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Themes and Challenges for Feminism in Everyday Life
To be a feminist automatically connects one to a lifestyle in which authority is constantly questioned and challenged. In addition to the central theme of the second wave of feminism-- namely, that an individual's personal life is indisputably political-- various themes at various times have played an important role for feminism in the everyday life. An examination of today's feminist-political themes, reveals a broad, geographically-differentiated, and diverse spectrum of content.
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by Gabby de Cicco CC-Lizenz |
Abortion
The women's movement in Europe and North America in the 1970s, placed the topic of abortion rights at the heart of its agenda. Similar efforts, movements, and successes have since happened in countries around the world. Although gains in abortion rights have been made around the world, the fight is far from over. From Poland to Nicaragua, restrictive abortion laws are being passed that negate past successes. A woman's control over her own body is under serious threat. |
Annual Review | Harvard University Law
Abortion laws of the world
Canadians for Choice
Abortion rights group in Canada
Catholics for a Free Choice
US-based organization that defends women's reproductive rights
Center for Reproductive Rights
Promotes and defends women's reproductive rights worldwide
Children by Choice
Abortion rights group based in Australia
"Gender and Health: policy and practice" (PDF File)
From the Royal Tropical Institute. A global sourcebook
Gender Responsive Budgeting and Women’s Reproductive Rights: A Resource Pack
Publication by UNFPA & UNIFEM of 2006, available in Englisch, Spanish and French
Guttmacher Institute
Social science research, policy analysis, and public education
Johnston's Archive
Abortion statistics worldwide
NARAL Pro-Choice America
Large pro-choice organization in the United States
Planned Parenthood
International organization, defending reproductive rights
"Unequal, Unfair, Ineffective and Inefficient: Gender Inequity in Health: Why it Exists and How We Can Change It" (PDF File)
Final Report of the Women and Gender Equity Knowledge Network of the Commission on Social Determinants of Health, September 2007
United Nations Population Division
Abortion Policies - A Global Review
HIV/AIDS
HIV/AIDS also has a gender-specific dimension that must be considered. Poverty and social marginaltization as a result of HIV infection are especially common for women. Differences in the way the disease affects men and women and the role of gender in treatment for the disease, require further research. In addition, women are disproportionately affected by the societal consequences of the disease. In regions of Africa where the HIV/AIDS infection rate is particularly high, grandmothers must assume child-rearing duties, girls must drop out of school to care for the sick, and mothers bear the brunt of the economic and social responsibility for their families.
All Around Women Special
Department of the German AIDS-Society, provides gender-specific information to HIV/AIDS in Germany
Gender and AIDS Portal
Web-portal to gender and AIDS by UNIFEM
International Community of Women Living with HIV/AIDS
International organization that provides information, services, and support to women with HIV/AIDS
NARF Handbook on Incorporating Gender and Human Rights in HIV/AIDS Training (PDF File)
National Institutes of Health
Research on Women and HIV/AIDS
"Show Us the Money: Is Violence Against Women on the HIV&AIDS Funding Agenda?" (PDF File)
By the Women Won't Wait coalition
Women and Girls Living with AIDS
Overview and bibliography
Women and HIV/AIDS - Breaking the Silence
The Women's Edge Coalition has produced a radio program on this issue, which can be downloaded from their website
Women Lead in the Fight Against HIV/AIDS
Handbook with testimonials, by CEDPA
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by the Learned Monkey & the Lazy King
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Discussions about feminist or gender economics usually begin with the division of paid and unpaid labor along gender lines, the valuation and deep-set societal role of care-giving, or the economic injustices and their consequences locally and internationally.
While the relevance of gender in relation to work and employment is generally undisputed, it is generally not accepted as a lens of analysis in other areas of economics. On the other hand, gender is playing an ever more dominant role in discussions about globalization and in the critique of globalization.
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Theorists and activists alike acknowledge the importance of including a gender perspective in the analysis of economic issues and in the implementation of economic reforms. This can be seen in the innovative use of microcredits, which are often targeted at women: the economic empowerment of women is closely related to sustainable development.
Association for Women's Rights in Development (AWID)
International Organization committed to gender equality and just sustainable development
"Development has a Woman's Face | Insights from Within the UN" (Abstract as a .doc)
Written by Dr. Krischna Ahoojapatel, President of the NGO Committee on the Status of Women
"Equality at Work 2007 - ILO Global Report" (PDF File)
Global picture of job-related discrimination
European Foundation for the Improvement of Living and Working Conditions
Long-standing commitment to the issue of equal opportunities for women and men in their social and working life. In recent years, the Foundation has devoted even greater attention to gender-based inequalities, including pay, through studies on equal opportunities.
G8 Feminist Action Scotland
Includes listings of demonstrations for this year's meeting
"Gender and Its Relevance to Macroeconomic Policy" (PDF File)
International Monetary Fund working paper
"Gender Equality and Women Empowerment in Development Cooperation" (PDF File)
Commission of the European Communities, March 2007
"Gender Indicators for Monitoring Trade Agreements" (PDF File)
Irene van Staveren, February 2007
"Gender Justice: A Citizen's Guide to Gender Accountability at International Financial Institutions" (PDF File)
Guide comparing International Financial Institution (IFI) gender policies and accountability mechanisms provides tools for women and men harmed by gender discrimination in IFI investments to use these mechanisms to seek redress
Gender Responsive Budgeting
Strives to support efforts of governments, women's organizations, members of parliaments and academics to ensure that planning and budgeting effectively respond to gender equality goals
Gender, Training and Work - Global Employment Trends for Women 2007
By the ILO. Warns on the feminization of working poverty.
International Women's Development Agency
Australian-based NGO supporting women suffering from poverty and oppression worldwide
Network Women in Development Europe (WIDE)
Monitors and influences international economic and development policy and practice from a feminist perspective
USAID Women in Development
US Agency for International Development site dedicated to women
"What the G8 Said /What Women Demand"
Arcticle from MADRE
"Where is the money for women's rights?"
An action research project of AWID (Association for Women's Rights in Development) on the resources and the role of donors in the promotion of women's rights, 2006
Women's World Banking
A network that gives the world's poorest entrepreneurs the means to lift themselves out of poverty by providing them with access to financial service and information
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by Walt Jacobs CC-Lizenz |
The inflationary and unclear use of the term "fundamentalism" in the past years requires, especially when its use is reduced to certain groups and religions, must be pursued. Women's rights are often called into question by fundamentalist movements of all kinds. Feminist perspectives are cleary needed.
Definition: In the broadest sense, the term "fundamentalism" refers to a religious or ideological movement, whose goal it is to convert the religion or ideology to radical and uncompromising roots. |
Challenging Fundamentalisms
A project of the Association for Women's Rights in Development, Rights and Democracy, and Women Living Under Muslim Laws
Feminism, Fundamentalism and Rights Rhetoric in India
Article by Ratna Kapur
Fundamentalism and Body Politics
This was a subtopic of the Feminist Dialogues at the World Social Forum 2007 in Nairobi
Women Against Fundamentalism
An initiative of women against fundamentalism of all religions
Women's Forum Against Fundamentalism in Iran
Iranian women's forum against fundamentalism
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by doviende CC-Lizenz |
Globalization in the sense of a increasingly powerful, global interconnectedness affects various areas: economics, politics, culture, environment, scholarship, etc. Globalization has different consequences for the rich than for the poor, for people living in the global South than for those in the North, for women than for men.
Life in globalized world is characterized by the interconnectedness of various forms of authority; in other words, patriarchy, capitalism, imperialism, racism become intertwined. Together, they influence and affect structures as well as individuals. |
The woman of the globalized world does not exist in one form: she is a child worker in a nicaraguan Maquila (a textile factory that delivers its goods to the global market), a successful CEO at a transnational corporation, as well as the head of the G8 summit in the first half of 2007. Despite this diversity, one must look at the big picture. While the overwhelming majority of the underpaid, exploitative jobs (ranging from sweatshop labor in India to black market household help in Germany) are held by women, only a small minority of the top, powerful positions in business and politics are held by women.
CaucAsia Magazine
March 2007, Gender & Globalization
Femme Globale
The international convention Femme Globale (Berlin, 2005) addressed globalization
Gender and Globalization: a macroeconomic perspective (PDF File)
A working paper on the economic consequences of globalization on women
INKOTA
Network working on development internationally
Workers Voices
Broschure that discusses the working conditions in the textile industry in Turkey and Eastern Europe
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by Transguyjay CC-Lizenz |
Doing Gender - the construction and reproduction of gender and gender relations is closely tied to language. The use of certain language can either strengthen certain mental images and concepts, or can change them.
In many languages, including German, English, and Spanish, forms of speech have developed that promote gender equality and gender netutrality. Now these forms of speech need to be used! |
Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy
Extensive article entitled "Feminist Philosophy of Language"
Wikipedia
Entry on gender-neutral language in English
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Women are crucial to sustainable development initiatives and thus, gender equality and the empowerment of women are crucial aspects of environmentalism. Gender issues have become integrated in major international environmental policy agreements, including the Beijing Platform of Action (1995) and the Millenium Development Goals.
by Bluedharma CC-Lizenz
The Council of Women World Leaders (CWWL), the Women’s Environment and Development Organization (WEDO) and the Heinrich Böll Foundation North America organized a high-level roundtable entitled “How a Changing Climate Impacts Women” on September 21, 2007 at the Permanent Mission of Germany to the United Nations. The roundtable was a landmark event, one of the first high-level sessions to focus on the linkages between gender equality and climate change.
Report of the roundtable as a >> PDF File
Catalogue with 12 recommendations as a >> PDF File
Below you will find links to organizations, literature, campaigns, and initiatives related to women and environmental issues.
Altman, Irwin and Arza Churchman ed (1994). Women and the environment. New York : Plenum Press.
Braidotti, Rosi et al (1994). Women, the environment and sustainable development: towards a theoretical synthesis. London; Atlantic Highlands, N.J.: Zed Books in association with INSTRAW.
Bulos, Marjorie ed (1989). Making a place for women : a resource handbook on women and the built environment. London: Women's Design Service: South Bank Polytechnic.
"Caught in the Storm: The Impact of Natural Disasters on Women" (PDF File)
Publication by the Global Fund for Women, December 2005
"Changing the Climate: Why Women's Perspectives Matter" (PDF File)
Resource from WEDO, 2007
Dankelman, Irene (1988). Women and environment in the Third World : alliance for the future. London : Earthscan Pub. in association with IUCN, 1988.
Environmental Protection Agency
The U.S. EPA Website. Article on Women and the Environment by Douglas M. Costle
"Gender Aspects of Water and Sanitation" (PDF File)
Article from WaterAid
Green Belt Movement
Environmental organization in Kenya with special focus on women's rights
Women's Environment & Development Organization
International organization that advocates for women's equality in global policy
Women's Environmental Network
Organization in the UK that works to empower women to change the environment
Women's Manifesto on Climate Change (PDF File)
Women's Environmental Network, 2007
Women's Voices for the Earth (WVE)
Works to reduce environmental toxics and to increase women's participation in environmental decision-making
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