward a Culturally Situated Women's Rights Agenda: Reflections from Mexico THE MIDDLE EAST 11 Islah Jad The Demobilization of a Palestinian Women's Movement: From Empowered Active Militants to Powerless and Stateless Citizens 12 Nayereh Tohidi The Women's Movement and Feminism in Iran: A Glocal Perspective THE UNITED STATES 13 Julie Ajinkya Intersecting Oppressions: Rethinking Women's Movements in the United States Selected Bibliography About the Contributors Index

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