Women's Journey to Empowerment in the 21st Century: A Transnational Feminist Analysis of Women's Lives in Modern Times - Hardcover

by Kristen Zaleski (Editor), Annalisa Enrile (Editor), Eugenia L. Weiss (Editor)

Women's Journey to Empowerment in the 21st Century offers a global view into the patriarchal attitudes that shape cultural practices that oppress women and continue to take form in the modern era. In closely examining a range of issues--from the college campus rape epidemic in the United States to the climate change effects in Ghana--this book compels readers to utilize a contextual framework in order to take a closer look into contemporary violence and oppression against women in our world. Written through the lens of transnational feminism, it examines the intersections of nationhood, race, gender, sexuality, and economics within the context of a world shaped by globalization and colonialism, causing the redefinition of borders and the realignment of migration patterns. A transnational feminist perspective also supports a definition of global sisterhood based on equity, understanding, and mutual experiences. Students focusing on social justice, social work, women's studies, feminist theory, and/or violence against women will find the book to be an invaluable resource.

Author Biography

Kristen Zaleski, PhD, MSW, is Clinical Associate Professor in the Suzanne Dworak-Peck School of Social Work at the University of Southern California. Her decade-long work with sexual assault survivors spans inpatient and outpatient settings, and she has a dual specialty in civilian and military sexual trauma. Dr. Zaleski has published research on treatment for sexual assault-related post-traumatic stress disorder as well as sexual violence and rape culture in digital realms.

Annalisa Enrile, PhD, MSW, is Clinical Professor in the Suzanne Dworak-Peck School of Social Work at the University of Southern California. She traces her transnational roots back to the Philippines, where she became a feminist human rights defender and an anti-trafficking warrior. Fighting to end modern day slavery, she continues to work on both sides of the Pacific and across other oceans.

Eugenia L. Weiss, PsyD, LCSW, is Clinical Associate Professor in the Suzanne Dworak-Peck School of Social Work at the University of Southern California and a Senior Associate Dean of Faculty Affairs. For over 18 years, Dr. Weiss maintained a psychotherapy practice serving the Latino/a population and military and veteran families. She is also a Board Member of the Council of Social Work Education (CSWE) Council on the Role and Status of Women in Social Work Education under the Commission for Diversity and Social and Economic Justice.

Xiying Wang, PhD, MA, is Associate Professor in the School of Social Development and Public Policy
at Beijing Normal University. Dr. Wang has been working on the area of gender-based violence for 16 years. Her articles addressing the issue of dating violence, sexual coercion, child sexual abuse, and other gender-based violence have been published widely in international peer-reviewed journals including Modern China, Violence Against Women, Journal of Interpersonal Violence, Smith College Studies in Social Work, and Journal of Sociology and Social Welfare. As principal and co-investigator, Dr. Wang has been involved in more than 10 research projects--funded by organizations such as the Ford Foundation, the Ministry of Education, UNFPA China, and UN Women--on gender-based violence, sex education, women living with HIV/AIDS, and disaster social work.