TY - BOOK AU - Billson, Janet Mancini, ed. AU - Fluehr-Lobban, Carolyn, ed. TI - Female well-being: toward a global theory of social change SN - 1842770098 U1 - 303.4 PY - 2005/// CY - London PB - Zed Books KW - Women--Health and hygiene KW - Women--Social conditions KW - Maternal and infant welfare KW - Women in development N1 - The twentieth century as a transformative time for women / Janet Mancini Billson, Caroly Fluehr-Lobban -- The complexities of defining a female well-being / Janet Mancini Billson -- A critique of social change theories / Carolyn Fluehr-Lobban, Janet Mancini Billson -- Women in Bangladesh: a journey in stages / Nasrin Sultana, Alema Karim -- Women in Canada: a century of struggle / Tess Hooks, Patrice Leclerc, Roderic Beaujot -- Women in Colombia: 'you forge your path as you walk' / Elena Garcés de Eder, Adriana Marulanda Herrán -- Women in Croatia: a continuity and change / Vesna Barilar, Zeljka Jelavic, Sandra Prlenda -- Women in Iceland: strong women-myths and contradictions / Thorgerđur Einarsdóttir -- Women in Japan: change and resistance to change / Masako Aiuchi [and others] -- Women in South Africa: crossing the great divides of race and gender / A.M. (Ria) van Niekerk, Jopie van Rooyen -- Women in Sudan: resistance and survival / Carolyn Fluehr-Lobban -- Women in Thailand: changing the paradigm of female well-being / Farung Mee-Udon, Ranee Itarat -- Women in the United Kingdom: the impacts of immigration, 1900-2000 / Erica Halvorsen, Heather Eggins -- Women in the United States of America: the struggle for economic citizenship / Laura Khoury -- Common challenges: factors that enhance or detract from female well-being / Janet Mancini Billson, Carolyn Fluehr-Lobban -- Towards a gendered theory of social change / Carolyn Fluehr-Lobban, Janet Mancini Billson -- Towards a global female well-being / Janet Mancini Billson, Caroyln Fluehr-Lobban ER -