Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Foreword xi
4. Preface xv
5. List of Abbreviations xix
6. Part I. Setting the Stage
7. Introduction 3
8. 1. Accommodating the Private into the Public Domain: Experiences and Legacies of the Past Four Decades 26
9. Part II. Women, Work, and Families: The Structural Context of Globalization
10. 2. Women’s Work and Neoliberal Globalization: Implications for Gender Equity 47
11. 3. Female-Headed Households and Poverty in Latin America: A Comparison of Cuba, Puerto Rico, and the Dominican Republic 60
12. 4. A “Top-Down”–“Bottom-Up” Model: Four Decades of Women’s Employment and Gender Ideology in Cuba 76
13. Part III. Women’s Agency for Plural Democracy and Full Citizenship
14. 5. The Mothers and Grandmothers of Plaza de Mayo Speak 95
15. 6. Gender Politics in Nicaragua: Feminism, Antifeminism, and the Return of Daniel Ortega 111
16. 7. Haiti: Women in Conquest of Full and Total Citizenship in an Endless Transition 127
17. 8. From Urban Elite to Peasant Organizing: Agendas, Accomplishments, and Challenges of Thirty-plus Years of Guatemalan Feminism, 1975–2007 140
18. Part IV. Broadening the Circle of Women’s Activism: New Meanings from Intersecting Oppressions
19. 9. Women’s Movements in Argentina: Tensions and Articulations 159
20. 10. Advocating for Citizenship and Social Justice: Black Women Activists in Brazil 175
21. 11. Itineraries of Latin American Lesbian Insubordination 187
22. 12. Respect, Discrimination, and Violence: Indigenous Women in Ecuador, 1990–2007 203
23. Part V. Shaping Public Policy with a Gender Perspective
24. 13. Peace Begins at Home: Women’s Struggles against Violence and State Actions in Costa Rica 221
25. 14. New Challenges in Feminist Practice: The Women’s Institutes in Mexico 236
26. 15. Women’s Struggles for Rights in Venezuela: Opportunities and Challenges 255
27. 16. Trickling Up, Down, and Sideways: Gender Policy and Political Opportunity in Brazil 273
28. Part VI. The Politics of Scale: Local, Regional, and Global Feminist Agency
29. 17. From Insurgency to Feminist Struggle: The Search for Social Justice, Democracy, and Equality between Women and Men 291
30. 18. The Latin American Network of Católicas por el Derecho a Decidir 307
31. 19. Constructing New Democratic Paradigms for Global Democracy: The Contribution of Feminisms 319
32. Part VII. Concluding Considerations
33. 20. Concluding Reflections: Renegotiating Gender in Latin America and the Caribbean 337
34. Notes on Contributors 353
35. Index 359