Women's Journey to Empowerment in the 21st Century
A Transnational Feminist Analysis of Women's Lives in Modern Times
Edited by Kristen Zaleski, Annalisa Enrile, Eugenia L. Weiss, and Xiying Wang
Table of Contents
Preface. Transnational Feminism and the Journey to Equity and Empowerment for Women in the 21st Century
Section 1. Institutional Neglect of Women and Girls
Introduction. Confronting the Global Challenges of the 21st Century
Liza Maza
Chapter 1. Climate Change and Gender Discrimination in Ghana
Laura McKinney, Arianna King
Chapter 2. Enequity Embodied: Racism and Sexism in Reproductive Healthcare for African-American Women Tyan Parker-Dominguez
Chapter 3. Rural Girls' Educational Empowerment in Urbanizing China: Comparing Han Majority and Mongolian Minority Girls
Vilma Seeberg, Y. Na, D. Clark, Y. Li
Chapter 4. College Sexual Assault in the United States
Audrey Brammer, Kristen Zaleski, Cary Klemmer
Chapter 5. The Women of the Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe Reservation: Portrayals of Historical Trauma and Healing Through Traditional Practices
Claradina Soto, Toni Handboy, Ruth A. Supranovich, Eugenia L. Weiss
Chapter 6. Women of Color in Academia: Self-Preservation in the Face of White Fragility and Hegemonic Masculinity
Claudia M. Bermúdez, Rachel R. Camacho
Section 2. New Media and Free Choice
Introduction. Seizing the Opportunity of Social Media and Not Letting Go
Antigone Davis
Chapter 7. Image-Based Sexual Abuse: Revenge Porn and the New Era of Sexual Assault Perpetration Online
Jessica Klein, Kristen Zaleski
Chapter 8. Honor Killings in Pakistan: The Case of Social Media Star Qandeel Baloch
Sarah Ahmed
Chapter 9. Public Meets Private: Fetish-ing Japanese Women
Ana Lopez, Michelle Greene, Terri Scott, Annalisa Enrile
Chapter 10. The Silence of Womens Voices in Egypt
Gayle Kimball
Section 3. Gender Equity and Politics
Introduction. Advocates Are Not Giving Up in the Fight to End Gender Violence
Fraidy Reiss
Chapter 11. Refugee Mothers Raising Children Born of Rape in Dutch Society
Kimberly Anderson, Elisa Van Ee
Chapter 12. Child Marriage in the United States
Aditi Wahi, Kristen Zaleski
Chapter 13. Coping with loneliness: Health and well-being among older women in Australia
Dawn Joosten-Hagye, Anne Katz
Chapter 14. Repressive Policies and Women's Reproductive Choices in Poland: The Case of State Violence Against Women
Wanda Nowicka, Joanna Regulska
Chapter 15. Stepping Forward, Standing Strong: Philippine Women Human Rights Defenders
Annalisa Enrile
Chapter 16. Rape as a Weapon of War in Myanmar
Annalisa Oatman, Kate Majewski
Section 4. Intimate Violence
Introduction. To Always Believe in Possibility and the Power of Change
Iron
Chapter 17. Domestic Violence in Kyrgyzstan: Finding a Voice of Strength and Empowerment
Saltanat Childress, Elizabeth Aparicio, Jill Messing
Chapter 18. Dating Violence in China
Xiying Wang
Chapter 19. Female Same-sex Intimate Partner Violence in China: State, Culture, Family, and Gender
Ming Luo, Tuen Yi Chiu
Chapter 20. Violence of Women in Cults in the United States
Doni Whitsett, Natasha Rosow
Chapter 21. Leave Me Alone: Violence Against Women in Trinidad and Tobago
Nirmala Prakash, Melissa Indera Singh, Jennifer Prevot, Stephanie Gopie, Jade Vorster, Peter Averkiou
Chapter 22. Peace Building and Gender Inclusivity: The Case of Nagorno-Karabakh
Adrineh Gregorian
Chapter 23. The U.S. Military-Prostitution Complex, Patriarchy, and Masculinity: A Transnational Feminist Perspective of the Sexual Global Exploitation of Women
Eugenia Weiss, Annalisa Enrile
