Women in the Third World: An Encyclopedia of Contemporary Issues

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First Published in 1998. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company. Cover Half Title Title Page Copyright Page Table of Contents Acknowledgments Preface Contributors Reviewers Introduction I. Conceptual and Theoretical Issues Roles and Statuses of Women Feminist Epistemology and Research Methods Conceptualizing Change and Equality in the "Third World" Contexts World Economy, Patriarchy, and Accumulation II. Political and Legal Contexts Reclaiming Women's Human Rights Violence Against Women Women in Transition to Democracy Refugee and Displaced Women Women and War Gender Justice III. Sex-Role Ideologies Machismo in Latin America and the Caribbean Islam and Women's Roles Modernity and the Mass Media Gender, Nation, and Race in Film and Video IV. Demographics and Health Women and Health Women and Mortality Trends Reconceptualizing Risk: A Feminist Analysis of HIV/AIDS Women's Nutrition Through the Life Cycle Fertility Trends and Factors Affecting Fertility Women and Contraception Women's Control over Their Bodies Women and Migration V. Marriage and the Family Women in the City Allocation of Labor and Income in the Family Female-Headed Households Childrearing Practices Lives of Middle-Aged Women Theoretical and Practical Aspects in Gender and Aging VI. Women and Production Women in Agricultural Systems Women's Experiences As Small-Scale Entrepreneurs Women in the Informal Sector of the Economy Women's Labor Incomes Sex Segregation in the Labor Force New Industrial Labor Processes and Their Gender Implications Women and Home Work The Impact of Structural Adjustment and Economic Reform on Women Women's Employment and Multinational Corporation Networks VII. Women and the Environment Global Struggles for a Healthy Planet Women's Role in Natural-Resources Management Women and Environmental Activism VIII. Enabling Conditions for Change Girls' Educational Access and Attainment The Explicit and the Hidden School Curriculum Higher Education and Professional Preparation Women and Literacy Women's Participation in Science and Technology Informal and Nonformal Education IX. Movements for Change Women in Anticolonial Movements International and Bilateral Aid Agencies Girls and International Development The United Nations Decade for Women and Beyond Women-Centered Nongovernmental and Grass-Roots Organizations Training Women for Change and Empowerment X. Geographical Entries Women in Some Liberal Modernizing Islamic Countries Jewish and Palestinian Women in Israeli Society Women in West Africa Women in East Africa Women in Southern Africa, Excluding South Africa Women in South Africa Women in India Women in South Asia: Pakistan, Bangladesh, and Nepal Women in China Women in South Korea Women in Central America Women in Contemporary Cuba The Women's Movements in the Southern Cone and Brazil Women in Oceania XI. Annotated Bibliography Annotated Bibliography XII. Appendices Appendix A: Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women Appendix B: Beyond the Debt Crisis: Structural Transformation Appendix C: A Woman's Creed: The Declaration of the Women's Global Strategies Meeting Appendix D: Commitments for Social Development Appendix E: The Beijing Declaration Index