How and why are U.S. transnational corporations investing in the lives, educations, and futures of poor, racialized girls and women in the Global South? Is it a solution to ending poverty? Or is it a pursuit of economic growth and corporate profit? Drawing on more than a decade of research in...

"Women are the world's most powerful consumers, yet they are largely marketed to erroneously through misconceptions and patriarchal views that distort the reality of women's lives, bodies and work. This book examines the contradictions and mismatches between women's everyday experiences and...

"The Routledge Handbook of Gender and Development provides a comprehensive statement and reference point for gender and development policy making and practice in an international and multi-disciplinary context. Specifically, it provides critical reviews and appraisals of the current state of...

"Gleichstellung" wird als Geschlechterfrage begriffen, die Aussagen macht zur gegenwärtigen Machtverteilung auf dem Arbeitsmarkt, zu geschlechtsspezifischen Zugangsmöglichkeiten bzw. Hindernissen und zu den Chancen und Defiziten verschiedener Gleichstellungsansätze. Sechs...