The Multimedia Encyclopedia of Women in Today's World provides a vibrant collection of entries dealing with contemporary women's issues around the world.

Table of Contents

• Introduction
• Reader's Guide
• List of Contributors
• Chronology
• A
• ABANTU (AFRICA)
• ABDI DEKHA IBRAHIM
• ABDULLAH KULSOOM
• ABORTION LAWS, U.S.
• ACADEMIC MEDICINE (WOMEN IN)
• ACADEMY FOR GIRLS, THE KAKENYA CENTER FOR EXCELLENCE
• AFGHAN ALL WOMAN POLICE FORCE
• AFRICAN GENDER INSTITUTE
• AGRICULTURE/FOOD SECURITY
• AL NUMERY REEM
• AL ZAYANI AFNAN
• AL-OBEIDI EMAN
• ALBANIA
• ALGERIA
• ALI NUJOOD
• ALL-CHINA WOMEN'S FEDERATION
• ALLEN FRANCES E.
• AMERICAN FOLK MUSIC (WOMEN IN)
• ANDRABI ASIYA
• ANTHROPOLOGY (WOMEN IN)
• ANTONI JANINE
• ARAB SPRING, WOMEN'S ROLE IN
• ARAB WOMEN'S SOLIDARITY ASSOCIATION (AWSA)
• ARABENA KERRY
• ARCHAEOLOGY (WOMEN IN)
• ARV VAGINAL RING
• ASETOYER CHARON
• ASHOKA'S CHANGEMAKERS
• ASHTIANI SAKINEH MOHAMMAD
• ASSOCIATION FOR WOMEN IN SCIENCE
• ASSOCIATION OF TUNISIAN WOMEN FOR RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT (AFTURD)
• ASSOCIATION OF WOMEN INDUSTRIAL DESIGNERS (AWID)
• AUFIERO LILIANA
• B
• B.A.B.E. (BE ACTIVE, BE EMANCIPATED)
• BACHMANN MICHELE
• BAIR SHEILA COLLEEN
• BALLROOM DANCING
• BARRIERS TO WOMEN SCIENTISTS IN ENTREPRENEURSHIP
• BEAD FOR LIFE
• BEADS FOR EDUCATION
• BECOMING AN OUTDOORS-WOMAN (BOW) PROGRAM
• BEDE TRIBE OF BANGLADESH
• BELLY DANCE
• BENJAMIN REGINA
• BIBI ASIA
• BICAMERAL WOMEN'S CAUCUS
• BIG FAT GYPSY WEDDINGS (TV SHOW)
• BIOETHICS, AS WOMEN'S ISSUE
• BIRTH DEFECTS
• BJÖRK
• BLIGH ANNA
• BOLIVIA
• BOOBQUAKE AND BRAINQUAKE
• BOYLE SUSAN
• BRAVO ALEJANDRA
• BRAZILIAN BIKINI WAX
• BREAD FOR LIFE
• BREAST AUGMENTATION
• BREAST CANCER, TARGETED THERAPIES FOR
• BROKEN BROWN EGG, THE
• BULLYING
• BURNS URSULA
• BURQA BAN LAWS, EUROPEAN
• BUSH FAYE
• BUTTERFLY JULIA
• C
• CARO ISABELLE
• CARTER MAJORA
• CASE NEKO
• CASTRO PANMELA
• CENTER FOR BIO-ETHICAL REFORM
• CERAMICS (WOMEN IN)
• CHAKRAVARTY INDIRA
• CHANIN NATALIE
• CHEERLEADING
• CHEFS FEMALE
• CHEN SHU-CHU
• CHICANA LABOR RIGHTS ACTIVISM
• CHILD MALNUTRITION, AS WOMEN'S ISSUE
• CHILD MARRIAGE, ACTIVISM AGAINST
• CHILDHOOD OBESITY, AS A WOMEN'S ISSUE (OR ACTIVISM AGAINST)
• CHINA ASSOCIATION OF WOMEN ENTREPRENEURS
• CHRISTIAN RECONSTRUCTIONISM
• CHUA AMY (TIGER MOM)
• COGNITIVE IMPAIRMENT IN WOMEN, AGE-RELATED
• COMBAT (WOMEN IN)
• COMBAT, IRAQ AND AFGHANISTAN (WOMEN IN)
• COMMUNITY-BASED GRANTS FOR WOMEN IN MALE-DOMINATED OCCUPATIONS
• CONCERNED WOMEN FOR AMERICA
• CONKEY MARGARET
• CONSERVATIVE WOMEN'S ORGANISATION
• COUNCIL ON BIBLICAL MANHOOD AND WOMANHOOD
• CRAFTIVISM
• CUSTOMARY LAWS, IMPACT ON WOMEN
• CYBERFEMINISM
• D
• DAI QING
• DANTICAT EDWIDGE
• DAUGHTERS OF MUMBI
• DAVIS-KIMBALL JEANNINE
• DE LA PARRA ALONDRA
• DESPERATE HOUSEWIVES
• DIOGO LUISA
• DISABILITY RIGHTS ACTIVISM (WOMEN IN)
• “DON'T ASK, DON'T TELL” POLICY, U.S. ARMED SERVICES
• DOVE RITA
• DOWRY DEATHS
• E
• ECOLOGY (WOMEN IN)
• EGYPTIAN WOMEN'S MEDIA ISSUES
• EL RIDI RASHIKA
• EL-SAADAWI NAWAL
• ELLAONE
• ELLIOTT MISSY
• ENNIS JESSICA
• ENVIRONMENTAL TOXINS, WOMEN'S HEALTH AND
• EQUALITY MINISTRY, SPANISH
• ÉVORA CESÁRIA
• EXERCISE SCIENCE
• F
• FACEBOOK, WOMEN'S USE OF
• FAKE CATERINA
• FASHION DESIGN (WOMEN IN)
• FASHION DESIGN IN SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA
• FEMINISM ARAB
• FEMINISM, FRENCH
• FEMINISM, JEWISH
• FEMINISM, SEX-POSITIVE
• FEMINIST PERFORMANCE ART
• FERGUSON GOGO
• FERGUSON V. CITY OF CHARLESTON
• FERREIRA JULIANA MACHADO
• FETAL HOMICIDE LAWS
• FEY TINA
• FIEDLER MAUREEN
• FINANCE (WOMEN IN)
• FIORINA CARLY
• FIRST BLOOD CELEBRATIONS
• FORESTRY (WOMEN IN)
• G
• GABRE-MADHIN ELENI
• GALLOP CINDY (MAKELOVENOTPORN.COM)
• GAO YAOJIE
• GAP YEAR
• GATES CELIA
• GATES MELINDA
• GENDERCIDE
• GENETICS (WOMEN IN)
• GEOGRAPHY (WOMEN IN)
• GIFFORDS GABRIELLE
• GILLARD JULIA
• GIRL CLIQUES (“QUEEN BEES”)
• GIRLS EDUCATION MOVEMENT (AFRICA)
• GIVE AN HOUR
• GLEICHSTELLUNGSPOLITIK (GENDER EQUALITY POLITICS IN GERMANY)
• GLOBAL FUND FOR WOMEN
• GLOBAL GENDER GAP REPORT 2011
• GOLDMAN SACHS “10,000 WOMEN” PROJECT
• GOODALL JANE
• GOSSELIN KATE
• GRAY KATHRYN AURORA
• GREER BETSY
• GUND KWOK ASIAN WOMEN'S LION & DRAGON DANCE TROUPE
• GUNS AND GUN USE
• GUO JIANMEI
• GUPTE LALITA
• H
• HADID ZAHA
• HAMBURG MARGARET
• HAMILTON VIJALI
• HARAWAY DONNA
• HAYEK SALMA
• HEADS OF STATE, FEMALE
• HEADSCARVES ON WOMEN IN SECULAR TURKEY
• HEAL AFRICA
• HIGDON JENNIFER
• HIGHER EDUCATION, DIVERSITY ISSUES IN
• HIJABISTAS
• HILAL HISSA
• HIRSI ALI AYAAN
• HOCKEY FIELD
• HOME SCHOOLING
• HOOKING-UP
• HOU WENZHUO
• HOUSING, EFFECTS ON WOMEN'S HEALTH (CANADA)
• HUERTA DOLORES
• HUMAN HAIR WEAVING
• HUMAN RIGHTS ACTIVISM
• HUMAN TRAFFICKING ACTIVISM
• HUSSEIN LUBNA
• I
• ILLITERACY, AS WOMEN'S ISSUE
• IMMIGRANT RIGHTS, AS WOMEN'S ISSUE
• INCONTINENCE AND WOMEN'S SPORTS
• INDIE MUSIC (WOMEN IN)
• INFANT MORTALITY RATE IN NATIVE HAWAI‘IANS
• INFIDELITY
• INFORMAL ECONOMY (WOMEN IN)
• INSTITUTE FOR HUMAN AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT (HAITI)
• INTERNATIONAL ALLIANCE FOR WOMEN IN MUSIC
• INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF WOMEN JUDGES
• INTERNATIONAL CENTER FOR RESEARCH ON WOMEN
• INTERNATIONAL COUNCIL OF THIRTEEN INDIGENOUS GRANDMOTHERS
• INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATION FOR WOMEN AND DEVELOPMENT (IOWD)
• INTERNATIONAL PROTECTING GIRLS BY PREVENTING CHILD MARRIAGE ACT OF 2009
• INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION, APRIL 2010
• INTERNATIONAL VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN ACT
• INTERNATIONAL WOMEN'S BRASS CONFERENCE
• INTERNATIONAL WOMEN'S DEMOCRACY CENTER (IWDC)
• INTERNATIONAL WOMEN'S HEALTH COALITION
• INTERNET SOCIAL NETWORKING
• INTERNET/TECHNOLOGY ENTREPRENEURS, WOMEN
• IRAN, MARRIAGE IN (AGE OF WOMEN)
• IRELAND
• ISRAEL
• ISRAEL HEALTH ADVANCEMENT FOR WOMEN (ISHA)
• J
• JACKLEY JESSICA
• JACKSON LISA
• JALALAI ROBINA MUQIMYAR
• JAMALZADAH MOZHDAH
• JANE JACOBS MEDAL
• JAPANESE STREET FASHION
• JAZZ (WOMEN IN)
• JEPSEN MARY LOU
• JERUSALEM CENTER FOR WOMEN
• JOHNSON BETSEY
• K
• KABBALAH
• KAGAN ELENA
• KEEHAN, SISTER CAROL (DAUGHTER OF CHARITY)
• KELLY MARY
• KIM MIRU
• KIM SUNG-JOO
• KIMSOOJA
• KNOX AMANDA
• KRAUSS ALISON
• L
• LABOR UNIONS (WOMEN'S PARTICIPATION IN)
• LADIES WHO LAUNCH
• LADY BOYS, TRANSGENDER IN THAILAND
• LAGARDE CHRISTINE
• LAWLESS LANA
• LEADERSHIP, UNDER-REPRESENTATION OF WOMEN IN INTERNATIONAL EDUCATIONAL POSITIONS
• LEBANON
• LESBIAN EXPERIMENTATION
• LESBIANS
• LEVY ANDREA
• LIBYA
• LIPSTICK LESBIANS
• LITTLE DRAGON
• LOVE DOLLS
• LUPUS AND U.S. MINORITY WOMEN
• LUSI LYN
• M
• MACHEL GRAÇA
• MAGICIANS AND ILLUSIONISTS, FEMALE
• MAI MUKHTAR
• MAM SOMALY
• MAMA CASH
• MAMAWASIS (PERU)
• MAPUTO PROTOCOL
• MARKOWITZ JESSICA
• MARRIAGE RATESCOMPARED INTERNATIONALLY
• MARTIN CHRISTY
• MATERNAL MORTALITY
• MATTHEW SHEPARD AND JAMES BYRD JR. HATE CRIMES PREVENTION ACT
• MAZUMAR-SHAW KIRAN
• MCMILLEN CONSTANCE
• MEHTA DEEPA
• MENTAL ILLNESS: BIASES IN DIAGNOSIS
• MEXICAN ASSOCIATION OF WOMEN ENTREPRENEURS (AMMJE)
• MEXICAN NETWORK FOR SEXUAL AND REPRODUCTIVE RIGHTS (DDESER)
• MEYER STEPHENIE
• MICROENTERPRISE DEVELOPMENT
• MIDDLE EAST AND NORTH AFRICA BUSINESSWOMEN’S NETWORK (MENA BWN)
• MIDDLETON KATE
• MIGRANT WOMEN
• MIKVAH, IN CONTEMPORARY JEWISH PRACTICE
• MILITARY/ARMY FAMILY ISSUES (U.S.)
• MILLENNIAL GENERATION
• MINASHITA KIRIU
• MIRREN HELEN
• MISCARRIAGE, ARTIFICIAL (CHINA)
• MODELS, FEMALE
• MOGAHED DALIA
• MOKH ALEXANDRA
• MORGA ALICIA
• MORPARIA KALPANA
• MOTHER ANTONIA
• MOTHER MEERA (KAMALA REDDY)
• MOTHERHOOD
• MOUNTAIN/ROCK CLIMBING
• MSLEXIA (BRITISH MAGAZINE)
• MUJAHIDAT
• MULLINS AIMEE
• MURKOWSKI LISA
• MURSHIDAT
• MUSIIMENTA PEACE
• N
• NA LI
• NATIONAL CONGRESS OF AUSTRALIA’S FIRST PEOPLES (NCAFP)
• NATIONAL COORDINATING COMMITTEE OF PEASANT WOMEN (KONAFAP)
• NATIONAL COUNCIL OF THE ROMA NATIONAL MINORITY (SERBIA)
• NATIONAL WOMEN’S COUNCIL OF IRELAND
• NATIONAL WOMEN’S LAW CENTER (U.S.)
• NATIONAL WOMEN’S SERVICE (CHILE)
• NATURAL DISASTERS, IMPACT ON WOMEN
• NEVE TIRTZA WOMEN'S PRISON (ISRAEL)
• NEW ATHEISM
• NIGERIAN WOMEN ENTREPRENEURS IN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
• NISAA FM
• NO WOMAN, NO CRY
• NOËL KETTLY
• NOVOGRATZ JACQUELINE
• O
• OBEDIENT WIVES CLUB (MALAYSIA)
• OCEANOGRAPHY/MARINE BIOLOGY (WOMEN IN)
• O'DONNELL CHRISTINE
• OLSON NINA E.
• ONLINE NEWS (WOMEN IN)
• OPERA (WOMEN IN)
• ORCHESTRAS, GENDER BIAS IN
• ORGANIZATION FOR WOMEN IN SCIENCE FOR THE DEVELOPING WORLD
• ORTNER SHERRY
• OSTROM ELINOR
• P
• PAKISTAN
• PAKISTAN FEDERATION OF BUSINESS AND PROFESSIONAL WOMEN
• PALIN BRISTOL
• PARIKRMA HUMANITY FOUNDATION (INDIA)
• PEACE BUILDING/CONFLICT RESOLUTION (WOMEN IN)
• PEASE JANINE
• PENDUKA
• PERRY KATY
• PERSAD-BISSESSAR KAMLA
• PHILOSOPHY, WOMEN IN
• PHOTOJOURNALISM (WOMEN IN)
• PIC ANNE-SOPHIE
• PINK PISTOLS
• PLAYWRIGHTS, FEMALE
• POETS, FEMALE, WORLDWIDE
• POLAND
• POLITICIANS’ WIVES (CHANGING ROLES)
• POLITKOVSKAYA ANNA
• POP MUSIC AND YOUNG GIRLS
• PORNOGRAPHY, FEMINIST CRITIQUES OF
• PORTUGAL: LEGALIZED ABORTION
• POSTCOLONIALISM, IMPACT ON WOMEN
• PREGNANCY-RELATED DEATHS IN AFRICAN AMERICAN WOMEN
• PROTESTS, WOMEN-LED
• PUBLIC HEALTH (WOMEN IN)
• PURE FASHION: A CELEBRATION OF STYLE AND VIRTUE
• R
• RADIO (WOMEN IN)
• RADIO MONALISA
• RAPE, DOCUMENTING IN AFRICA
• RAPE-AXE
• RASTAFARIANISM
• REACH ALL WOMEN IN WAR
• REAL MEN DON'T BUY GIRLS CAMPAIGN
• REBECCA PROJECT, THE
• REFUGEE WOMEN
• RELIGION, LIMITING EFFECTS ON EDUCATION FOR GIRLS
• REPRESENTATION OF WOMEN IN GOVERNMENT, INTERNATIONAL
• REPRESENTATION OF WOMEN IN GOVERNMENT, U.S.
• REPRODUCTIVE AND SEXUAL HEALTH RIGHTS
• REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH ISSUES
• REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH, ENVIRONMENTAL EFFECTS ON
• ROCKEFELLER SUSAN
• ROMANCE TELEVISION SHOWS, FRENCH
• ROMANIAN WITCHES
• ROTH GABRIELLE
• ROUNDTABLE FOR WOMEN IN FOODSERVICE
• ROUSSEFF, “IRON LADY” DILMA
• ROWERS, WOMEN
• ROYAL, SÉGOLÈNE
• RUINED
• RUN LIKE A GIRL: HOW STRONG WOMEN MAKE HAPPY LIVES
• S
• SALEH SU'AD
• SALSA DANCING
• SAME-SEX MARRIAGE
• SAPPHO'S GIRLS (SAPPHO'NUN KIZLARI)
• SAVAGE ROZ
• SCHEPER-HUGHES, NANCY
• SCREENWRITERS, FEMALE
• SCULPTURE (WOMEN IN)
• SEAMAN JILL
• SELF-IMMOLATION AMONG CHILD BRIDES (AFGHANISTAN AND INDIA)
• SEMENYA CASTER
• SEQUEIRA AARTI
• SERONDE ADELE
• SEWING FOR PEACE
• SEX AND THE CITY
• SEXUAL HARASSMENT/RAPE IN U.S. MILITARY
• SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES, DISPARITIES IN TESTING
• SHARED HOPE INTERNATIONAL
• SHARKEY TINA
• SHINAWATRA YINGLUCK
• SILENT BIRTH (SCIENTOLOGY)
• SINCLAIR STEPHANIE
• SINGERS/SONGWRITERS, FEMALE
• SINHA RASHMI
• SIRLEAF ELLEN JOHNSON
• SISTER MCBRIDE, MARGARET
• SISTER NAMIBIA
• SISTERS IN THE BUILDING TRADES (U.S.)
• SIXTH CLAN
• SKIN BLEACHING
• SLUTWALKS
• SOCIAL ENTREPRENEURSHIP
• SOCIAL WORK (WOMEN IN)
• SOCIOLOGY (WOMEN IN)
• SOUTH AFRICA
• SPEED SISTERS
• SPOTZ KATIE
• SPRINKLE ANNIE
• STEM CELL RESEARCH, RELIGIOUS ARGUMENTS FOR AND AGAINST
• STREET ART (WOMEN IN)
• SURROGATE MOTHERS
• SUSSMAN DEBORAH
• SWING DANCING
• SY OUMOU
• T
• TALIBAN AND EDUCATION FOR GIRLS
• TANNING
• TATARSTAN
• TATTOOS
• TEA PARTY MOVEMENT IN U.S. (WOMEN'S INVOLVEMENT IN)
• TEACH FOR AMERICA
• TEDWOMEN CONFERENCE
• TERRORISM, FEMALE-TARGETED
• TIE STREE SHAKTI (TSS)
• TIPTON JENNIFER
• TOSTAN
• TOXIC TITTIES
• TRAFFICK911
• TRANSGENDERS AND SUICIDE
• TRAORÉ ROKIA
• TRASH COLLECTION AND RECYCLING, AS WOMEN'S ISSUE
• TRASH FASHION DEVELOPMENT FOR WOMEN (AS ECONOMIC INCENTIVE)
• TRAVEL AND TOURISM (WOMEN IN)
• TRIBAL LEADERS, WOMEN AS (U.S.)
• TROTT MENA
• TURKEY
• TWEENS AND TWEEN FASHION
• TWITTER
• U
• UGANDA BAN ON FEMALE GENITAL MUTILATION (2009)
• UNITED KINGDOM
• UNITED NATIONS RESOLUTION 1888
• URBANIZATION, AS WOMEN'S ISSUE
• URUGUAY
• U.S.-EUROPE WORKSHOP ON RESEARCH ON GENDER AND DIVERSITY IN ENGINEERING EDUCATION
• V
• VAGINAL MICROBICIDE GEL
• VAGINAL REJUVENATION SURGERY
• VAMPIRES (AND TWILIGHT PHENOMENON)
• VAN DAHLEN BARBARA
• VEERNI PROJECT
• VEGA MARIA TERESA FERNÁNDEZ DE LA
• VEIL (ISLAM)
• VERTES EVA
• VESICOVAGINAL FISTULA
• VETERAN FEMINISTS OF AMERICA
• VIETNAM WOMEN'S UNION
• VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN ON THE INTERNET
• VIOLENCE ASSOCIATED WITH POLITICAL RHETORIC
• VITAL VOICES
• VIZENOR ERMA J.
• VOICES OF CONSERVATIVE WOMEN
• VON DER LEYEN URSULA
• W
• WALSH FRAN
• WALSHE JENNIFER
• WANNIER LOUISE
• WATERING OF THE GIRLS (HUNGARY)
• WEB DESIGN, WOMEN IN
• WEEMS RENITA J.
• WHITE BETTY
• WHITMAN MEG
• WOMEN CHEFS & RESTAURATEURS (WCR)
• WOMEN FOR WOMEN INTERNATIONAL
• WOMEN IN GOVERNMENT FOUNDATION
• WOMEN IN LOCAL GOVERNMENT STRATEGY GROUP (AUSTRALIA)
• WOMEN LIVING UNDER MUSLIM LAWS SOLIDARITY NETWORK
• WOMEN OF LIBERIA MASS ACTION FOR PEACE
• WOMEN 2.0
• WOMEN@NASA (WEBSITE)
• WOMEN'S ASSOCIATION FOOTBALL (FIFA), ATTIRE IN
• WOMEN'S FINANCIAL LITERACY INITIATIVE
• WOMEN'S HANDS NETWORK (RED POR MANOS DE MUJER)
• WOMEN'S HEALTH PROJECT (IRELAND)
• WOMEN'S INSTITUTE FOR FREEDOM OF THE PRESS
• WOMEN'S LEGAL EDUCATION AND ACTION FUND (CANADA)
• WOMEN2DRIVE (SAUDI ARABIA)
• WORLD ECONOMIC FORUM GLOBAL GENDER GAP REPORT (2005)
• WORLDWIDE WOMEN ARTISTS (INTERNET COLLECTIVE)
• WU QING
• X
• XABA NELISIWE
• XIE LIHUA
• XXX LIVE NUDE GIRLS!!!
• Y
• YACOOBI SAKENA
• YEH LILY
• YONATH ADA
• Z
• ZHAN HUIZHEN
• ZIADA DALIA