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By Nelly P. Stromquist

clear of the general public eye, yet from in the constructions of strong and effective corporations, women's teams have tested nongovernmental corporations (NGOs) to pursue feminist agendas. Feminist corporations and Social Transformation in Latin the USA constitutes one of many first designated analyses of the political and academic paintings of those organisations. concentrating on NGOs within the Dominican Republic and Peru, the ebook offers 3 case reviews of feminist paintings, exhibiting the cautious stability they have to navigate between pleasurable uncomplicated wishes, selling laws to handle profound gender asymmetries, and growing countercultures necessary to the improvement of a gender-attenuated society. In documenting the paintings of feminist NGOs, Stromquist identifies the methods they supply nonformal schooling (outside the varsity approach) and casual studying (through stories and inner discussions) to provide a brand new cognizance and assertive identities between women.

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