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AlterNatives
| Author | : Ranu Samantrai |
| Publisher | : Stanford University Press |
| Total Pages | : 236 |
| Release | : 2002 |
| Genre | : Social Science |
| ISBN | : 9780804743211 |
This is the history of the black British women's movement of the 1980s (comprising women of African-Caribbean and South Asian origin), and its place in postwar British politics, racism, and feminism.
Women in the New Asia
| Author | : Yayori Matsui |
| Publisher | : Zed Books |
| Total Pages | : 212 |
| Release | : 1999-03 |
| Genre | : Social Science |
| ISBN | : 9781856496261 |
This remarkable book charts the effects of the economic boom on women across Asia. Yori Matsui, one of Japan's leading journalists, demonstrates how Asian women are confronting rapid economic developmentwhich is accompanied by widespread infringement of human rights. Analysing the lives of women in Japan, Thailand, the Philippines, Taiwan, China, Nepal, and Korea, the author explores * the impact of globalization - including the feminization of migration and an increase in the trafficking of women * sexual violence - from the 'comfort women' to child prostitution * development projects - the cause of mass deforestation and displacement of communities However she also describes women's credit co-ops, democratization movements and unionization of women workers. She meets women who have organised ant-logging blockades, literacy classes and campaighns against trafficking. She finds women across Asia resisiting the dictatorship od development, the feminization of poverty and patriarchal values. Throughout the continent she finds the seeds of hope for a new Asia.
Living in Hope
| Author | : John Feffer |
| Publisher | : Zed Books |
| Total Pages | : 196 |
| Release | : 2002-06 |
| Genre | : Business & Economics |
| ISBN | : 9781842771532 |
This work tells the story - the response of ordinary people around the world to the "irreversible" juggernaut of the global economy. Readers are shown attempts to create alternatives by those for whom globalization has no need.
Development Crises and Alternative Visions
| Author | : Gita Sen |
| Publisher | : Routledge |
| Total Pages | : 121 |
| Release | : 2013-11-05 |
| Genre | : Business & Economics |
| ISBN | : 1134156820 |
More than half of the world's farmers are women. They are the majority of the poor, the uneducated and are the first to suffer from drought and famine. Yet their subordination is reinforced by well-meaning development policies that perpetuate social inequalities. During the 1975-85 United Nations Decade for the Advancement of Women their position actually worsened. This book analyses three decades of policies towards Third World women. Focusing on global economic and political crises - debt, famine, militarization, fundamentalism - the authors show how women's moves to organize effective strategies for basic survival are central to an understanding of the development process.
The Hidden Assembly Line
| Author | : Radhika Balakrishnan |
| Publisher | : Kumarian Press |
| Total Pages | : 169 |
| Release | : 2002 |
| Genre | : Business & Economics |
| ISBN | : 1565491394 |
* Looks at the economic trends impacting Asian women and subcontracted labor, illuminating the lives of the millions of women struggling in low-wage jobs * Presents case studies from Pakistan, the Philippines, Sri Lanka, and India * Provides examples of strategic responses from NGOs, unions, and activists The Hidden Assembly Line studies the impact of subcontracted work in different national settings, linking it to the global economy and to changes in women’s financial security and work opportunities. The contributors debate the implications for women’s empowerment and for the changing social relations of production. This book contains clear, practical information for scholars, students and researchers interested in women’s roles regarding economic development and the globalization of the world economy.
Women's Movements in Asia
| Author | : Mina Roces |
| Publisher | : Routledge |
| Total Pages | : 287 |
| Release | : 2010-06-10 |
| Genre | : Political Science |
| ISBN | : 1136968008 |
Written by leading international experts, this book provides an overview of the history and current context of feminism in 12 Asian countries. This breadth of coverage, together with suggestions for further study, and an integrated cross-national timeline makes Women's Movements in Asia ideal for use on courses looking at women and feminism in Asia.
A Microcredit Alternative in South Asia
| Author | : Shahrukh Rafi Khan |
| Publisher | : Routledge |
| Total Pages | : 182 |
| Release | : 2018-03-28 |
| Genre | : Social Science |
| ISBN | : 1351174576 |
Microcredit took the development world by storm as a tool for poverty alleviation in the 1980s. After being hailed as a panacea, a few decades on it started being forcefully criticised based on its practice. This book explores Akhuwat (literally brotherhood), a rapidly growing Pakistani NGO formed in 2001, which addresses the shortcomings of conventional microfinance. Its vision is of a society built on empathy and social solidarity and its mission is that of creating self-sufficiency among the entrepreneurial poor. This book examines whether Akhuwat fulfils its promises of not pushing loans or encouraging clients to get on a debt treadmill and helping them to avoid high debt burdens by charging no interest and easing repayment terms. Conventional microcredit organizations are criticised for losing sight of the original mission of poverty alleviation by engaging in empire building and Akhuwat’s goal is to avoid this by embracing an alternative strategy of scaling up. Finally, this book also analyses Akhuwat’s approach as being gender sensitive and embracing all religions, castes and ethnicities. Based on fieldwork designed to assess if Akhuwat is the microcredit alternative it claims to be, this book will be of interest to scholars of poverty and development studies in general and microcredit in particular.
