Title: Working Women: Stories of Strife, Struggle and Survival
Abstract: Foreword - Harsh Suri PART I: STRUGGLES IN THE WORKPLACE Experiences of a Black South African Woman - Thenjiwe Magwaza Single Motherhood in America: My Struggle - Heide Kaminski Redefining the Meaning of Work - Millicent Daweti Moving and Mixing: Stories of Migrant Women in New Zealand - Maureen Lewis PART II: EXPLOITATION IN THE WORKPLACE Homeless Women and the Choices They Make - Kay Sexton Pencilled in at the Margins: Dealing with Bullies at Work - Shelda Debowski Gender Equity in a Post-Apartheid South Africa - Shirley Mthethwa-Sommers In Search of a Title - Lynne Hunt PART III: HEALTH AND WELLNESS Our Lives with Mother and Alzheimer's Illness - Arlene Fester 'Openly Positive': Living and Working with HIV/AIDS - Nokujabula Myeza and Dennis Francis Children Left Behind: Voices(Ukhuhebeza) of HIV+ Mothers - Nirmala Gopal and Reshma Sookrajh PART IV: HAVING FAITH: RELIGIOUS AND SPIRITUAL JOURNEYS Cultural Identities of South African Hindu Women - Sheila Chirkut Spiritual Strength in Overcoming Adversity - Anniekie Ravhudzulo Finding Work in the New Democracy - Arlene Fester PART V: FINDING SPACES: WOMEN'S EMPOWERMENT Living and Working in Calcutta: Jane's Story - Robyn Andrews Surviving with a Disability in New York City - Diane Saarinen Gendered Spaces: Men in Women's Places Vivian - Vivian Besen Ojong Poverty, Empowerment and Grass-roots Democracy: Defining Participatory Approaches - Sita Venkateswar PART VI: CONCLUSION Locating Women's Struggles in a Cultural Context - Fay Patel
Publication Year: 2009
Publication Date: 2009-01-01
Language: en
Type: book
Indexed In: ['crossref']
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