Karen Garner

Shaping a global women's agenda

Women's NGOs and global governance, 1925-85

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Produktbeschreibung

Shaping a global women's agenda documents the crucial and central role of women's international organisations played at the League of Nations and at the United Nations as the NGOs interjected concerns for women's and human rights into the global governance system. -- .

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Manchester University Press
• Seitenzahl: 328
• Erscheinungstermin: 28. Februar 2013
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 156mm x 18mm
• Gewicht: 482g
• ISBN-13: 9780719088988
• ISBN-10: 0719088984
• Artikelnr.: 36340270

Autorenporträt

Karen Garner is Professor of Historical Studies at SUNY Empire State University. She is a Fulbright Scholar and author of five academic books including Shaping a Global Women's Agenda: Women's NGOs and Global Governance, 1925-85, published by MUP in 2010

Inhaltsangabe

List of photos Acknowledgements Introduction Part I. Women's international
organisations and the politics of disarmament, 1925-40 1. World War I and
its aftermath 2. Working for disarmament and peace 3. The peace is
threatened 4. Hopes dim Part II. Women's international organisations and
the politics of war and cold war 5. World War II activism and service 6.
Forging a role at the United Nations 7. Allied post-war reconstruction
projects 8. The cold war Part III. Women's international organisations and
the politics of the UN Decade for Women 9. Transforming the United Nations
development agenda 10. International Women's Year 11. Taking 'women'
seriously at the United Nations 12. Concluding the UN Decade for Women
Conclusion Appendix: International Women's Year tribune schedule of events
Select bibliography Index