Screen LibraryWomen's Evolving Lives : Global and Psychosocial Perspectives /
This wide-ranging collection analyzes the status and advancement of women both in a national context and collectively on a global scale, as a powerful social force in a rapidly evolving world. The countries studied China, India, Indonesia, Iran, Egypt, Cameroon, South Africa, Italy, France, Brazil,...
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Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer,
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| Publisher Address: | Cham : |
| Publication Dates: | 2017. |
| Literature type: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-58008-1 |
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This wide-ranging collection analyzes the status and advancement of women both in a national context and collectively on a global scale, as a powerful social force in a rapidly evolving world. The countries studied China, India, Indonesia, Iran, Egypt, Cameroon, South Africa, Italy, France, Brazil, Belize, Mexico, and the United States represent a cross-section of economic conditions, cultural and religious traditions, political realities, and social contexts that shape women s lives, challenges, and opportunities. Psychological and human rights perspectives highlight worldwide goals for equ |
| Carrier Form: | 1 online resource(XVI,278pages): illustrations |
| ISBN: | 9783319580081 |
| Index Number: | BF692 |
| CLC: | C913.68 |
| Contents: | The Status of Women: Worldwide Trends -- Women s Lives in Contemporary Chinese Societies -- About Asian Indian Women: Stereotypes, Fabrications, and Lived Realities -- Women in Indonesia -- Women in Iran -- Women in Egypt -- Psychosocial Perspectives of Cameroonian Women -- Women in South Africa: Striving for Full Equality Post-Apartheid -- Women s Identities and Roles in Italy -- Women Today in French Society -- The Status of Women: Brazil -- Women in Mexico: Advances in Their Status and Well-being -- Women in Belize -- Women in the United States. |