Gender Perspectives in Case Studies Across Continents: Volume II

The Global Network of UNESCO Chairs in Gender announces the launching of the second volume in the E Book series, "Gender perspectives in case studies across continents".

The Editor is Dr. Brenda Gael McSweeney (Visiting Faculty at Boston University´s Women´s, Gender, & Sexuality Studies Program specializing in Gender & International Development, and Resident Scholar, Women´s Studies Research Center, Brandeis University). The volume includes a Foreword by Saniye Gülser Corat (Director, Division of Gender Equality Office of the Director-General, UNESCO) and an Afterword by Gloria Bonder (Director of the Gender, Society and Policies Area of FLACSO Argentina, and Coordinator of the Global Network of UNESCO Chairs on Gender).

This volume comprises case studies from nine countries that address challenging global priorities: gender gaps in education, women's livelihoods and political voice, confronting domination, and activism across the decades. The authors are UNESCO Chairholders, and Partners and affiliates of the UNESCO/UNITWIN Network on Gender, Culture and Development.

Here are the links:

To the Global Network announcement: http://catunescomujer.org/globalnetwork/news.html

To the volume itself: http://www.catunescomujer.org/globalnetwork/docs/Ebook2-15Dec2014.pdf