Global feminism: transnational women's activism, organizing, and human rights

Preface Part I1 Globalization and Feminism: Opportunities and Obstacles for Activism in the Global ArenaMyra Marx Ferree2 Unlikely Godmother: The UN and the Global Women's Movement Margaret Snyder3 The Evolution of Transnational Feminisms: Consensus, Con?ict, and New Dynamics Aili Mari TrippPart II4 Turkey's Modern Paradoxes: Identity Politics, Women's Agency, and Universal Rights Yakin Erturk5 Working Women of the World Unite? Labor Organizing and Transnational Gender Solidarity among Domestic Workers in Hong Kong Sarah Swider6 Women's Organizing in Post-Yugoslav Countries: Talking about Donors Aida Bagi'c7 Women as Agents for Development: Learning from the Experiences of Women in Finland? Hilkka PietilaPart III8 Regional Women's Activism: African Women's Networks and the African Union Melinda Adams9 Measuring Feminist Mobilization: Cross-National Convergences and Transnational Networks in Western Europe Dorothy E. McBride and Amy G. Mazur10 Transnational Feminist NGOs on the Web: Networks and Identities in the Global North and South Myra Marx Ferree and Tetyana PudrovskaPart IV11 Human/Women's Rights and Feminist Transversal Politics Nira Yuval-Davis12 Challenges in Transnational Feminist Mobilization Aili Mari TrippAbout the Contributors Index