Globalization, Women, and Health in the Twenty-First Century

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-xiii

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2. Introduction

   • Ilona Kickbusch, Justin M. List, Kari A. Hartwig

   Pages 1-7

3. Understanding Gender, Health, and Globalization: Opportunities and Challenges

   • Lesley Doyal

   Pages 9-27

4. Philosophy and Religion: Do Activists for Women’s Health Need Them?

   • Lisa Sowle Cahill

   Pages 29-45

5. The Pathways between Trade Liberalization and Reproductive Health: A Review of the Literature and Some Propositions for Research and Action

   • Caren Grown

   Pages 47-94

6. Globalization, Health, and the Engendering of Resistance in Everyday Life

   • Jerry Spiegel, Cynthia Lee Andruske

   Pages 95-133

7. Women, Health, and Globalization: A Critical Social Movement Perspective

   • Manisha Desai

   Pages 135-166

8. A Comfortable Home: Globalization and Changing Gender Roles in the Fight against HIV/AIDS

   • Joanne Csete

   Pages 167-199

9. Opening a Global Gold Mine: Globalization, Gender, and Transnational Tobacco Companies

   • Jeff Collin

   Pages 201-233

10. The Case for Women’s Health Research in the United States: Grassroots Efforts, Legislative Change, and Scientific Development

    • Carolyn M. Mazure

    Pages 235-254

11. Back Matter

    Pages 255-265

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We are still only beginning to understand the increasingly complex set of interdependencies among gender, health and globalization. This book brings together a diverse group of distinguished scholars and activists to explore the new risks and freedoms for men and women in a global society and their health determinants. They map the gendered impact of these processes and present a health landscape that takes us beyond nation states into trans-border flows of capital, people, goods and services. Each chapter begins with a global analysis of specific trends followed by two 'In Perspective' pieces by authors from contrasting disciplines and geographies.

• Europe
• gender
• Germany
• globalization
• human rights
• women

"This book teases apart the complex interactions that occur between the forces of globalization, gender issues, and selected specific health risks and outcomes. Usually we applaud when the gender gap closes because it signals less inequity in the world. But as the authors report in powerful case studies, as this happens for two of the largest and increasing causes of death in the world, HIV/AIDS and tobacco, the long-term impact will be devastatingly negative. Progress to reduce the burden of these and many other health outcomes require a sophisticated understanding of how best to harness globalization for good and how to redress centuries old gender biases in health policy development. The authors of this volume are to be commended for showing a possible way forward." - Derek Yach, Chair, Global Health Division, Yale School of Public Health

ILONA KICKBUSH is Professor of Public Health at Yale University, USA.

KARI HARTWIG is Assistant Clinical Professor of Public Health at Yale University, USA.

JUSTIN LIST is currently a medical student at the University of Illinois-Chicago, USA.

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