Een evaluatie, aan de hand van een reeks case-studies, van de impact van het economisch beleid van het Internationaal Muntfonds en de Wereldbank op vrouwen in de ontwikkelingslanden, met onder meer aandacht voor het gevoerde overheidsbeleid en de impact van de door de internationale instanties opgelegde maatregelen op plattelandsvrouwen.

Based on surveys, laboratory research, formal empirical investigations into women's development, as well as newspaper reports, women's fiction and autobiographical material, Lott examines the lifelong process of gender learning. She describes how girls and women acquire female traits, and how situational and cultural demands affect the gender process. She explains how the process of socialization--from being born a female to becoming a culturally defined woman--affects a woman throughout her life, from prenatal development through old age, shaping her behavior, beliefs, and attitudes, and her relationships with children, men, and other women. Lott also examines women's current multiple roles as well as the wider range of possibilities the women today share with men. ISBN 0-534-07440-5 (pbk.): $16.00.

As we face global challenges like climate change and inequality, what if women could use their investments to build a cleaner, fairer and more sustainable world? Financial feminism – the belief in the financial equality of women – has been gathering momentum, largely in the context of the gender pay gap: on average a woman earns 80% of what a man does. But there’s another gap – the gender investing gap – which shows women are investing less than men, saving less for retirement and parking more in cash. When compounded by the gender pay gap, this results in a significant shortfall, but there’s more to financial feminism than simply addressing these gaps: women also care about where their money is invested and the impact it can have. In this practical and accessible guide, sustainable investing expert Jessica Robinson shows how through financial feminism, women can use their financial power to invest in a sustainable future and build the kind of world they want to live in. With jargon-free explanations and real-world examples, she demystifies the financial services industry, breaks down just what sustainable investing is and demonstrates the societal and environmental impact of the investment decisions we make. Arming women with the information they need to get started – and keep going – she hopes that more women will embrace financial feminism, invest to grow their own wealth and, in doing so, use their financial decisions to demand a better world.

This sequel to "Behind with the Laundry and Living Off Chocolate" maintains that the cause of many women's financial problems is often rooted in their emotional lives. Lynette Allen shows how women of any age can discover alternative and more constructive ways of getting in better financial shape.

Have you ever sat back and wondered why your life is going the way it is? Have you ever sat back and really examined why you are in a situation that could have been avoided? Or maybe pondered over scenes in your life that has fostered a broken heart? Maybe you have been caught up with situations where you relied on strength of others. Whatever your case, "Who's gonna pay the mortgage" introduces women from every walk of life to a different point of view, no matter what their situation. This is a powerful adaptation of how everyday women, like you and I, deal with matters of self-love and relationship recoveries. The book is broken down into elements that help women "re-discover" and in some cases "re-invent" their selves to become more positive in every aspect of their lives. The book opens with "I Female," a tribute to the female empowerment. It allows us to be able to look into ourselves, as strong individuals and not just survivors or victims. It also reminds us that we as women are critically needed. Because of this need, we often forget about our own needs as individuals. The book also ventures into places normally not visited by female authors. "Don't Fall In Love with the Cover" is an eye opening chapter that emphasizes on looking beyond the normal protocol when you are trying to find a mate. This chapter holds no punches because it goes straight to the source of what women target. It takes us down the path that we normally don't revisit to show us where we fall short when we make decisions. It further goes into how we "pick" our man by their external attributes, and not by their value. In the end, we travel from man to man because "men are all the same." Yet in contrast, it is not the men that are the same it was in essence your mistake for falling in love with what you saw or thought he had. This is a wonderful chapter that will raise brows for some, and invoke laughter from others. This book was written out of love for our sisters. The ones who have been through, the ones that are going through, and the young ones whose journey has just begun. "Who's gonna pay the Mortgage" has nothing to do with a financial status or finding someone to pay your bills. It has everything to do with getting yourself right and preparing yourselves for what lies ahead. It also arms the reader with powerful tools so they can be able to recognize the sometimes "unrecognizable." In total, this book, "Who's gonna pay the Mortgage" breaks us out from the norms of how we as females live our lives. It gives us two very different points of views from two very different individuals. This book was not written as a beat down to our brothers. It was written to be used as an awakening. An awakening that lies in the souls of all women. Furthermore, it is our sincere hope that the reader is as captivated with the contents as we were in writing "Who's gonna pay the Mortgage"?

The book that “has helped to make transnational analyses of reproductive labor central to our understanding of race and gender in the twenty-first century” (Angela Y. Davis, author of Freedom Is a Constant Struggle). Illegal. Unamerican. Disposable. In a nation with an unprecedented history of immigration, the prevailing image of those who cross our borders in search of equal opportunity is that of a drain. Grace Chang’s vital account of immigrant women—who work as nannies, domestic workers, janitors, nursing aides, and homecare workers—proves just the opposite: the women who perform our least desirable jobs are the most crucial to our economy and society. Disposable Domestics highlights the unrewarded work immigrant women perform as caregivers, cleaners, and servers and shows how these women are actively resisting the exploitation they face. “As timely and relevant now as it was when it was first written . . . reveals a long history of collusion between the U.S. government, the IMF and World Bank, corporations, and private employers to create and maintain a super-exploited, low-wage, female labor force of caregivers and cleaners.” —Robin D. G. Kelley, author of Hammer and Hoe “Grace Chang’s nuanced analysis of our immigration policy and the devastating consequences of global capitalism captures the experiences of poor immigrant women of color. Disposable Domestics reveals how these women, servicing the economy as domestics, nannies, maids, and janitors, are vilified by politicians and the media.” —Mary Romero, author of The Maid’s Daughter “Refusing to segregate people, places, or processes, Disposable Domestics reorganizes our capacity to think powerfully about the world in which the struggle for social justice is too often imperiled by certain kinds of partiality.” —Ruth Wilson Gilmore, author of Change Everything