Women in different global contexts
Introduction
1 Women in various cultures – change of roles over time and space
Elżbieta Dubas
Contemporary woman – reflections at the beginning of the century(the voice in
the discussion)
Katarzyna Pabis-Cisowska
Jewish women’s charitable activity in the nineteenth and early twentieth century
illustrated with an example of selected organizations operating in Cracow
Sylwia Skuza
The social and legal status of women in Italy between the XIX and XXI centuries
Elżbieta Mach
The role of a woman in Romani environment – in the past and now
Nadia Lutsan
The role of women in Ukrainian society
Małgorzata Matlak
Powerful woman... at home. The portrait of Italian women in the private sphere
based on the observation of everyday’s life
Kazimierz Mazurek, Margret Winzer
Immigration, changing demographics, and women: Challenges to social roles, rights,
and status
Ewa Pająk-Ważna
Gender in the classroom: Polish teachers’ opinions
Bashkim Rrahmani, Majlinda Belegu
The role of women as a crucial factor in developing post-war democracy in Kosovo
Onur Tutulmaz, Peter Victor
Is there a gender Kuznets Curve for women’s development?
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2 Women in public and domestic spheres
Katarzyna Dormus
Towards full participation in public life – generational changes in the lives of
Polish women
Dominika Urszula Popielec
A contingent of women in the Bilderberg Group
Agnieszka Świątek
Women’s civic engagement and the communitarian personality model
Paweł Łubiński
Women for Nation and the Women’s Section of the National Movement as examples of
socially and politically engaged organizations
Justyna Miko-Giedyk
Social activity of female teachers in rural areas
Adrian Biela, Ewa Sierankiewicz-Miernik
Volunteering as a form of social activity of women in early adulthood (based on
the survey conducted among university students in Cracow)
Monika Sulik
The biographical dimension of femininity – andragogic references and contexts
Joanna Łukasik
The identity of teachers in the midlife transition period
Halina Rusek
Identification of young female inhabitants of Zagłębie with the region
Grzegorz Libor, Dorota Nowalska-Kapuścik, Monika Szpoczek-Sało
Global consumer trends and local models of consumer behavior among women – a
study of the Lipiny case
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3 Women and violence Legal, social and cultural contexts
Zofia Szarota
Oppression versus liberation Awareness of domestic violence victims’ rights
Fernando Barragán Medero
Women in a violence-free society: An educational programme
Katarzyna Gajek
Power, violence and resistance strategies in women’s lives on the example of
gender discourses and experiencing violence
Małgorzata Halicka, Anna Szafranek
The living space of elderly female victims of intimate partner violence in view of
court acts
Jolanta Maćkowicz
Violence against elderly women from the victimological perspective Case study
Dorota Kamińska-Jones
The figure of the Indian woman-victim as a pretext for colonialism and imperialism
Muhammad Mumtaz, Muhammad Shahbaz Arif
Honor killing in international law with special reference to situations in
Pakistan
Malwina Misiąg
Patriarchal culture – the source of violence against women
Fernando Barragán Medero, Antonio Llorens de la Cruz
Masculinities and quality of life: an educational programme promoting a new model
of interpersonal relationships within prisons
Justyna Kusztal
Women in prison – basic problems in the context of legal regulations and
research on social rehabilitation
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Summary
316 pages, Paperback