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This article attempts to place feminist documentary filmmaking in the context of the women's movement in India. More specifically, it seeks to examine some of the widely debated concerns and strategies that have animated feminist documentary filmmaking in India through an analysis of two important films: Deepa Dhanraj's Something Like a War and Reena Mohan's Skin Deep.

This biography takes a look at Anthony's upbringing in the Quaker church, her father's unusual stance for women's equality, and the historical events that molded her into one of the best-known suffragists. Though Anthony's life is portrayed in simple details geared toward younger readers, this book also shows her enthusiasm for women's rights and human rights, and her dedication to making the world a better place. The biography ends with Anthony's success in helping to win women's suffrage and her enduring legacy in the modern feminist movement

The women's health movement shocked and scandalised when it burst into Australian politics in the early 1970s. It cast the light of day onto taboo subjects such as sexual assault, abortion and domestic violence, provoking outrage and condemnation. Some of the services women created for themselves were subjected to police raids; sex education material was branded 'indecent'. Moreover, women dared to criticise revered institutions, such as the medical system. Yet for all its perceived radicalism, the movement was part of a much broader and relatively conventional international health reform push, which included the 'new' public health movement, the community health centre movement and, in Australia, the Aboriginal health movement, all of which were critical of the way medical systems had been organised during the 20th century. The women who joined the movement came from diverse backgrounds and included immigrant and refugee women, Aboriginal women and Anglo women. Initially, groups worked separately for the most part but as time went on, they found ways to cooperate and collaborate. This book presents an account of the ideas, the diverse and shared efforts and the enduring hard work of women's health activists, drawn together in one volume for the first time. This relentless activism gradually had an impact on public policy and slowly brought forth major attitudinal changes. The book also identifies the opportunities for health reform that were created along the way, opportunities which deserve to be more fully embraced.

An exploration of the concept of elites in new social movements using the example of the West German peace movement (WGPM) of the early 1980s. The assumptions that these movements have a very limited internal division of labor, & that they represent isolated subcultures within society are examined. WGPM entrepreneurs mobilized individuals &, based on their success, became elites within the movement, creating a division of labor. In addition, the movement itself had links with other sociopolitical sectors; it was not an isolated subculture. 3 Tables, 1 Figure, 50 References. A. Cole

Front Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright -- Contents -- Illustrations -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1: The Origins of the Argentine Suffrage Movement, 1900-1910 -- 2: The First Triumphs of Argentine Feminism, 1910-1926 -- 3: Progress and Setbacks, 1927-1943 -- 4: The Rise of Peronism and a "New" Feminism, 1943-1947 -- 5: Consolidating Victory: The Peronist Women's Party, 1947-1955 -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index -- Back Cover.

The strategies and tactics of the Lithuanian women's movement helped to change the attitudes of society, political parties, altered political, educational and legal systems and expanded the field of relevant issues on the international level. However, the state's existence period (1918–1940) was too short for women to be able to fully realise them; thus, most of the formed strategies are relevant today and are realised. The examples of strategy implementation ways show that women's actions were important for the society and the state and had direct impact on their development. The second strategic period is very important; during this period, Lithuanian women were granted political rights. Novelty of work. The article provides the correct date of women being granted suffrage based on historical sources, i.e., 20 November 1919, the law on election of the Constituent Assembly of Lithuania. It does not coincide with the notion established in the Lithuanian historiography that the date is 2 November 1918. The author proves that this error emerged due to incorrect interpretation of the article in the 2 November 1918 Lithuanian Temporary Constitution on the person's (citizen's) rights. Moreover, the researcher takes on a new approach towards the Lithuanian women's movement through the prism of implementation of strategies and tactics. This approach towards the history of the Lithuanian women's movement is new. The methods of descriptive, analytical and comparative research. The sources studied are: historical sources, including state documents, archival materials, monographs, survey studies, biographical studies, memoirs, private letters, press, etc.

The Tarbiyah (education) movement in Indonesia today is the best known and has the largest number of members amongst groups in the Dakwah (proselytising) movements that mostly work in Indonesian campuses. Using the notion of Islamic feminism, this study aims to explore the numerous and varieties of women's activities in this movement, especially in relation to the ways women see their rights and roles within their notion of piety. Female and male activists of the Tarbiyah movement in six state universities in East Java are used as data. Participant observations and in-depth interviews are used as techniques of data collection. Data collection was done from April 2015 to September 2016. One important finding indicates that the Tarbiyah members conceive that male and female are segregated in nature (biological construction), yet in fact they subscribe to concepts of women's rights and equality while maintaining sexual segregation.

Abstract This paper aims to contribute towards a better understanding of the dynamics of women's movements and their relations with institutions, political parties and the official mechanisms used to promote gender equality. It is the outcome of the first study on State feminism in Portugal. Our research was carried out using a case study which focused on the main gender equality official mechanism and its networks, which required a qualitative approach. We concluded that currently, while the Portuguese State is confronted with its persistent inability to implement gender equality policies, the present situation of Portuguese women's movements is that of redefining and adjusting to the major challenge of reinvention and resignification within a very difficult external environment.

"Recent feminist scholarship has emphasized the need not only to recognize the accomplishments of women's movements through political participation, but also to analyze the process through which feminist organizations interact with formal politics. This book takes up theoretical debates on the relationship between gender and the state through an analysis of the relationship between the women's movement organizations and state-oriented gender politics during the ten year period of South Korea's progressive presidencies"--