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oapen-20.500.12657-457802020-12-23T02:14:41Z Women's Emancipation and Civil Society Organisations Schwabenland, Christina Lange, Chris Onyx, Jenny Nakagawa, Sachiko Civil Service organisations Civil society Emancipation Feminism Gender Women bic Book Industry Communication::J Society & social sciences::JF Society & culture: general::JFS Social groups::JFSJ Gender studies, gender groups::JFSJ1 Gender studies: women Available Open Access under CC-BY-NC-ND licence Women are at the heart of civil society organisations. Through them they have achieved many successes, challenged oppressive practices at a local and global level and have developed outstanding entrepreneurial activities. Yet Civil Service Organisation (CSO) research tends to ignore considerations of gender and the rich history of activist feminist organisations is rarely examined. This collection examines the nexus between the emancipation of women, and their role(s) in these organisations. Featuring contrasting studies from a wide range of contributors from different parts of the world, it covers emerging issues such as the role of social media in organising, the significance of religion in many cultural contexts, activism in Eastern Europe and the impact of environmental degradation on women’s lives. Asking whether involvement in CSOs offers a potential source of emancipation for women or maintains the status quo, this anthology will also have an impact on policy and practice in relation to equal opportunities. 2020-12-22T13:03:43Z 2020-12-22T13:03:43Z 2016 book ONIX_20201222_9781447324805_7 https://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/45780 eng application/pdf n/a 9781447324805.pdf https://policy.bristoluniversitypress.co.uk/womens-emancipation-and-civil-society-organisations Policy Press 10.47674/9781447324805 10.47674/9781447324805 9899e9d8-3633-4027-a85a-7f6278ed092f Policy Press 388 Bristol, UK open access
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Available Open Access under CC-BY-NC-ND licence Women are at the heart of civil society organisations. Through them they have achieved many successes, challenged oppressive practices at a local and global level and have developed outstanding entrepreneurial activities. Yet Civil Service Organisation (CSO) research tends to ignore considerations of gender and the rich history of activist feminist organisations is rarely examined. This collection examines the nexus between the emancipation of women, and their role(s) in these organisations. Featuring contrasting studies from a wide range of contributors from different parts of the world, it covers emerging issues such as the role of social media in organising, the significance of religion in many cultural contexts, activism in Eastern Europe and the impact of environmental degradation on women’s lives. Asking whether involvement in CSOs offers a potential source of emancipation for women or maintains the status quo, this anthology will also have an impact on policy and practice in relation to equal opportunities.
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