Women's Evolving Lives Global and Psychosocial Perspectives /

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Brown, Carrie M. (Editor), Gielen, Uwe P. (Editor), Gibbons, Judith L. (Editor), Kuriansky, Judy (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2017.
• Subjects: Psychology.; Ethnology.; Social work.; Sociology.; Sex (Psychology).; Gender expression.; Gender identity.; Gender Studies.; Social Work.; Social Anthropology.

This wide-ranging collection analyzes the status and advancement of women both in a national context and collectively on a global scale, as a powerful social force in a rapidly evolving world. The countries studied—China, India, Indonesia, Iran, Egypt, Cameroon, South Africa, Italy, France, Brazil,...

Table of Contents:

• The Status of Women: Worldwide Trends
• Women’s Lives in Contemporary Chinese Societies
• About Asian Indian Women: Stereotypes, Fabrications, and Lived Realities
• Women in Indonesia
• Women in Iran
• Women in Egypt
• Psychosocial Perspectives of Cameroonian Women
• Women in South Africa: Striving for Full Equality Post-Apartheid
• Women’s Identities and Roles in Italy
• Women Today in French Society
• The Status of Women: Brazil
• Women in Mexico: Advances in Their Status and Well-being
• Women in Belize
• Women in the United States.