Engendering human security
Subtitle: feminist perspectives
By: edited by Thanh-Dam Truong, Saskia Wieringa, Amrita Chhachhi
Contributors: Trương, Thanh-Đạm; Wieringa, Saskia, 1950-; Chhachhi, Amrita
Publisher: Zed Books; Distributed in the USA by Palgrave Macmillan
Published: 2006
Place of publication: London; New York; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 332
ISBN-13: 9781842777794; 9781842777787
Subjects: Women -- Social conditions -- 21st century; Women's rights; Globalization -- Social aspects
Notes: "Engendering human security was first published in India in 2006 by Women Unlimited (an associate of Kali for Women)"--T.p. verso

Includes bibliographical references
Table of contents: title: Gender questions in the human security framework / Thanh-Dam Truong, Saskia Wieringa, and Amrita Chhachhi; title: Gendering transitional justice : experiences of women in Sri Lanka and Timor Leste in seeking affirmation and rights / Sunila Abeysekera; title: Reproductive rights and gender justice in the neo-conservative shadow / Gita Sen; title: Gender power dynamics in Jamaica's ghetto trap : Southside / Imani M. Tafari-Ama; title: The new regulation of prostitution in the Netherlands / Joyce Outshoorn; title: Combating trafficking in women and children : a gender and human rights framework / Noeleen Heyzer; title: The politics and culture of care : some issues in the Netherlands / Carla Risseeuw; title: The globalisation of domestic care services / Rachel Kurian; title: From state duty to women's virtue : care under liberalisation in Vietnam / Thanh-Dam Truong; title: Globalisation, social movements, and feminism : coming together at the World Social Forum / Virginia Vargas; title: Measuring women's empowerment : developing a global tool / Saskia Wieringa; title: Eroding citizenship : gender, labour, and liberalisation in India / Amrita Chhachhi; title: The plasticity of gender in social policy formation / Pat Mohammed; title: Engendering science and interdisciplinary environmental research for environmental security : the case of the Nariva Swamp / Rhoda Reddock