Making globalization work for women
Subtitle: the role of social rights and trade union leadership
By: edited by Valentine M. Moghadam, Suzanne Franzway, and Mary Margaret Fonow
Series: Suny series, praxis: theory in action
Publisher: State University of New York Press
Published: 2011
Place of publication: Albany
Language: eng
Number of pages: 336
ISBN-13: 9781438439600; 9781438439617
Subjects: Women in the labor movement; Globalization; Feminism; Women's rights
Description: "Making Globalization Work for Women explores the potential for trade unions to defend the socioeconomic rights of women in a global context. Looking at labor policies and interviews with people in unions and nongovernmental organizations, the essays diagnose the problems faced by women workers across the world and assess the progress that unions in various countries have made in responding to those problems. Some concerns addressed include the masculine culture of many unions and the challenges of female leadership within them, laissez-faire governance, and the limited success of organizations working on these issues globally. Making Globalization Work for Women brings together in a synthetic and fruitful conversation the work and ideas of feminists, unions, NGOs, and other human rights workers."--Publisher's website.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction and overview : globalization and women's social rights / Mary Margaret Fonow, Suzanne Franzway, Valentine M. Moghadam; title: Towards economic citizenship : the Middle East and North Africa / Valentine M. Moghadam; title: Promoting the social rights of working women : the case of Palestinian women in Israel / Michal Schwartz; title: Tunisia : women's economic citizenship and trade union / Hafidha Chékir and Khédija Arafoui; title: Gendered economic rights and trade unionism : the case of Argentina / Graciela di Marco; title: 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; title: The ILO, gender equality, and trade unions / Shauna Olney; title: Women's rights and leadership : a central trade union agenda / Jo Morris; title: Achieving equality through quality : public services and the role of public sector trade unions / Nora Wintour; title: The role of unions in the promotion of gender equality in france / Pascale Coton; title: Trade unions, collective agency and the struggle for women's equality : expanding the political empowerment measure / Linda Briskin; title: Women's leadership in the South African labor movement / Neva Seidman Makgetla; title: Women-only unions and women union leaders in Japan / Kaye Broadbent; title: Demanding their rights : LGBT transnational labor activism / Suzanne Franzway and Mary Margaret Fonow; title: Ne'er the twain shall meet? Reflections on the future of feminism and unionism / Jennifer Curtin.