Wednesday, December 17, 2014

Second E-Book of Gender Case Studies Launched!

The Global Network of UNESCO Chairs on Gender celebrates the release of the second e-book of gender case studies: Gender Perspectives in Case Studies across Continents, Volume II, edited by Brenda Gael McSweeney, Initiator of the UNESCO/UNITWIN Network on Gender, Culture, and Development.

This second volume opens with a Foreword by Saniye Gülser Corat, Director for Gender Equality at UNESCO Paris, followed by ten case studies that explore gender equality around the world, and concludes with an Afterword by Gloria Bonder, Coordinator of the Global Network of UNESCO Chairs on Gender anchored in Buenos Aires. The broader themes of this volume are women's political empowerment, economic livelihoods, gender gaps in education, and combatting exploitation. The authors who are UNESCO Chairs, also Partners and Affiliates of the UNESCO/UNITWIN Network share gender perspectives on key challenges in nine countries around the globe. 


Here are the links:

To the volume itself:
http://goo.gl/LX0Q3B

To the Global Network announcement:
catunescomujer.org/globalnetwork/news.html

To the PDF version:
catunescomujer.org/globalnetwork/docs/Ebook2-15Dec2014.pdf

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