Gender Equality in a Global Perspective looks to discuss whether Gender Equality can be adopted as it has been defined in international documents anywhere, or whether it needs to be adapted in a more local context; discuss which factors and perspectives need to be taken into account when adapting Gender Equality to specific contexts; suggest research approaches for studies on whether a universal (Western) concept of Gender Equality fits in certain specific contexts; and finally suggests challenges to the existing interpretation of Gender Equality (e.g., theory of intersectionality); and the development of legal and policy framework.

Table of Contents

• List of Figures and Tables
• Contributor Presentations
• Preface
• Part I Background and Introduction
• 1 Introduction: Different Dimensions of Gender Equality in a Comparative Perspective - SNJEŽANA VASILJEVIĆ, RAILI MARLING AND ANDERS ÖRTENBLAD
• Part II Examining Gender Equality in a Global Perspective
• 2 Gender Equality in Nigeria - FUNMI JOSEPHINE PARA-MALLAM
• 3 Gender Equality in the Arab and Muslim World: Whither Post-Revolutionary Egypt? - MOHAMED ARAFA AND AHMED EL-ASHRY
• 4 (Un)doing Gender Equality in China - YAN ZHAO
• 5 A “Fair Go” in the Lucky Country? Gender Equality and the Australian Case - ARCHANA PREETI VOOLA, KARA BEAVIS AND ANURADHA MUNDKUR
• 6 Gender Equality in Uruguay - ALMA ESPINO
• 7 Structural and Ideological Gender Equality in Mexico - SONIA M. FRÍAS
• 8 Gender Equality in the United States - COLLEEN E. ARENDT AND PATRICE M. BUZZANELL
• 9 Gender Equality in Serbia - SUZANA IGNJATOVIĆ AND ALEKSANDAR BOŠKOVIĆ
• 10 Gender Equality in Croatia - SNJEŽANA VASILJEVIĆ
• 11 Gender Equality in Estonia - RAILI MARLING
• Part III Comments and Conclusions
• 12 Commentary: The Nature and Impact of Gender Equality Initiatives Around the Globe—Tensions and Paradoxes - PATRICE M. BUZZANELL
• 13 Conclusion - RAILI MARLING, SNJEŽANA VASILJEVIĆ AND ANDERS ÖRTENBLAD