Women in the Third World: An Encyclopedia of Contemporary Issues

Cover
Half Title
Title Page
Copyright Page
Table of Contents
Acknowledgments
Preface
Contributors
Reviewers
Introduction
I. Conceptual and Theoretical Issues
Roles and Statuses of Women
Feminist Epistemology and Research Methods
Conceptualizing Change and Equality in the "Third World" Contexts
World Economy, Patriarchy, and Accumulation
II. Political and Legal Contexts
Reclaiming Women's Human Rights
Violence Against Women
Women in Transition to Democracy
Refugee and Displaced Women
Women and War
Gender Justice
III. Sex-Role Ideologies
Machismo in Latin America and the Caribbean
Islam and Women's Roles
Modernity and the Mass Media
Gender, Nation, and Race in Film and Video
IV. Demographics and Health
Women and Health
Women and Mortality Trends
Reconceptualizing Risk: A Feminist Analysis of HIV/AIDS
Women's Nutrition Through the Life Cycle
Fertility Trends and Factors Affecting Fertility
Women and Contraception
Women's Control over Their Bodies
Women and Migration
V. Marriage and the Family
Women in the City
Allocation of Labor and Income in the Family
Female-Headed Households
Childrearing Practices
Lives of Middle-Aged Women
Theoretical and Practical Aspects in Gender and Aging
VI. Women and Production
Women in Agricultural Systems
Women's Experiences As Small-Scale Entrepreneurs
Women in the Informal Sector of the Economy
Women's Labor Incomes
Sex Segregation in the Labor Force
New Industrial Labor Processes and Their Gender Implications
Women and Home Work
The Impact of Structural Adjustment and Economic Reform on Women
Women's Employment and Multinational Corporation Networks
VII. Women and the Environment
Global Struggles for a Healthy Planet
Women's Role in Natural-Resources Management
Women and Environmental Activism
VIII. Enabling Conditions for Change
Girls' Educational Access and Attainment
The Explicit and the Hidden School Curriculum
Higher Education and Professional Preparation
Women and Literacy
Women's Participation in Science and Technology
Informal and Nonformal Education
IX. Movements for Change
Women in Anticolonial Movements
International and Bilateral Aid Agencies
Girls and International Development
The United Nations Decade for Women and Beyond
Women-Centered Nongovernmental and Grass-Roots Organizations
Training Women for Change and Empowerment
X. Geographical Entries
Women in Some Liberal Modernizing Islamic Countries
Jewish and Palestinian Women in Israeli Society
Women in West Africa
Women in East Africa
Women in Southern Africa, Excluding South Africa
Women in South Africa
Women in India
Women in South Asia: Pakistan, Bangladesh, and Nepal
Women in China
Women in South Korea
Women in Central America
Women in Contemporary Cuba
The Women's Movements in the Southern Cone and Brazil
Women in Oceania
XI. Annotated Bibliography
Annotated Bibliography
XII. Appendices
Appendix A: Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women
Appendix B: Beyond the Debt Crisis: Structural Transformation
Appendix C: A Woman's Creed: The Declaration of the Women's Global Strategies Meeting
Appendix D: Commitments for Social Development
Appendix E: The Beijing Declaration
Index