The Global Status of Women and Girls: A Multidisciplinary Approach (Communicating Gender)

The Global Status of Women and Girls: A Multidisciplinary Approach fosters inquiries into the complex and multifocal issues faced by women and girls around the world, both historically and today. It not only asks key questions related to public policy, but also it unearths the forces that created these current dilemmas. Through the multidisciplinary study of past and present, contributors take on policy conversations benefiting the global community. This book will appeal to any scholar interested in communication and gender studies. Introduction / Dawn Hutchinson & Lori Underwood -- Dressing the wound : dynamics of sexual abuse and recovery within religious enclaves / Carolyn Stauffer & Bridget Mullins -- Ecofeminism: an analysis / Lida Sarafrazarpatapeh -- Feminization of poverty in Pakistan : sociological analysis / Hamadullah Kakepoto -- Multi-culturalism and feminism in Arab-American poetry : struggling against stereotypes / Nadia Mohammed -- Women religious working toward a more just women's health care system / Dawn Hutchinson -- Matrilineal-matrilocal arrangements may end trafficking in women and children / Yasuko Sato -- Gender representation in Indian films : a response to "gender bias without borders" / Rebecca Peters -- Perspectives on the facets of status of women in India / Simi Mehta -- Do Muslim village girls need saving? : critical reflections on gender and childhood suffering in international aid / Rania Kassab Sweis -- Women, agriculture, and food security / Josefa Carandang -- About the editors and contributors "Fosters inquiries into the complex and multifocal issues faced by women and girls around the world, both historically and today. It not only asks key questions related to public policy but also unearths the forces that created these current dilemmas. Through the multidisciplinary study of past and present, contributors take on policy conversations benefiting the global community. This book will appeal to any scholar interested in communication and gender studies"-- Provided by publisher This volume examines the complex issues faced by women and girls around the world, both historically and today. Its multidisciplinary focus will appeal to any scholar interested in communication and gender studies.