Development Has a Woman’s Face: Insights from within the UN by Krishna Ahoojapatel (President of the NGO Committee on the Status of Women, Geneva).

This book analyzes the concepts that have transformed the ‘woman question’ into the current notion of ‘gender mainstreaming’ from 1970s to 2005. For example, take the question of the redefinition of ‘economic activity’ - a large area considered noneconomic in traditional definitions. Another concept can be illustrated by the tools and techniques devised to measure and quantify economic contribution to the gross domestic product (GDP) and the system of national accounts. As women attempt to climb step by step the corporate ladder at the macro level, there is a tremendous upheaval in current strategies to discuss micro enterprises and micro credits for women. Why should the gender division of labour signify big money for men and small money for women? No matter which process of the development paradigm is analyzed, its hidden economic reality touches the profile of a woman.

September 2007 APH Publishing Corporation 5, Ansari Road, New Delhi-110002 INDIA Email: aphbooks@vsnl.net

“Ring of Truth” is the uplifting autobiography of IAW member Geraldine Bridgewater, the first woman to trade on the London Metal Exchange. From lowly beginnings as a telex operator and general assistant, she rose to the dizzy heights of dealing at the London Stock Exchange. In 1983 she was granted the “Freedom of the City of London” in recognition of her achievements. Although she broke with convention by becoming one of the very few female traders of the 1970s, did very well for herself in this definitive 'man's world' and witnessed the advent of such modernisations as the shift from manual to computerised trading, she also suffered extreme stress and a ‘loss of soul’ in the City’s money-orientated environment. This book is the dramatic story of how she broke into that world, thrived in it, yet ultimately decided to trade it in for a more satisfying and nurturing lifestyle.

“Gender Equality: Striving for Justice in an Unequal World” a penetrating political economy analysis of the struggle for gender equality and women’s rights. In four sections - Macroeconomics, Well-Being, and Gender Equality; Women, Work and Social Policy; Women in Politics and Public Life; and Gender, Armed Conflict and the Search for Peace. A reference work for those making decisions on issues of justice and gender inequality.
United Nations Reserach Institute for Social Development 2005 Geneva
ISBN: 92-9085-053-1
Available for download from UNRISD
A summary is available for download

The Unfinished Story of Women and the United Nations by Hilkka Pietila

Covers more than eighty-five years of history between women and inter-governmental organizations. Unrecorded by history and untold by the media, this book recalls the success story of women and the League of Nations and describes the unfolding history of women at the United Nations for the advancement and empowerment of women, especially in the 30 years since the First UN World Conference on Women in 1975 in Mexico City and up to the ten-year review and appraisal of the implementation of the Beijing Platform for Action in 2005.
Available for download

Ideas for Working with Girls
International Women's Tribune Centre - IWTC

This free CD contains a resource collection of free games, training manuals, workshop guides etc. for teachers, trainers and development workers who are working for and with girls. It includes interactive and participatory training guides and resources on rights, empowerment, violence against women and girls, HIV/AIDS, sexuality and reproductive health and leadership development. Downloads from the website are sometimes available in languages other than English.

Addressing violence against women and achieving the Millennium Development Goals, WHO Geneva 2005
ISBN 92 4 159381 4
Available for download

WHO Multi-country Study of on Women’s Health and Domestic Violence against Women Available as a kit containing the resumé report and fact sheets of the 8 countries, in English and French here

Devaki Jain: Women, Development and the UN. A Sixty-Year Quest for Equality and Justice. United Nations Intellectual History Project Series. Indiana University Press 2005.
ISBN 0-253-34697-5

From Independence Towards Freedom: Indian Women since 1947 (Gender Studies Series) by Bharati Ray, Aparna Basu Oxford University Press, USA (August 1, 1999)
ISBN: 0195645758

The twelve essays in this volume critically examine the relationship between the Indian nation and its women, analysing the material and ideological element along with the cultural and social factors constraining women&srquo;s development as well as those of economics or demography.

Women's Struggle: A History of the All India Women’s Conference 1927-2002 by Bharati Ray, Aparna Basu Manohar Publishers and Distributors (January 1, 2003)
ISBN: 8173044767

This book focuses on the efforts of AIWC in the fields of education, social legislation and social reform. It examines the changing nature of these programmes and how far the conference has been able to respond to the needs of Indian women through the years. The younger generation may not be aware of the historical roots of the Indian women’s movement in India. This study shed light on this important aspect and seeks to bring about a realization that AIWC is their heritage bequeathed to them by the pioneers who strove to build up.

Mridula Sarabhai: Rebel with a Cause (Gender Studies Series) by Aparna Basu Oxford University Press, USA. (September 29, 2005)
ISBN: 0195667948

Born in 1911 in the illustrious Sarabhai family of Ahmedabad, Mridula came under the spell of Gandhi and left her palatial home to hoin the Salt Satyagraha. She was involved not only in the freedom struggle but also in the fight for women’s equality, for the individual's right in dissent, and for the rights of minorities. This biography represents a page from the social and political history of modern India, over half a century seen through the life of one person.

Prostitution, Women and Misuse of the Law: The Fallen Daughters of Eve by Helen J. Self, Frank Cass London - Portland, Oregon 2003.
ISBN: 071468371

An examination, from a feminist historian’s standpoint, of the background to the present system of regulating prostitution in Britain, which is generally admitted to be not only unjust and discriminatory, but ineffective even in achieving its stated aims.

Encyclopedia of Prostitution and Sex Work, Melissa Hope Ditmore (ed.), Greenwood Press, Westport, Connecticut + London 2006.
ISBN: 0-313-32968-0

This major 2-volume set is the first to treat in an inclusive reference what is usually considered a societal failing and the underside of sexuality and economic survival. The A-to-Z encyclopedia offers wide-ranging entries related to prostitution and the sex industry, past and present, both worldwide (mostly in the West) and in the United States. IAW member Dr. Helen Self was on the Advisory Board and contributed 7 entries.

Zum Wohle der Menschheit by Susanne Hertrampf
Feministisches Denken und Engagement Internationaler Aktivistinnen 1945-1975
ISBN: 3-8255-0603-7

This book in German considers the activities of the International Alliance of Women and the Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom in the latter 20th Century. In order to demonstrate the continuity and discontinuity in the approach and methods of the IAW and the WILPF, the author examines the feminist discourse, experiences, national background, personal life choices and socio-political developments which influenced the ideas and dealings of the activists. As examples she presents German and British women, from the IAW: Adele Schreiber, Hedi Flitz, Brigitte Pross, Grete Borgmann, Margery Corbett Ashby, Margaret Ingledew, Amy Bush.