The question 'what is citizenship?'is not an easy one to answer in any definitive way. This is
partly because it incorporates a number of different elements, reflecting two major political …

If women's rights norms have become internationally acknowledged, is it reasonable to
assume that the status of women worldwide has improved because of international norms? It …

Women's Activism and Globalization is a broad and comprehensive collection that shows
how women activists across the globe are responding to the forces of the new world order in …

Since the Korean War, gijichon—US military camp towns—have been fixtures in South
Korea. The most popular entertainment venues in gijichon are clubs, attracting military …

The one thing that has stood out to me while studying CEDAW is the incredible effort
activists have made to use the Convention and turn it into an instrument of social …

This ethnographic study examines the transnational relations among feminist movements at
the end of the twentieth century, exploring two differently situated women's organizations in …

Global Gender Issues in the New Millennium argues that the power of gender works to help
keep gender, race, class, sexual, and national divisions in place despite increasing attention …

Within US women's studies, the turn to internationalize knowledge production has instituted
an intellectual pathway to certain locations in the world. This essay asks what the historical …

This book provides a path-breaking study of the genesis, growth, gains, and dilemmas of
women's movements in countries throughout the world. Its focus is on the global South …

Okinawan people have developed a unique tradition of protest in their long history of
oppression and marginalization. Beginning with the Ryukyu Kingdom's annexation to Japan …