Gender realities local and global

• Other Authors: Segal, Marcia Texler, 1940-, Demos, Vasilikie P.
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Amsterdam, Netherlands ; San Diego, CA : Elsevier JAI, 2005.
• Series: Advances in gender research ; v. 9.
• Subjects: Sex role.; Sex discrimination against women.; Women > Social conditions.; Globalization > Social aspects.; elektronické knihy; electronic books
• ISBN: 9781849503457; 1849503451; 0762312149
• ISSN: 1529-2126 ;
• DOI: 10.1016/S1529-2126(2005)9
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (xiii, 306 p.) : ill.

The ten papers in "Gender Realities: Local and Global" document the types of work in which women engage, and gender equity issues they face. They show both the importance of considering the uniqueness of cultural contexts for understanding and resolving problems and how global interdepende...