Voicing Demands Feminist Activism In Transnational Contexts Nazneen by Nazneen, Sohela, Editor; Sultan, Maheen, Editor instant download after payment.

1 online resource, Based on first-hand narratives that combine the experience and analyses of feminist activist-researchers across four continents, this book departs from the existing debates on women's participation in formal institutions in favour of a more radical political engagement. Voicing Demands offers an investigation of how feminist activism builds strong constituencies through legitimizing women's voices in different contexts and the impact of these strategies and processes on women's citizenship, Print version record, Includes bibliographical references and index, Introduction: Voicing Demands: Feminist Activism in Transitional Contexts -- Sohela Nazneen and Maheen Sultan 1. Well-Chosen Compromises? Feminists Legitimizing Voice in Bangladesh -- Sohela Nazneen and Maheen Sultan 2. Feminisms in Brazil: Voicing and Channelling Women's Diverse Demands -- Cecilia M.B. Sardenberg and Ana Alice Alcantara Costa 3. The South African Revolution: Protracted or Postponed? -- Gertrude Fester 4. Voicing Autonomy through Citizenship: The Regional Nationality Campaign and Morocco -- Alexandra Pittman and Rabéa Naciri 5. Motivated by Dictatorship, Muted by Democracy: Articulating Women's Rights in Pakistan -- Afiya Shehrbano Zia 6. Feminist Voices and the Regulation, Islamization and Quango-ization of Women's Activism in Mubarak's Egypt -- Mariz Tadros 7. The Many Faces of Feminism: Palestinian Women's Movements Finding a Voice -- Elieen Kuttab