Women of Asia : globalization, development, and gender equity / edited by Mehrangiz Najafizadeh and Linda L. Lindsey.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Najafizadeh, Mehrangiz, editor.

Lindsey, Linda L., editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Women--Asia--Social conditions.

Women.

Women's rights--Asia.

Women's rights.

Sexism--Asia.

Sexism.

Sex role--Asia.

Sex role.

Economic development--Asia.

Economic development.

Women--Social conditions.

Social conditions.

Asia.

Physical Description:

xviii, 446 pages ; 25 cm

Place of Publication:

New York, NY : Routledge, 2019.

Summary:

With thirty-two original chapters reflecting cutting edge content throughout developed and developing Asia, Women of Asia: Globalization, Development, and Gender Equity is a comprehensive anthology that contributes significantly to understanding globalization's transformative process and the resulting detrimental and beneficial consequences for women in the four major geographic regions of Asia-East Asia, Southeast Asia, South Asia, and Eurasia/Central Asia-as it gives "voice" to women and provides innovative ways through which salient understudied issues pertaining to Asian women's situation are brought to the forefront.

Contents:

Part I Introduction and Overviews of Women in Asia p. 1

1 Globalization, Development, and Gender Equity: A Thematic Perspective on Women of Asia p. 3 / Linda L. Lindsey and Mehrangiz Najafizadeh

2 Gender Equality, Women's Empowerment, and the Sustainable Development Agenda in Asia p. 16 / Eugenia McGill

3 Gendering Aid and Development Policy: Official Understanding of Gender Issues in Foreign Aid Programs in Asia p. 33 / Patrick Kilby

Part II East Asia p. 45

4 Globalization and Gender Equity in China p. 47 / Linda L. Lindsey

1 China's "Slate Feminism" in Context: The All-China Women's Federation from Inception to Current Challenges p. 66 / Yingtao Li and Di Wang

6 Gender Equality and the Limits of Law in Securing Social Change in Hong Kong p. 83 / Amy Barrow and Sealing Cheng

7 Women's Experiences of Balancing Work and Family in South Korea: Continuity and Change p. 98 / Sirin Sung

8 Gender Equality in the Japanese Workplace: What has Changed since 1985? p. 111 / Chikako Usui

9 Addressing Women's Health through Economic Opportunity: Lessons from Women Engaged in Sex Work in Mongolia p. 124 / Susan S. Witte and Toivgoo Aim and Laura Cordisco Tsai

Part III Southeast Asia p. 137

10 Women, Globalization, and Religious Change in Southeast Asia p. 139 / Barbara Watson Andaya

11 Adapting Human Rights: Gender-Based Violence and Law in Indonesia p. 154 / Shahirah Mahmood

12 Experiences of Financial Vulnerability and Empowerment among Women who were Trafficked in the Philippines p. 170 / Laura Cordisco Tsai

13 Women as Natural Caregivers? Migration, Healthcare Workers, and Eldercare in Singapore p. 184 / Shirlena Huang and Brenda S. A. Yeoh

14 Elected Women Politicians in Singapore's Parliament: An Analysis of Socio-Demographic Profile p. 198 / Netina Tan

15 Globalization and Increased Informalization of Labor: Women in the Informal Economy in Malaysia p. 212 / Shanthi Thambiah and Tan Beng Hui

16 Women Politicians in Cambodia: Resisting and Negotiating Power in a Newly "Implemented" Democracy p. 226 / Mikaeí Baaz and Mona Lilja

17 Freedom to Choose? Marriage and Professional Work among Urban Middle-Class Women in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam p. 236 / Catherine Earl

18 Entrepreneurial Women in Lao People's Democratic Republic p. 248 / Nittana Southiseng and John Walsh

19 Persisting Inequality, Rural Transformation, and Gender Relations in the Northeast of Thailand p. 257 / Buapun Promphakping

20 Challenging Gender Inequalities through Education and Activism: Exploring the Work of Women's Organizations in Myanmar's Transition p. 268 / Elizabeth J. T. Maber and Pyo Let Han

Part IV South Asia p. 281

21 Young Women's Situation and Patriarchal Bargains: The Story of a Son-Less Family in Rural Bangladesh p. 283 / Roslyn Fraser Schoen

22 Livelihoods, Households, and Womanhood in Nepal p. 294 / Mira Mishra

23 Negotiating Gendered Violence in the Public Spaces of Indian Cities: Globalization and Urbanization in Contemporary India p. 307 / Subhadra Mitra Channa

24 The Promises and Pitfalls of Microfinance in Pakistani Women's Lives p. 319 / Veronica E. Medina and Priya Dua

25 Afghan Women: The Politics of Empowerment in the Post-2001 Era p. 333 / Orzala Nemat

Part V Eurasia and Central Asia p. 347

26 Women in Azerbaijan: Decades of Change and Challenges p. 349 / Mehrangiz Najafizadeh

27 Female Religious Leaders in Uzbekistan: Recalibrating Desires and Effecting Social Change p. 365 / Svetlana Peshkova

28 Project Kelin: Marriage, Women, and Re-Traditionalization in Post-Soviet Kazakhstan p. 379 / Diana T. Kudaibergenova

29 "Women Move the Cradle with One Eland and with the Other, the World!" Methodological Reflections on "The Woman Question" in Tajikistan p. 391 / Sophie Roche

30 Tradition, Islam, and the Slate: International Organizations and the Prevention of Violence against Women in Tajikistan p. 403 / Lucia Direnberger

31 Rural Women's Encounters with Economic Development in Kyrgyzstan p. 415 / Deborah Dergousoff

32 Women as Change Agents: Gender in Post-Soviet Central Asia p. 424 / Rano Turaeva.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Other Format:

Online version: Women of Asia.

ISBN:

9781138208773

1138208779

9781138208780

1138208787

OCLC:

1015275244

Publisher Number:

40028370110