[tm_pb_section admin_label=”section”][tm_pb_row admin_label=”row”][tm_pb_column type=”4_4″][tm_pb_accordion admin_label=”Accordion” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid”] [tm_pb_accordion_item title=”Overview”] Women and Girls Rising: Progress and Resistance Around the World Edited by Ellen Chesler and Terry McGovern Publisher: Routledge, New York City, 2016 A growing body of evidence demonstrates that improvements in the status of women and girls – however worthy and important in their…
Category: Chapter & Essay Contributions to Books
Shirin Neshat: Facing History
[tm_pb_section admin_label=”section”][tm_pb_row admin_label=”row”][tm_pb_column type=”4_4″][tm_pb_accordion admin_label=”Accordion” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid”] [tm_pb_accordion_item title=”Overview”] Shirin Neshat: Facing History Edited by Melissa Chiu and Melissa Ho Publisher: Smithsonian Books/ Washington D.C./ Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden (2015) In her mesmerizing films and photographs, Shirin Neshat (Iranian-American, b. 1957, Qazvin) examines the nuances of power and identity in the Islamic world–particularly…
Iranian Women's One Million Signatures Campaign for Equality: The Inside Story
[tm_pb_section admin_label=”section”][tm_pb_row admin_label=”row”][tm_pb_column type=”4_4″][tm_pb_accordion admin_label=”Accordion” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid”] [tm_pb_accordion_item title=”Overview”] Iranian Women’s One Million Signatures Campaign for Equality: The Inside Story (Translation Series) (book, English) Author:Noushin Ahmadi Khorasani (2009) Download it on the Women’s Learning Partnership website (Available in additional languages) This volume details the history, strategies, and values that brought together a diverse group…
Globalizing Women: Transnational Feminist Networks
[tm_pb_section admin_label=”section”][tm_pb_row admin_label=”row”][tm_pb_column type=”4_4″][tm_pb_accordion admin_label=”Accordion” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid”] [tm_pb_accordion_item title=”Overview”] Globalizing Women : Transnational Feminist Networks/ Valentine M. Moghadam (ed.) Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press / Baltimore (2005) Winner of the Victoria Schuck award given by the American Political Science Association and an Honorable Mention in the Distinguished Book Award given by the Political Economy…
The Future of Women’s Rights: Global Visions & Strategies
[tm_pb_section admin_label=”section”][tm_pb_row admin_label=”row”][tm_pb_column type=”4_4″][tm_pb_accordion admin_label=”Accordion” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid”] [tm_pb_accordion_item title=”Overview”] The Future of Women’s Rights: Global Visions & Strategies Joanna Kerr, Ellen Sprenger, and Alison Symington (eds.) Publisher: Zed Books Ltd / London & New York (2004) Order on Amazon The Future of Women’s Rights identifies the emergence of various trends threatening the advance of…
Women in Iran: From 1800 to the Islamic Republic
[tm_pb_section admin_label=”section”][tm_pb_row admin_label=”row”][tm_pb_column type=”4_4″][tm_pb_accordion admin_label=”Accordion” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid”] [tm_pb_accordion_item title=”Overview”] Women in Iran from 1800 to the Islamic Republic Edited by Lois Beck and Guity Nashat Publisher: University of Illinois Press, Urbana and Chicago (2003) Order on Amazon The role of women in Iran has often been downplayed or obscured, particularly in the modern era.…
Guide to Equality in the Family in the Maghreb
[tm_pb_section admin_label=”section”][tm_pb_row admin_label=”row”][tm_pb_column type=”4_4″][tm_pb_accordion admin_label=”Accordion” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid”] [tm_pb_accordion_item title=”Overview”] Guide to Equality in the Family in the Maghreb Collectif 95 Maghreb-Egalité, Women’s Learning Partnership Translation Series (2003) Click here to download the Guide Family Law in Muslim-majority societies governs every aspect of a woman’s life—the right to marry, travel, work, inherit land and property,…
Why Freedom Matters
[tm_pb_section admin_label=”section”][tm_pb_row admin_label=”row”][tm_pb_column type=”4_4″][tm_pb_accordion admin_label=”Accordion” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid”] [tm_pb_accordion_item title=”Overview”] Why Freedom Matters Edited by Daniel Katz, Introduction by Norman Lear, Forewards by Jimmy Carter and Gerald R. Ford Publisher: Workman Publishing (2003) Order on Amazon Inspired by the Declaration of Independence, our nation’s “birth certificate,” Why Freedom Matters is a collection of more than 100 speeches,…