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An unprecedented, up-close look into the global self-managed
abortion movement. Â Abortion pills have made safe medication
abortion possible for millions of people around the world, even in
the most restrictive circumstances. In this timely book, Sydney
Calkin illustrates the profound, transformative promise of these
pills—which are safe, effective, and responsible for a sharp
decline in maternal mortality. Abortion Pills Go Global
demonstrates that the widespread practice of self-managed
medication abortion makes it more difficult for countries to
enforce oppressive abortion laws and less willing to do so. Â
Taking a bold and unique geographic approach, this book follows
these pills as they are manufactured and transported by feminist
activists from India to Ireland, Northern Ireland, Poland, and the
United States. Calkin shows that the growing availability of
abortion pills in places with restrictive laws means more people
have access to self-managed healthcare. Abortion Pills Go Global
looks ahead to see how the broader politics of abortion could shift
in response to this global movement—one that looks not to laws
for protection but to on-the-ground feminist mobilizations across
borders.
Human Capital in Gender and Development addresses timely feminist
debates about the relationship between feminism, neoliberalism, and
international development. The book engages with human capital
theory, a labour economics theory associated with the Chicago
School that now animates a wide range of political and economic
governance. The book argues that human capital theory has been
instrumental in constructing an economistic vision of gender
equality as a tool for economic growth, and girls and women of the
global South as the quintessential entrepreneurs of the post-global
financial crisis era. The book's critique of human capital theory
and its role in Gender and Development gives insights into the
kinds of development interventions that typify the 'Gender Equality
as Smart Economics' agenda of the World Bank and other
international development institutions. From the World Bank, to
NGOs, and private businesses, discourses about the economic
benefits of gender equality and women's empowerment underpin a
range of development interventions that aim to unlock the
'untapped' potential of the world's women. Its implications are
both conceptual and material, producing more interventionist forms
of development governance, increased power by private sector actors
in development, and de-politicization of gender equality issues.
Human Capital in Gender and Development will be of particular
interest to feminist scholars in Politics, International Relations,
Development Studies, and Human Geography. It will also be a useful
resource for teaching key debates about feminism, neoliberalism,
and international development.
Human Capital in Gender and Development addresses timely feminist
debates about the relationship between feminism, neoliberalism, and
international development. The book engages with human capital
theory, a labour economics theory associated with the Chicago
School that now animates a wide range of political and economic
governance. The book argues that human capital theory has been
instrumental in constructing an economistic vision of gender
equality as a tool for economic growth, and girls and women of the
global South as the quintessential entrepreneurs of the post-global
financial crisis era. The book's critique of human capital theory
and its role in Gender and Development gives insights into the
kinds of development interventions that typify the 'Gender Equality
as Smart Economics' agenda of the World Bank and other
international development institutions. From the World Bank, to
NGOs, and private businesses, discourses about the economic
benefits of gender equality and women's empowerment underpin a
range of development interventions that aim to unlock the
'untapped' potential of the world's women. Its implications are
both conceptual and material, producing more interventionist forms
of development governance, increased power by private sector actors
in development, and de-politicization of gender equality issues.
Human Capital in Gender and Development will be of particular
interest to feminist scholars in Politics, International Relations,
Development Studies, and Human Geography. It will also be a useful
resource for teaching key debates about feminism, neoliberalism,
and international development.
The referendum to overturn Ireland's near-total abortion ban in
2018 stands as one of the most remarkable political events of
recent times. The campaign to repeal the 8th amendment succeeded
not only in challenging centuries of religious and patriarchal
dogma, but in signalling a major transformation in Irish society
itself. After Repeal explores both the campaign and the
implications of the referendum result for politics, identity and
culture today. Bringing together a range of international
perspectives, this collection transcends geographical and
disciplinary boundaries while exploring themes including activism,
artwork, social movements, law, media, democratic institutions, and
reproductive technologies. This work looks beyond the Irish context
and to the future, offering unique insight into the wider struggle
for reproductive justice around the world.
The referendum to overturn Ireland's near-total abortion ban in
2018 stands as one of the most remarkable political events of
recent times. The campaign to repeal the 8th amendment succeeded
not only in challenging centuries of religious and patriarchal
dogma, but in signalling a major transformation in Irish society
itself. After Repeal explores both the campaign and the
implications of the referendum result for politics, identity and
culture today. Bringing together a range of international
perspectives, this collection transcends geographical and
disciplinary boundaries while exploring themes including activism,
artwork, social movements, law, media, democratic institutions, and
reproductive technologies. This work looks beyond the Irish context
and to the future, offering unique insight into the wider struggle
for reproductive justice around the world.
An unprecedented, up-close look into the global self-managed
abortion movement. Â Abortion pills have made safe medication
abortion possible for millions of people around the world, even in
the most restrictive circumstances. In this timely book, Sydney
Calkin illustrates the profound, transformative promise of these
pills—which are safe, effective, and responsible for a sharp
decline in maternal mortality. Abortion Pills Go Global
demonstrates that the widespread practice of self-managed
medication abortion makes it more difficult for countries to
enforce oppressive abortion laws and less willing to do so. Â
Taking a bold and unique geographic approach, this book follows
these pills as they are manufactured and transported by feminist
activists from India to Ireland, Northern Ireland, Poland, and the
United States. Calkin shows that the growing availability of
abortion pills in places with restrictive laws means more people
have access to self-managed healthcare. Abortion Pills Go Global
looks ahead to see how the broader politics of abortion could shift
in response to this global movement—one that looks not to laws
for protection but to on-the-ground feminist mobilizations across
borders.
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