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Book SynopsisShaping a global women's agenda documents the crucial and central role of women's international organisations played at the League of Nations and at the United Nations as the NGOs interjected concerns for women's and human rights into the global governance system. -- .
Trade ReviewIn Shaping a Global Women’s Agenda, Karen Garner provides an impressively thorough account of the growth of Western-led women’s organisations and the concomitant elevation of ‘women’s issues’ in global governance...Shaping a Global Women’s Agenda is an illuminating account of the achievements and pitfalls of a certain brand of Western internationalism, and will be of interest to historians and international relations scholars.
Garner has produced a clearly written and well-organized study of great value to scholars of women's and human rights, international relations, diplomacy, history and political science.
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Table of ContentsList of photos Acknowledgements Introduction Part I. Women’s international organisations and the politics of disarmament, 1925–40 1. World War I and its aftermath 2. Working for disarmament and peace 3. The peace is threatened 4. Hopes dim Part II. Women’s international organisations and the politics of war and cold war 5. World War II activism and service 6. Forging a role at the United Nations 7. Allied post-war reconstruction projects 8. The cold war Part III. Women’s international organisations and the politics of the UN Decade for Women 9. Transforming the United Nations development agenda 10. International Women’s Year 11. Taking ‘women’ seriously at the United Nations 12. Concluding the UN Decade for Women Conclusion Appendix: International Women’s Year tribune schedule of events Select bibliography Index
