Working Women highlights the challenges and barriers that women face across cultures and brings a message of hope to those who continue their struggle in the silent spaces at work-both inside and outside their homes. The editors share accounts of women's struggles around the world: disability, divorce, abuse, family dysfunction and violence, racism, and class to name a few. The editors raise issues of defining women's work, work spaces and of the need to balance work with other roles as mothers, daughters and wives. Chapters look at women's experiences in the workplace in South Africa, the United States, New Zealand, and India.
Author(s): Kogi Naidoo
Year: 2009
Language: English
Pages: 266
Cover......Page 1
Contents......Page 8
Foreword......Page 11
Preface......Page 14
Acknowledgements......Page 18
Experiences of a Black South African Woman......Page 23
Single Motherhood in America: My Struggle......Page 37
Redefining the Meaning of Work......Page 45
Moving and Mixing: Stories of Migrant Women in New Zealand......Page 57
Homeless Women and the Choices They Make......Page 75
Pencilled in at the Margins: Dealing with Bullies at Work......Page 85
Gender Equity in a Post-Apartheid South Africa......Page 99
In Search of a Title......Page 110
Our Lives with Mother and Alzheimer’s Illness......Page 125
‘Openly Positive’: Living and Working with HIV/AIDS......Page 131
Children Left Behind: Voices (Ukhuhebeza)1 of HIV+ Mothers......Page 143
Cultural Identities of South African Hindu Women......Page 161
Spiritual Strength in Overcoming Adversity......Page 175
Finding Work in the New Democracy......Page 187
Living and Working in Calcutta: Jane’s Story......Page 197
Surviving with a Disability in New York City......Page 211
Gendered Spaces: Men in Women’s Places......Page 220
Poverty, Empowerment and Grass-roots Democracy: Defining Participatory Approaches......Page 230
Locating Women’s Struggles in a Cultural Context......Page 243
About the Editors and Contributors......Page 259
