Women in the New Millennium

Anne R. Breneman; Rebecca N. Mbuh

doi:10.5771/9781461627128

Summary

In this dynamic analysis of the gender revolution, authors Anne Breneman and Rebecca Mbuh create a platform for scholars from a variety of cultures to reflect upon their experiences as women and men in gendered cultures and upon their visions of prospects for gender equality and empowerment. Conceived during the United Nation's Fourth World Women's Conference in 1995 and continued during the Beijing +5 conference in 2000, this work represents the culmination of a ten-year project involving women from China, Sweden, Korea, Cameroon, Indonesia, South Africa, and the USA. Organized in five parts—Beginning, Women Awakening, Women Arising, Hazards of Growing up Female, and Reflections and Prospects—Women in the New Millennium includes perspectives in the form of scholarship, historical narratives, and interview materials aimed at contributing to public awareness of the global nature of the gender revolution. With their analyses and examples of the expanding gender revolution, Breneman and Mbuh seek to stimulate an interdisciplinary, international dialogue that leads to the further creation of action plans and will ultimately contribute to the empowerment of women and the equality of women and men in the new millennium.

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Bibliographic data

Copyright year: 2006
ISBN-Print: 978-0-7618-3342-0
ISBN-Online: 978-1-4616-2712-8
Publisher: Hamilton Books, Lanham
Language: English
Pages: 317
Product type: Edited Book

1. Table of Contents No access
2. Figures and Tables No access
3. Preface No access
4. List of Acronyms No access
1. Introduction to Part I: Beginnings No access
2. Chapter 1. Background of a Revolution No access
1. Introduction to Part II: Women Awakening No access
2. Chapter 2. A Trumpet Blast: Patriarchies and Women in the Middle East No access
3. Chapter 3. Equality, Justice and Prosperity: from Migrant Worker to Human Rights Lawyer No access
4. Chapter 4. With Two Wings: Growing Up Female in Sweden No access
5. Chapter 5. African Women's Quest for Equality: the Case of Cameroon No access
6. Chapter 6. Chinese Women's Emancipation: Historical Considerations No access
1. Introduction to Part III: Women Arising No access
2. Chapter 7. Women and the United Nations No access
3. Chapter 8. African Women Since Nairobi No access
1. Introduction to Part IV: Hazards of Growing up Female No access
2. Chapter 9. HIV/AIDS: A Problem for Africa—a Special Problem for African Women No access
3. Chapter 10. Girls and Women: Violence and Male Privilege No access
1. Introduction to Part V: Reflections and Prospects No access
2. Chapter 11. Chinese Women and Men: Future Prospects No access
3. Chapter 12. Commiserating with Kermit and Becoming a Man No access
4. Chapter 13. Redefining African Gender Relations and Roles No access
5. Chapter 14. To Be or Not to Be a Mother No access
6. Chapter 15. Empowered and Equal: How Do We Get There? No access
1. A). Fourth World Conference on Women Platform for Action No access
2. B).Interview Schedule: Women in the New Millennium Project No access
3. C). Two Wings of A Bird: Position Statement: National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá'is of the United States No access
4. D).Progress of Women in Empowerment No access
Bibliography No access Pages 281 - 298
Index No access Pages 299 - 312
About the Authors No access Pages 313 - 314
About the Contributors No access Pages 315 - 317