Governing in a Global World

Maria J. D’Agostino is Chair and Associate Professor in the Department of Public Management at John Jay College of Criminal Justice. She is also a member of the UNDP roster of experts in Gender Equality and Women’s Empowerment in Public Administration and co-founder of Women in the Public Sector at John Jay College. She is the guest editor of the Women and Public Administration Symposium recently published in Administration & Society and is a recipient of the Faculty Mid-Career Research Award. Marilyn Marks Rubin is a professor at John Jay College of the City University of New York and is Director of the College’s MPA Program. She has been a consultant on fiscal policy, economic development and strategic planning for US municipal, state and federal entities and has authored several publications on fiscal policy and budget-related issues. Rubin is a Fellow in the National Academy of Public Administration (NAPA).

Preface 1. Women in Public Service: A Long Slow Path to Gender Equality [Marilyn Marks Rubin] 2. A Global Comparison of Women in the Workforce: Moving Toward Innovative Solutions [Helisse Levine and Maria J. D’Agostino] 3. Changing Perspectives on Women in Public Service: A Short History of Attitudes and Practices [Camilla Stivers] 4. Breaking the Mold: Women as International Leaders [Mary E. Guy and Samantha J. Larson] 5. Gender Equality and the Ballot Box: The Global Situation of Women Legislators [Silvana Koch-Mehrin] 6. Women as Public Sector Leaders: A Long Way from Gender Parity [Uschi Schreiber] 7. Equality for Women in Sub-Sahara Africa: Still a Long Road to Travel [Sebawit G. Bishu] 8. Latin American Women in Public Service: Progress, but not yet Equality [Melissa Gomez Hernandez] 9. Women in Leadership Positions in the Middle East: A Region of Gender Equality Paradoxes [Ghada Barsoum] 10. Women Governing: The Egyptian Perspective [Laila El Baradei] 11. Women Governing in China: Not Yet Holding Up Half the Sky[Marilyn Marks Rubin and Wenxuan Yu] 12. Women in International NGOs: Status, Challenges, And Opportunities [Shamima Ahmed] 13. Time to Care: Paid Family Leave as Baseline Support for Gender Equality in Employment [Deborah Brennan and Sue Williamson] 14. Institutional Mechanisms for Advancing Gender Equity in Educating for the Public Service [Nadia Rubaii] 15. Gender Equity Worldwide: Where We Are and Where to From Here? [Sharon Mastracci]