Engendering human security : feminist perspectives / edited by Thanh-Dam Truong, Saskia Wieringa, Amrita Chhachhi. - London ; New York : New York : Zed Books ; Distributed in the USA by Palgrave Macmillan, c2006. - xxx, 332 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.

"Engendering human security was first published in India in 2006 by Women Unlimited (an associate of Kali for Women)"--T.p. verso.

Includes bibliographical references.

Gender questions in the human security framework / Thanh-Dam Truong, Saskia Wieringa, and Amrita Chhachhi -- Gendering transitional justice : experiences of women in Sri Lanka and Timor Leste in seeking affirmation and rights / Sunila Abeysekera -- Reproductive rights and gender justice in the neo-conservative shadow / Gita Sen -- Gender power dynamics in Jamaica's ghetto trap : Southside / Imani M. Tafari-Ama -- The new regulation of prostitution in the Netherlands / Joyce Outshoorn -- Combating trafficking in women and children : a gender and human rights framework / Noeleen Heyzer -- The politics and culture of care : some issues in the Netherlands / Carla Risseeuw -- The globalisation of domestic care services / Rachel Kurian -- From state duty to women's virtue : care under liberalisation in Vietnam / Thanh-Dam Truong -- Globalisation, social movements, and feminism : coming together at the World Social Forum / Virginia Vargas -- Measuring women's empowerment : developing a global tool / Saskia Wieringa -- Eroding citizenship : gender, labour, and liberalisation in India / Amrita Chhachhi -- The plasticity of gender in social policy formation / Pat Mohammed -- Engendering science and interdisciplinary environmental research for environmental security : the case of the Nariva Swamp / Rhoda Reddock.

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Women--Social conditions--21st century.
Women's rights.
Globalization--Social aspects.

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