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Encyclopedia
Routledge Encyclopedia of Women; Global Women's Issues and Knowledge 4 v. London: Routledge 2000. Call No. Ref HQ 1115 R69 at Lemieux Library.
Books & Videos
Agosín, Marjorie. Women, gender, and human rights : a global perspective New Brunswick, N.J. : Rutgers University Press, c2001. Call No. HQ1236 .W5852 2001 at Lemieux Library.
Aguilar, Delia D. and Anne E. Lacsamana, eds. Women and Globalization. Amherst, NY: Prometheus Press 2003 Call No. HQ 1240 W652 2004 at Lemieux Library.
Anderson, Bonnie. Joyous Greetings: The First International Women's Movement 1830-1860. Princeton, NJ: Princeton Call No. HQ 1154 A6856 2000 at Lemieux Library.
Basu, Amrita. Challenge of Local Feminisms: Women's Movements in Global Perspective. New York Womens Ink, 1995. Call No. HQ 1101 C46 1995 at Lemieux Library.
Beneria, Lourdes. Gender, Development and Globalization Economics as if People Mattered. Routledge, 2003 Call No. HQ 1881 B46 2003
Blee, Kathleen M. Feminism and Antiracism : International Struggles for Justice. New York : New York University Press, c2001. Call No. HQ1190 .F4189 2001 at Lemieux Library.
Bunch, Charlotte. Demanding Accountability : the Global Campaign and Vienna Tribunal for Women's Human Rights. New Brunswick, N.J. : Rutgers University, Center for Women's Global Leadership ; New York : United Nations Development Fund for Women, c1994. Call No. HQ1236 .B86 1994 at Lemieux Library.
Concilium Foundation. The Rights of Women. London: SCM Press, 2002. Call No. BX2347.8 .W6 R5 2002 at Lemieux Library.
Fonow, Mary Margaret. Union Women: Forging Feminism in the United Steelworkers of America. Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Press, 2003. Call No. HD 6079.2 .U5 F655 2003 at Lemieux Library.
Includes chapter on “Building Feminist International Solidarity in the Age of Globalization”.George, Vic and Paul Wilding, eds. Globalization and Human Welfare. Hampshire, UK: Palgrave, 2002. Call No. HV 40 .G455 2002 at Lemieux Library. Includes section on "Globalization and Gender Inequalities".
Howland, Courtney W. Religious fundamentalisms and the human rights of women. New York : St. Martin's Press, c1999. K3243 .R45 1999 at Lemieux Library.
Inglehart, Ronald. Rising tide; Gender inequality and cultural change around the world. London, Cambridge U Press, 2003. Call no. HQ 1075 I53 2003 at Lemieux Library
Jain, Shobita. Women Plantation Workers: International Experiences. Oxford, England: Berg Publishers. Call No. HD 6073 P496 W66
Jarl, Ann-Cathrin. In justice : Women and Global Economics. Minneapolis : Fortress Press, c2003. Call No. BT83.55 .J38 2003 at Lemieux Library.
Louie, Mariam Ching Yoon. Sweatshop Warriors: Immigrant Women Workers Take on the Global Factory. Cambridge, MA: South End Press, 2001. Call No. HD 6057.5 .U5 L88 2001 at Lemieux Library.
Mohanty, Chandra. Feminism without borders: decolonized theory, practicing solidarity. Duke U. Press, 2003. Call No. HQ1870.9 M64 2003 at Lemieux Library.
Murphy, Josette. Mainstreaming gender in World Bank lending : an update Washington, D.C. : World Bank, c1997. Call No. HG3881.5 .W57 M873 1997 at Lemieux Library.
Naples, Nancy A. Women's activism and globalization : linking local struggles and transnational politics. New York : Routledge, 2002. Call No. HQ 1236. W65172 2002 at Lemieux Library.
Nussbaum, Martha Craven. Women, Culture, and Development : a Study of Human Capabilities.Oxford : Clarendon Press ; New York : Oxford University Press, 1995. Call No. HQ1236 .W6377 1995 at Lemieux Library.
Richards, Jenny. Not the Numbers Game [videorecording]. Oley, PA : Bullfrog Films, c1996. Call No. HQ1870.9 .N6 1996 at Lemieux Library.
"Looks at how several developing countries have progressed in meeting the agreements signed at the Cairo Conference on Population and Development in which peoples' needs rather than population numbers were emphasized in discussions. Video contains six short segments that examine the conditions of women in these countries and their efforts to attain their dreams while dealing with pregnancy, poverty, lack of birth control, lack of education, genital mutilation, low social status, low paying industrial jobs, and other problems that make their lives difficult. "
Tice, Karin E. Kuna Crafts, Gender, and the Global Economy. Austin, Tex. : University of Texas Press, 1995 Call No. F1565.2 .C8 T53 1995 EBOOK at Lemieux Library.
Walter, Lynn. Women's Rights : a Global View. Westport, Conn. : Greenwood Press, 2001. Call No. REF HQ1236 .W6527 2001 at Lemieux Library.
Wichterich, Christa. The Globalized Woman: Reports from a Future of Inequality. London: Zed Books. Call No. HD 6053 W44713 2000 at Lemieux Library.
Wing, Adrien Katherine. Global Critical Race Feminism : an International Reader New York : New York University Press, c2000. Call No. K644 .G59 2000 at Lemieux Library.
Statistics
United Nations Economic Commission for Europe. Gender Statistics Website for Europe and North America
Interparliamentary Union. Women Elected in 2003, A Global Perspective. March 2004
Web Sites
Business for Social Responsibility. Human Rights reports. Recent report on Addressing the general and reproductive health of women in global supply chains. <http://www.eldis.org/static/DOC11461.htm> ElDIS, Gateway to Development Information.
Center for Women's Global Leadership. Rutgers University. One of the units of the Institute for Women's Leadership. "The Global Center works from a human rights perspective with an emphasis on violence against women, sexual and reproductive health and socio-economic well-being. The Global Center's programs are in two broad areas of policy & advocacy and leadership development & women's human rights education."
Global Women. Women Studies module by Wairimu Ngaru
iya Njambi, Virginia Tech University
Human Rights Watch. Women's Rights.
United Nations. International Women's Day March 8th celebrated the global achievements of women. The first International Women's Day
Madre. Human Rights advocates for women and families which started in 1983.
International Gender and Trade Network. "The International Gender and Trade Network is made up of seven regional networks (Africa, Asia, Caribbean, Europe, Latin America, North America, and Pacific) of women involved in research, advocacy and economic literacy around issues of trade and development."
United Nations Development Fund for Women. Progress of the World's Women, vol. 2: Gender and Millennium Development Goals
United Nations Development Fund For Women. UNIFEM "UNIFEM is the women's fund at the United Nations. It provides financial and technical assistance to innovative programmes and strategies that promote women's human rights, political participation and economic security. "
Women and Global Rights.. Metasite of sources from Linda M. Woolf, Ph.D. Professor of Psychology, Webster University
Women's Edge Coalition. This advocacy group for women sees current trade policies as especially harmful to women. It works for the revision of these policies and supports innovative aid programs to alleviate poverty.
Women's Human Rights Database. University of Toronto Law Library.
Women's International League for Peace and Freedom. "The Women's International League for Peace and Freedom was founded in 1915 during World War I, with Jane Addams as its first president. WILPF works to achieve through peaceful means world disarmament, full rights for women, racial and economic justice, an end to all forms of violence, and to establish those political, social, and psychological conditions which can assure peace, freedom, and justice for all."
World Commission on the Social Dimension of Globalization. The Commission is an independent body established by the ILO in 2002. " The social dimension of globalization refers to the impact of globalization on the life and work of people, on their families and their societies. Concerns and issues are often raised about the impact of globalization on employment, working conditions, income and social protection. Beyond the world of work, the social dimension encompasses security, culture and identity, inclusion or exclusion and the cohesiveness of families and communities."
Balakrishnan, Radhika. The hidden assembly line : gender dynamics of subcontracted work in a global economy. Bloomfield, CT : Kumarian Press, 2002. Call No. HD2385 .A77 H53 2002 at Lemieux Library.
Chang, Grace. Disposable Domestics : Immigrant Women Workers in the Global Economy. Cambridge, Mass. : South End Press, c2000. Call No. HD6095 .C48 2000 at Lemieux Library.
Hondagneu-Sotelo, Pierrette. Doméstica : Immigrant Workers Cleaning and Caring in the Shadows of Affluence.
Berkeley: University of California Press, c2001. Call No. HD6072.2 .U52 L674 2001 at Lemieux Library.Louie, Miriam Ching Yoon. Sweatshop Warriors : Immigrant Women Workers Take on the Global Factory. Cambridge, Mass. : South End Press, c2001. Call No. HD6057.5 .U5 L68 2001 at Lemieux Library.
Vernez, Georges. Immigrant Women in the U.S. Workforce :Who Struggles? Who Succeeds? Lanham, Md. : Lexington Books, c1999. Call No. HD6057.5 .U5 V47 1999 at Lemieux Library.
Stalker, Peter. The work of strangers : a survey of international labour migration. Geneva : International Labour Office, 1994. Call No. HD6300 .S733 1994 at Lemieux Library.
Stalker, Peter. Workers without Frontiers; the Impact of Globalization on International Migration. Boulder, Co.: Lynne Rienner Publishers, Inc., 2000 Call No. HD 6300 S734 2000 at Lemieux Library.
Web Sites
Refugee Women's Alliance. Local organization which provides support and services for refugee and immigrant women and families.
United Nations International Research and Training Institute for the Advancement of Women. INSTRAW
Women Workers Worldwide Started in 1983, this UK organization workers with other organizations especially on issues on labor issues for women who work in industries which have recently moved to the developing world. Focus has been on the textile and garment industries and recently on the global food chain.
Workers' Awaaz Based in NYC, Worker's Awaaz was first organized to assist domestic workers from South Asia. It has now broadened its base to include other workers in seeking fair compensation, reasonable working hours and safe conditions.
Books
Salzinger, Leslie. Genders in Production : Making Workers in Mexico's Global Factories. Berkeley : University of California Press, c2003. Call No. HD6073 .O332 M486 2003 at Lemieux Library.
Iglesias Prieto, Norma. Beautiful Flowers of the Maquiladora : Life Histories of Women Workers in Tijuana. Austin : University of Texas Press, Institute of Latin American Studies, 1997 Call No. HD6073 .O332 M495513 1997 at Lemieux Library.
Web Sites
Maquila Solidarity Campaign "The Maquila Solidarity Network (MSN) is a Canadian network promoting solidarity with groups in Mexico, Central America, and Asia organizing in maquiladora factories and export processing zones to improve conditions and win a living wage."
Sex Trafficking & Forced Labor
Books & Videos
Bales, Kevin. Disposable People: New Slavery in the Global Economy. Berkeley, Calif.: University of California Press, 1999. Call No. HT 867 B35 1999 at Lemieux Library.
Bruno, Ellen. Sacrifice [videorecording] Ho-Ho-Kus, New Jersey : Film Library, 1998. Call No. HQ232.7 .A5 S22 1998 at Lemieux Library.
"Each year thousands of girls are recruited from rural Burmese villages to work in brothels in Thailand where they are held for years in debt bondage. The trafficking of Burmese girls is a direct result of political repression in Burma. Human rights abuses, war, and ethnic discrimination have displaced thousands of families leaving them with no means of livelihood. This film, through interviews with the girls, examines the social, cultural and economic forces at work in the trafficking of these Burmese girls"
Brown, T. Louise. Sex Slaves: the Trafficking of Women in Asia. London:Virago, 2001. Call No. HQ 231.85 A5 B78 2001at Lemieux Library.
Ehrenreich, Barbara. Global Woman: Nannies, Maids and Sex Workers in the New Economy. New York: Metropolitan Books, 2003. Call No. HD 6072 G55 2003 at Lemieux Library.
Jeffrrey, Leslie Ann. Sex and Borders: Gender, National Identity, and Prostitution Policy in Thailand. Vancouver: UBC Press, 2002. Call No. HQ 242.55 A5 J436 2002B at Lemieux Library.
Kelly, Elizabeth. Journeys of Jeopardy: a Review of Research on Trafficking in Women and Children in Europe. Geneva: International Organization for Migration, 2002. Call No. HD 4875 E9 K45 2002 at Lemieux Library.
Kempadoo, Kamala. Global Sex Workers: Rights Resistance and Redefinition. New York: Routledge, 1998. Call No. HQ 111 G56 1998 at Lemieux Library.
Lim, Lin Lean. Sex Sector: Economic and Social Bases of Prostitution in Southeast Asia. Geneva: International Labour Office, 1998. Call No. HQ 241 A5 S48 1998 at Lemieux Library.
Ryan, Bishop. Night Market: Sexual Cultures and the Thai Economic Miracle. New York: Routledge, 1998. Call No. HQ 242.55 A5 B7 1998 at Lemieux Library.
Seabrook, Jeremy. Travels in the Skin Trade: Tourism and the Sex Industry. London : Pluto, 2001. Call No. HQ 242.55 B3 S43 2001at Lemieux Library.
Siriph, on Sakhr oben ek. Traffic in Women; Human Realities of the International Sex Trade. London: Zed Books. Call No. HQ 242.55 A5 S57 1997 at Lemieux Library.
Sisters and Daughters Betrayed [video]: The Trafficking of Women and Girls and the Fight to End It. Berkeley CA: University of California Extension Center for Media and Independent Learning, 1995. Call No. HQ 411. A4 S57 1995at Lemieux Library.
A report on the practice in Southeast Asia of selling women into virtual slavery for prostitution
Steinfatt, Thomas M. Working the Bar: Sex Work and Health Communication in Thailand. Westport, Conn: ABLEX Publishing. Call No. HQ 242.55 A5 S78 2002 at Lemieux Library.
Women's International War Crimes Tribunal for the Trial of Japanese Military Sexual Slavery (2000 : Tokyo, Japan).Breaking the History of Silence [videorecording] : the Women's International War Crimes Tribunal for the Trial of Japanese Military Sexual Slavery [Japan] : Video Juku, c2001 Call No. K5301 .A6 W66 2000 at Lemieux Library.
"The Women's International War Crimes Tribunal held in Tokyo, Japan on 8-12 Dec. 2000 was a Peoples' Tribunal set up to bring those responsible for Japan's military sexual violence, in particular the enslavement of 'comfort women,' to justice and to end the ongoing cycle of impunity for wartime violence against women. A revolutionary tribunal representing people from all across Asia, it was the first of its kind to break Japan's post-war taboo by finding the emperor guilty of war crimes during WWII"--
Web Sites
ECPAT International "The ECPAT acronym stands for 'End Child Prostitution, Child Pornography and Trafficking of Children for Sexual Purposes'. The offices of ECPAT International are located in Bangkok, Thailand."
Free the Slaves. NGO working to end slavery worldwide.
Human Rights Watch. Women's Rights. Campaign Against the Trafficking of Women and Girls
International Labour Organization. Time for Equality at Work. . April 2003 (pdf download in segments)
International Organization for Migration. Composed of international governmental and nongovernmental organizations, the IGO focuses on the issues and challenges and rights of migrant peoples. Several reports from the IOM focus on the sexual and labor exploitation of women.
Singh, Mini. Debate on Trafficking and Sex Slavery. Feminist Sexual Ethics Project. Brandeis University.
Sex-trafficking and the HIV/AIDS Pandemic. Testimony of Holly Burkhalter. Physicians for Human Rights. June 25, 2003
U.S. Department of State. Office to Monitor and Combat Trafficking in Persons.UNICEF-Child Protection-Trafficking and Sexual Exploitation
United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime. Trafficking in Human Beings
United Nations High Commissioner on Refugees. Refugee Women
Washington State has passed a law against trafficking. Find the Text of the 2003 law here.
Books
Aguilar, Delia D. Women and Globalization. Amherst, N.Y. : Humanity Books, 2004 Call no. HQ1240 .W652 2004 at Lemieux Library.
Aardenburg, Mark. The Women's Bank of Bangladesh [videorecording] Princeton, NJ : Films for the Humanities & Sciences, c1997. Call no. HG3290.6 .A8 G737 1997 at Lemieux Library.
"Describes the Grameen Bank and the small-business loans it makes to women only. It follows the activities of women who have taken out loans and to business classes, and shows those who oppose the bank's efforts"
Benería, Lourdes. Gender, Development and Globalization: Economics as If all People Mattered. New York: Routledge, 2003. HQ1381 .B46 2003
Guijt, Irene. The Myth of Community : Gender Issues in Participatory Development London : Intermediate Technology Publications, c1998. Call No. HQ1240.5 .D44 M98 1998 at Lemieux Library.
Jahan, Rounaq. The Elusive Agenda : Mainstreaming Women in Development Dhaka, Bangladesh : University Press ; London ; Atlantic Highlands, N.J. : Zed Books, 1995. Call No. HQ1240 .J34 1995 at Lemieux Library
Judd, Ellen R., The Chinese Women's Movement between State and Market. Stanford, Calif. : Stanford University Press, 2002. Call no. HQ1767 .J83 2002 at Lemieux Library.
Lehrer, James. Bootstrap Capitalism [videorecording] Princeton, NJ : Films for the Humanities & Sciences, 1999. Call no. HG178 .B66 1999 at Lemieux Library.
"Public television's Paul Solman and Dr. Mohammed Yunus, founder of Bangladesh's Grameen Bank, discuss the merits of micro-lending. Grameen Bank and Good Faith, a U.S. venture capital lender, lend money to start-up business with little or no collateral, and helps them learn the basics of money management."
Metker, Magdalena. Daughters of the Golden Bengal [videorecording] : Women in the Struggle against Poverty : a Film. rinceton, NJ : Films for the Humanities & Sciences, c1999. Call No. HQ1240.5 .B5 D39 1999 at Lemieux Library.
" Depicts the growing movement of women in Bangladesh who, with the assistance of aid societies, run profitable cottage industries in their villages, often risking severe reprisals as they defy repressive social customs and religious doctrines in order to become financial contributors to their families and villages."
Murphy, Josette. Mainstreaming Gender in World Bank Lending : an Update. Washington, D.C. : World Bank, c1997. Call no. HG3881.5 .W57 M873 1997 at Lemieux Library
Nussbaum, Martha Craven. Women and Human Development : the Capabilities Approach. Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2000. Call No. HQ1240 .N87 2000 at Lemieux Library
Staudt, Kathleen A. Women, International Development, and Politics : the Bureaucratic Mire. Philadelphia : Temple University Press, 1997. Call no. HQ1240 .W662 1997 at Lemieux Library
Stephen, Lynn. Women and Social Movements in Latin America : Power from Below. Austin : University of Texas Press, 1997. Call No. HQ1240.5 .L29 S74 1997 at Lemieux Library
United Nations. The World's Women, 2000 : Trends and Statistics. New York : United Nations, 2000. Call no. Ref HQ1154 W675 2000 at Lemieux Library
World Bank. Engendering Development : through Gender Equality in Rights, Resources and Voice. Washington, D.C. : World Bank ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2001. Call No. HQ1075.5 .D44 E55 2001 at Lemieux Library.
Web Sites
Association for Women in Development. An organization with over 4500 international members, AWID started out as a mechanism to assist women in development. It now looks at transforming the development process to include women's rights, women's inequality and sustainability as important foci.
Women in Development. Information Sources from Columbia University's Lehman Social Sciences Library.
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