Brave Women

What does it mean to fight for women's rights in the 21st century? Around the globe, women stand up to repression, violence, and authoritarianism to make demands for justice. Against the odds and often risking their safety, such women dedicate their lives to a vision of a more equal future. The book takes readers from Burundi to Mexico, from Myanmar to South Africa. In each chapter, activists and academics partner to write compelling accounts of their struggles to advance women's issues on the ground. From women's efforts to prevent sexual violence in Colombia to their protests against the Taliban in Afghanistan, the authors weave stories from across the globe to show the rich diversity of women's struggles. The volume is the product of years of conversations and collaborations across continents, from Peru to Georgia to Brazil. It reveals the ways in which women's journeys, although different in content, overlap in meaning and the overarching goal to protect, empower, and ensure the rights of women in all their diversity. This book has been written to appeal to a general audience interested in the fight for women's rights around the world. It will also be appealing to students and researchers across feminist and gender studies, sociology, politics, and international relations.

Bridges the gap between activists and academics to narrate and contextualize brave women's struggles across the world Connects to a broad global audience by avoiding jargon and allowing women to speak in their own voices Demonstrates the breadth and diversity of contexts in which women are fighting for their rights

Autorentext

Julia Zulver is a Wallenberg Academy Fellow at the Swedish Defence University. Her research focuses on feminist response to patriarchal backlash after conflict. She is a Senior Researcher at Ladysmith.

Kiran Stallone is an independent researcher living in Bogotá, Colombia. She focuses on armed conflict and gender, and currently works as a Senior Researcher at Ladysmith.

Inhalt

Chapter 1. Introduction.- Chapter 2. Silences that Speak: Deciphering the Unsaid while Protecting Women in Colombia.- Chapter 3. Inés Fernandez and the Me'phaa Ambassadors in Guerrero, Mexico.- Chapter 4. Ancestrality and the fight for the right to self-representation: The political struggle of enslaved people's great-granddaughters in Brazil.- Chapter 5. My biggest achievement was to be myself. Trans Activism in Peru.- Chapter 6. Practices of love and care in the Women's Advocacy Network, northern Uganda.- Chapter 7. Feminist Activism in Exile: Burundi's Mouvement Inamahoro.- Chapter 8. The Politics of Care in the Fight Against Domestic Violence: Community-Coordinated Safety and Collective Care in South Africa.- Chapter 9. Transformative Activism: Women's Peace Efforts within Conflict-Affected Populations in Georgia.- Chapter 10. I'd rather create my own table than sit where I am not wanted. A conversation between Stella Naw and Jenny Hedström about Myanmar.- Chapter 11. Pretty Purposed: A Social Justice Partnership for Black Girls in Virginia, United States.