Women's movements and public policy in Europe, Latin America, and the Caribbean /

Women's movements and public policy in Europe, Latin America, and the Caribbean / edited by Geertje Lycklama à Nijeholt, Virginia Vargas, and Saskia Wieringa. - xvi, 189 pages ; 23 cm. - Garland reference library of social science ; v. 1128 Gender, culture, and global politics ; v. 2 . - Garland reference library of social science ; v. 1128. Gender, culture, and global politics ; v. 2. .

Includes bibliographical references.

The triangle of empowerment : processes and actors in the making of public policy for women / Virginia Vargas, Saskia Wieringa -- The global institutional framework : the long march to Beijing / Geertje Lycklama à Nijeholt, Joke Swiebel, Virginia Vargas -- The women's movement and public policy in Jamaica / Hermione McKenzie -- Peruvian women and the Peruvian state / Jeanine Anderson -- The women's movement and public policy in Brazil / Jacqueline Pitanguy -- The Mexican feminist movement and public policy-making / Marta Lamas -- Women's struggle for equality and citizenship in Chile / Natacha Molina G. -- Feminism and the state in the Netherlands / Joyce Outshoorn, Joke Swiebel -- A strategic partnership for women's policies in Norway / Beatrice Halsaa.

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Women--Political activity--Cross-cultural studies
Women--Political activity--Case studies
Feminism--Cross-cultural studies
Feminism--History.

HQ1236. / W6523 1998

305.42

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