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Title	Gender politics in global governance / edited by Mary K. Meyer and Elisabeth Prügl
Publish Info	Lanham, Md. : Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, ©1999

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Contents

List of Illustrations

List of Tables

Preface

List of Abbreviations

1 Gender Politics in Global Governance / Elisabeth Prugl, Mary K. Meyer 3

2 Women Workers in the United Nations: From Margin to Mainstream? / Francine D'Amico 19

3 United Nations Peacekeeping: Men's and Women's Work / Judith Hicks Stiehm 41

4 Negotiating International Norms: The Inter-American Commission of Women and the Convention on Violence against Women / Mary K. Meyer 58

5 Gender and Transnational Democracy: The Case of the European Union / Catherine Hoskyns 72

6 Nongovernmental Organizations: An Alternative Power Base for Women? / Irene Tinker 88

7 The Women's International League for Peace and Freedom: Organizing Women for Peace in the War System / Mary K. Meyer 107

8 International Women's Activism and the 1994 Cairo Population Conference / Amy J. Higer 122

9 Shaping the Human Rights Agenda: The Case of Violence against Women / Jutta Joachim 142

10 Realizing Women's Human Rights: Nongovernmental Organizations and the United Nations Treaty Bodies / Alice M. Miller 161

11 The United Nations Women's Conferences and Feminist Politics / Lois A. West 177

12 What Is a Worker? Gender, Global Restructuring, and the ILO Convention on Homework / Elisabeth Prugl 197

13 Women in the Neoliberal "Frame" / Anne Sisson Runyan 210

14 An Ecofeminist Critique of the International Economic Structure / Stephanie Hallock Johnson 221

15 Trafficking in Women: Alternate Migration or Modern Slave Trade? / Emek M. Ucarer 230

16 Gender Construction and the Protection Mandate of the UNHCR: Responses from Guatemalan Women / Erin K. Baines 245

17 Of Roots, Leaves, and Trees: Gender, Social Movements, and Global Governance / Deborah Stienstra 260

Works Cited 273

App The United Nations System 299

Index 301

About the Contributors 313

Description xii, 315 pages ; 24 cm

Note Includes bibliographical references (pages 273-298) and index

Contents Introduction : Gender politics in global governance / Elisabeth Prügl and Mary K. Meyer -- Part 1 -- Women workers in the United Nations : from margin to mainstream? / Francine D'Amico -- United Nations peacekeeping : men's and women's work / Judith Hicks Stiehm -- Negotiating international norms : the Inter-American Commission of Women and the Convention on Violence Against Women / Mary K. Meyer -- Gender and transnational democracy : the case of the European Union / Catherine Hoskyns -- Nongovernmental organizations : an alternative power base for women? / Irene Tinker -- Part 2 -- The Women's International League for Peace and Freedom : organizing women for peace in the war system / Mary K. Meyer International women's activism and the 1994 Cairo Population Conference / Amy J. Higer -- Shaping the human rights agenda : the case of violence against women / Jutta Joachim -- Realizing women's human rights : nongovernmental organizations and the United Nations treaty bodies / Alice M. Miller -- The United Nations Women's Conferences and feminist politics / Lois A. West -- Part 3 -- What is a worker? Gender, global restructuring, and the ILO Convention on Homework / Elisabeth Prugl -- Women in the neoliberal "frame" / Anne Sisson Runyan -- An ecofeminist critique of the international economic structure / Stephanie Hallock Johnson -- Trafficking in women : alternate migration or modern slave trade? / Emek M. Ucarer -- Gender construction and the protection mandate of the UNHCR : responses from Guatemalan women / Erin K. Baines -- Of roots, leaves, and trees : gender, social movements, and global governance / Debrah Stienstra

Note Current Copyright Fee: GBP17.60 0. Uk

Summary Comprises a collection of 17 papers grouped under three themes: Locating women: organizational spaces in global governance; Shaping agendas: feminist strategies in global governance; and Contesting language: gendered rules in global governance

Subjects Women -- Political activity

International relations

International agencies

International organization

Feminist theory

International Agencies

Alt Name Meyer, Mary Keysor

Prügl, Elisabeth

Link Online version: Gender politics in global governance. Lanham, Md. : Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, ©1999 (OCoLC)988747890

LC NO HQ1236 .G4617 1999

Call # 396.1:320

320:396.1

305.42(08)

Dewey No 305.42 21

OCLC # 39655152

Isrn 9780847691616

ISBN 0847691608 (cloth ; alk. paper)

9780847691609 (cloth ; alk. paper)

0847691616 (pbk. ; alk. paper)

9780847691616 (pbk. ; alk. paper)

Isn/Std # (OCoLC)39655152 (OCoLC)492763072

LCCN 98039357

	List of Illustrations
	List of Tables
	Preface
	List of Abbreviations
1	Gender Politics in Global Governance / Elisabeth Prugl, Mary K. Meyer	3
2	Women Workers in the United Nations: From Margin to Mainstream? / Francine D'Amico	19
3	United Nations Peacekeeping: Men's and Women's Work / Judith Hicks Stiehm	41
4	Negotiating International Norms: The Inter-American Commission of Women and the Convention on Violence against Women / Mary K. Meyer	58
5	Gender and Transnational Democracy: The Case of the European Union / Catherine Hoskyns	72
6	Nongovernmental Organizations: An Alternative Power Base for Women? / Irene Tinker	88
7	The Women's International League for Peace and Freedom: Organizing Women for Peace in the War System / Mary K. Meyer	107
8	International Women's Activism and the 1994 Cairo Population Conference / Amy J. Higer	122
9	Shaping the Human Rights Agenda: The Case of Violence against Women / Jutta Joachim	142
10	Realizing Women's Human Rights: Nongovernmental Organizations and the United Nations Treaty Bodies / Alice M. Miller	161
11	The United Nations Women's Conferences and Feminist Politics / Lois A. West	177
12	What Is a Worker? Gender, Global Restructuring, and the ILO Convention on Homework / Elisabeth Prugl	197
13	Women in the Neoliberal "Frame" / Anne Sisson Runyan	210
14	An Ecofeminist Critique of the International Economic Structure / Stephanie Hallock Johnson	221
15	Trafficking in Women: Alternate Migration or Modern Slave Trade? / Emek M. Ucarer	230
16	Gender Construction and the Protection Mandate of the UNHCR: Responses from Guatemalan Women / Erin K. Baines	245
17	Of Roots, Leaves, and Trees: Gender, Social Movements, and Global Governance / Deborah Stienstra	260
	Works Cited	273
App	The United Nations System	299
	Index	301
	About the Contributors	313