Global Status of Women and Girls (eBook)

Lori Underwood is professor of philosophy and dean of the College of Arts & Humanities at Christopher Newport University.Dawn Hutchinson is professor of philosophy and religious studies at Christopher Newport University.

ContentsIntroductionDawn Hutchinson & Lori UnderwoodChapter 1: Dressing the Wound: Dynamics of Sexual Abuse and Recovery within Religious Enclaves”Carolyn Stauffer & Bridget MullinsChapter 2: Ecofeminism: An AnalysisLida SarafrazarpatapehChapter 3: Feminization of Poverty in Pakistan: Sociological AnalysisHamadullah KakepotoChapter 4: Multi-Culturalism and Feminism in Arab-American Poetry: Struggling against StereotypesNadia MohammedChapter 5: Women Religious Working Toward a More Just Women’s Health Care SystemDawn HutchinsonChapter 6: Matrilineal-Matrilocal Arrangements May End Trafficking in Women and ChildrenYasuko SatoChapter 7: Gender Representation in Indian Films: A Response to ‘Gender Bias Without BordersRebecca PetersChapter 8: Perspectives on the Facets of Status of Women in IndiaSimi MehtaChapter 9: Do Muslim Village Girls Need Saving? Critical Reflections on Gender and Childhood Suffering in International AidRania Kassab SweisChapter 10: Women, Agriculture, and Food SecurityJosefa CarandangAbout the Editors and Contributors