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Reveals how Turkish women experienced and participated in public life during the modernization process in Turkey between 1950 and 1980

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Reveals how Turkish women experienced and participated in public life during the modernization process in Turkey between 1950 and 1980

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This important volume offers readers an in-depth understanding of women's sexuality around the world, bringing to light a history that is often suppressed.

What is reproductive health like for women in other countries of the world

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This work demonstrates that women, as women, have a valuable contribution to make to religion. This edition of the book is revised and updated in the light of 13 years of feminism, including fresh biblical role models and a new chapter on women's special relationship to time.

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Sustainable development has traditionally neglected the contributions of women. Now government and institutions in developing countries are beginning to realise the importance of the female contribution. This books shows that women must be fully included in development schemes in Africa.

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Sustainable development has traditionally neglected the contributions of women. Now government and institutions in developing countries are beginning to realise the importance of the female contribution. This books shows that women must be fully included in development schemes in Africa.

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A definitive overview of court decisions and legislative victories in the fight for gender equality in U.S. history.

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Feminist scholars have shown that women have a long history of productive work outside the home, and current research has focussed on the distinct nature of women's work and the role of women in the workforce.

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The emergence of global assembly plants is closely linked to the creation of a global female industrial labor force. Women and Work in Mexico's Maquiladoras examines this larger process in Mexico, where the maquiladora factories have turned to predominantly female labor. Explo...

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Indeed, the very ignoring of the great range of differences that characterize contemporary single mothers has itself led to a large and harmful body of myths that perpetuate and intensify the single parent's problems.

This sensitive, substantive book provides a needed examination of the realities of single parenthood for women.

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Exploring the way ancient and medieval authors wrote about women, this book describes the marginal role women played in origin legends from antiquity until the twelfth century. It probes the tensions between women in biblical, classical, and medieval myths, and actual women in ancient and medieval societies.

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Drawing on in-depth interviews with women employees, Lunneborg asks five broad questions: How do you approach your job differently than men do

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Offers an interpretation of the role of women in traditional patrilineal societies. This title reveals that many of the critical features of patrilyny were in fact invented by women. It is suitable for researchers in anthropological kinship and theory, gender studies, and African studies.

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In a compelling exploration of an oft-hidden aspect of qualitative field research, Women Fielding Danger shows how identity performances can facilitate or block field research outcomes. Focusing on ethnographic research across a wide range of disciplines and world regions, thi...

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In this study, a group of working-class women narrate their own stories, lives, and place in Belfast, showing how the geography, community, andperhaps most of allconflict becomes deeply intertwined with identity.

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This anthology of original sources is accompanied by state-of-the-art historiography, and includes an introductory survey providing an accessible overview and analysis of key questions, including the relationship between 'first', 'second' and 'third' wave feminism in Britain.