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Tables of Contents for Sisterhood Is Global
Chapter/Section Title
Page #
Page Count
Preface to The Feminist Press Edition
vii
Prefatory Note and Methodology
xiii
Introduction: Planetary Feminism: The Politics of the 21st Century
1
37
Robin Morgan
Afghanistan: Preface
38
7
The Silent Victims
41
4
Sima Wali
Algeria: Preface
45
5
The Day-to-Day Struggle
47
3
Fatma Oussedik
Argentina: Preface
50
10
The Fire Cannot Be Extinguished
54
6
Leonor Calvera
Australia: Preface
60
9
Women in a Warrior Society
63
6
Sara Dowse
Patricia Giles
Austria: Preface
69
8
Benevolent Despotism Versus the Contemporary Feminist Movement
72
5
Cheryl Benard
Edit Schlaffer
Brazil: Preface
77
12
A Fertile but Ambiguous Feminist Terrain
80
9
Danda Prado
Britain: Preface
89
11
The Politics of Survival
94
6
Amanda Sebestyen
Canada: Preface
100
11
The Empowerment of Women
104
7
Greta Hofmann Nemiroff
Caribbean: Preface
111
24
The Dutch-Speaking Caribbean Islands: Fighting Until the End
114
4
Sonia M. Cuales
The English-Speaking Caribbean: A Journey in the Making
118
8
Peggy Antrobus
Lorna Gordon
The French-Speaking Caribbean: Haiti---A Vacation Paradise of Hell
126
5
Cacos La Gonaive
The Spanish-Speaking Caribbean: We Women Aren't Sheep
131
4
Magaly Pineda
Chile: Preface
135
7
Women of Smoke
138
4
Marjorie Agosin
China: Preface
142
15
Feudal Attitudes, Party Control, and Half the Sky
151
6
Xiao Lu
Colombia: Preface
157
9
Fighting for the Right to Fight
160
6
Luz Helena Sanchez
Cuba: Preface
166
12
Paradise Gained, Paradise Lost---The Price of ``Integration''
169
9
La Silenciada
Denmark: Preface
178
9
Letter from a Troubled Copenhagen Redstocking
181
6
Tinne Vammen
Ecuador: Preface
187
7
Needed-A Revolution in Attitude
190
4
Carola Borja
Egypt: Preface
194
13
When a Woman Rebels...
199
8
Nawal El Saadawi
El Salvador: Preface
207
8
``We Cannot Wait . . .'' a collective statement by the Association of Salvadoran Women
210
5
Finland: Preface
215
9
The Right to Be Oneself
218
6
Hilkka Pietila
France: Preface
224
12
Feminism-Alive, Well, and in Constant Danger
229
7
Simone de Beauvoir
Germany (East): Preface
236
9
Witch Vilmma's Invention of Speech-Swallowing (A Parable)
242
3
Irmtraud Morgner
Germany (West): Preface
245
10
Fragmented Selves (A College)
248
7
Renate Berger
Ingrid Kolb
Marielouise Janssen-Jurreit
Ghana: Preface
255
11
To Be a Woman
258
8
Ama Ata Aidoo
Greece: Preface
266
12
A Village Sisterhood
272
6
Margaret Papandreou
Guatemala: Preface
278
8
Our Daily Bread
282
4
Stella Quan
Hungary: Preface
286
8
The Nonexistence of ``Women's Emancipation''
289
5
Suzanne Korosi
India: Preface
294
17
A Condition Across Caste and Class
305
6
Devaki Jain
Indonesia: Preface
311
13
Multiple Roles and Double Burdens
318
6
Titi Sumbung
Iran: Preface
324
19
A Future in the Past-The ``Prerevolutionary'' Women's Movement
330
13
Mahnaz Afkhami
Ireland(s): Preface
343
10
Coping with the Womb and the Border
347
6
Nell McCafferty
Israel: Preface
353
12
Up the Down Escalator
360
5
Shulamit Aloni
Italy: Preface
365
11
A Mortified Thirst for Living
370
6
Paola Zaccaria
Japan: Preface
376
13
The Sun and the Shadow
382
7
Keiko Higuchi
Kenya: Preface
389
10
Not Just Literacy, but Wisdom
394
5
Rose Adhiambo Arungu-Olende
Korea (South): Preface
399
7
A Grandmother's Vision
404
2
Soon Chan Park
Kuwait: Preface
406
8
God's Will-and the Process of Socialization
410
4
Noura Al-Falah
Lebanon: Preface
414
10
The Harem Window
419
5
Rose Ghurayyib
Libya: Preface
424
12
The Wave of Consciousness Cannot Be Reversed
429
7
Farida Allaghi
Mexico: Preface
436
8
Pioneers and Promoters of Women
441
3
Carmen Lugo
Morocco: Preface
444
10
The Merchant's Daughter and the Son of the Sultan
447
7
Fatima Mernissi
Nepal: Preface
454
11
Women as a Caste
460
5
Manjula Giri
The Netherlands: Preface
465
11
In the Unions, the Parties, the Streets, and the Bedrooms
469
7
Corrine Oudijk
New Zealand: Preface
476
9
Foreigners in Our Own Land
480
5
Ngahuia Te Awkotuku
Marilyn J. Waring
Nicaragua: Preface
485
9
To My Companeras on the Planet Earth
Maria Lourdes Centeno de Zelaya
490
4
Nigeria: Preface
494
11
Not Spinning on the Axis of Maleness
'Molara Ogundipe-Leslie
498
7
Norway: Preface
505
10
More Power to Women!
509
6
Berit As
The Pacific Islands: Preface
515
10
All It Requires Is Ourselves
517
8
Vanessa Griffen
Pakistan: Preface
525
11
Women-A Fractured Profile
530
6
Miriam Habib
Palestine: Preface
536
10
Women and the Revolution
540
6
Fawzia Fawzia
Peru: Preface
546
9
``Not Even with a Rose Petal . . .''
550
5
Ana Maria Portugal
Poland: Preface
555
12
``Let's Pull Down the Bastilles Before They Are Built''
560
7
Anna Titkow
Portugal: Preface
567
9
Daring to Be Different
571
5
Maria de Lourdes Pintasilgo
Rumania: Preface
576
6
The ``Right'' to Be Persecuted
580
2
Elena Chiriac
Saudi Arabia: Preface
582
7
An Emerging Social Force
587
2
Aisha Almana
Senegal: Preface
589
11
Elegance Amid the Phallocracy
593
7
Marie-Angelique Savane
South Africa: Preface
600
21
Going Up the Mountain
611
7
Motlalepula Chabaku
South Africa: A Bulletin from Within anonymous white South African feminists
618
3
Spain: Preface
621
11
Women Are the Conscience of Our Country
626
6
Lidia Falcon
Sri Lanka: Preface
632
12
The Voice of Women
637
7
Hema Goonatilake
Sudan: Preface
644
11
Women's Studies-and a New Village Stove
650
5
Amna Elsadik Badri
Sweden: Preface
655
12
Similarity, Singularity, and Sisterhood
661
6
Rita Liljestrom
Thailand: Preface
667
9
We Superwomen Must Allow the Men to Grow Up
671
5
Mallica Vajrathon
The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics: Preface
676
14
It's Time We Began with Ourselves
683
7
Tatyana Mamonova
The United Nations: Preface
690
6
``Good Grief, There Are Women Here!''
692
4
Claire de Hedervary
The United States: Preface
696
18
Honoring the Vision of ``Changing Woman''
705
9
Rayna Green
Venezuela: Preface
714
8
For As Long As It Takes
716
6
Giovanna Merola R.
Vietnam: Preface
722
9
``The Braided Army''
728
3
Nguyen Thi Dinh
Yugoslavia: Preface
731
8
Neofeminism-and Its ``Six Mortal Sins''
734
5
Rada Ivekovic
Slavenka Drakulic-Ilic
Zambia: Preface
739
7
Feminist Progress-More Difficult Than Decolonization
742
4
Gwendoline Konie
Zimbabwe: Preface
746
10
It Can Only Be Handled by Women
752
4
Olivia N. Muchena
Appendices: Cross-Cultural Rebellion-A Sampling of Feminist Proverbs
756
5
``Sister''
758
3
Glossary
761
6
Bibliography
767
42
Acknowledgments
809
4
A Woman's Creed
813
2
Index
815