I’m finishing up Climate Girls Saving Our World, which includes Gen Z girls from every inhabited continent. Readers learn about regional issues, Gen Z, and activism. To see an exam copy email gkimball@csuchico.edu.
Brave: Young Women’s Global Revolution. Vol. 1 reports on young women’s global issues and Vol. 2 on regional issues, based on surveys of 4,000 young people from 88 countries. It’s a Nautilus Book Award winner.
Also see Resist: Goals and Tactics for Changemakers
Brave: Young Women’s Global Revolution is available in affordable paper and ebook.
Reviewed By Edith Wairimu for Readers’ Favorite 5 stars
Brave: Young Women’s Global Revolution, Volume 1 by Gayle Kimball provides a platform for thousands of youths, from 88 countries spanning various continents. More than 4000 surveys and hundreds of interviews were conducted. Its focus is on global issues, mostly those pertaining to women on a global scale. We read the real points of view of women on gender equality and how they envisage the future. Gayle Kimball presents the issues that affect young women among different cultures. She also records young people’s take on material wealth, and the positive and negative roles that global media has played in defining the status of women. Statistics which give weight to the material are included in every chapter and topic. Direct quotations of the interviewees’ opinions are also incorporated as well as thought-provoking questions.
It was great to read a book that focuses on a group that has been overlooked by many researchers in the past. Even though the youth are the future and although they make up a vast component of the world’s population today, their voice is yet to be sufficiently recognized. Another great aspect of Brave: Young Women’s Global Revolution, Volume 1 was that Gayle Kimball captured the true voices of women across the world. It was fascinating to read the opinions of these women. Interestingly, most of their statements shared similar sentiments. They believe that it is time: time for the inclusion of women and time for equality. Uniquely designed and expertly presented, Brave: Young Women’s Global Revolution, Volume 1 inspires and champions women forward.
A book for first-year students: Your Mindful Guide to Academic Success: Prevent Burnout. Also a $10 ebook.
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If you’re interested in women’s culture, two older anthologies I edited are
Ed. Women’s Culture (Scarecrow Press)
Ed. Women’s Culture Revisited. (Scarecrow Press)
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Resist! Goals and Tactics for Changemakers, 400 pages, will be available as a $10 ebook later this month.
Introduction
Part 1: Issues and Goals
Chapter 1: Globalization Issues
Chapter 2: Democracy vs. Autocracy
Chapter 3: Equal Opportunity vs. Poverty
Chapter 4: Change Work
Chapter 5: The Bottom Line: Environmentalism
Chapter 6: Who are the Changemakers?
Part 2: Tactics and Theories
Chapter 8: How to Make a Revolution
Chapter 9: Theories about Social Movements and Power
Chapter 10: Communication Techniques to Gain Support
Brave: Young Women’s Global Revolution Volume 1 Themes
Gayle Kimball, Ph.D.
400 pages $9.99 eBook available now on Amazon and other platforms.
Vol. 2 about regional activism will follow in a few weeks.
Brave explores young women’s issues and activism globally, based on hundreds of interviews—some videotaped, and over 4,000 surveys from 88 countries. What makes Brave unique is its global rather than regional reach and its rare inclusion of many young women’s voices. The book includes popular cultural references and feminists’ critiques of the economic and political system. Volume 1 is about global issues and Volume 2 is about regional activism. Discussion questions and activities end each of the five chapters. Chapter titles are: The Future is Female, Global Desire for Equality, Global Status of Young Women, Consumerism Targets “Girl Power,” Global Media Both Helps and Inhibits Girls.
Brave: The Global Women’s Revolution
Gayle Kimball, Ph.D.
Textbook for Global Feminisms and Intro to WSt
Ebook $10 and print paperback on demand
Contact Equality Press gkimball@csuchico.edu for exam copy
Chapters on seven regions, the future is female, global desire for equality, global status of women, consumerism, and global media.
https://globalyouthbook.wordpress.com/
The cover photo is a poster in Tahrir Square, taken by the author July 2011. The protesters’ tents are in the background.
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Part 1 Themes
Chapter 1 The Future is Female 67 pages
Meet Young Women Leaders; What Motivates a Youth Activist?; the Future is Female?; Uppity Girls’ Rising Aspirations and Activism; Feminism, the United Nations and Governments Stimulate Equality; Young Men’s Viewpoints
Chapter 2 Global Desire for Equality 55
Equality is Desired Globally, More Females Desire Gender Equality, Girls Want Economic and Social Equality, Claims that Women Leaders are More Peaceful, Feminist Organizing, Inequality Persists in All Countries
Chapter 3 Global Status of Young Women 55
Rural Vs. Urban Sex Roles, Feminization of Poverty, Education, Health, Violence
Chapter 4 Consumerism Targets “Girl Power” 44
Materialistic Consumers of Products and Entertainment?; Teen Identity Through Consumption; Social Unrest from Rising Expectations; How Youth Are Manipulated by Multinational Corporations; Negative Consequences of Consumerism; Youth Views about Getting Rich; Traditional and Modern Beliefs: Moving Towards the Middle
Chapter 5 Global Media Both Helps and Inhibits Girls 60
Global Media is Pervasive, Global Media Provides New Information, Media Exposure Makes Youth Opinionated and Brave, Global Media Sells Consumerism, Media Addiction Creates Dumb Zombies
Part 2 Regions
Chapter 6 Feminist Waves in the West 97
Second Wave Feminists of the 60s, Women’s Studies, Inequality Persists, Generation Gap, Third Wave Response, Rejection of Feminism?, Fourth Wave
Chapter 7 Brave Women in Muslim Countries 61
The Middle East, Women and Islam, Iran, Tunisia, Yemen, Libya, Morocco, Turkey, Pakistan, Saudi Arabia
Chapter 8 Egyptian Revolutionaries 44
Traditional Male Dominance; Education; A Pioneering Feminist: Dr. Nawal El Saadawi’s Egyptian Union for Women; Young Women in the Revolution; After the Revolution; Sexual Harassment Persists
Chapter 9 Women in Developing and Emerging Countries: Latin America 59
Women and Development, Latin American Youth Issues
Chapter 10 African Issues and Activists 44,
Chapter 11 Socialist Countries–China 44
The Setting, Traditional Beliefs, Rural vs. Urban Youth, Youth Issues in an Era of Change from Maoism to Capitalism, Current Chinese Issues
Chapter 12 Russia 28
History, Attitudes Towards Feminism, Consumerism and Glamour, Putin’s Nationalism vs. Rebels
Other Books by the Author
50/50 Marriage (Beacon Press)
50/50 Parenting (Lexington Books)
Ed. Women’s Culture (Scarecrow Press)
Ed. Women’s Culture Revisited. (Scarecrow Press, 2005)
The Religious Ideas of Harriet Beecher Stowe. Edwin Mellen Press.
Essential Energy Tools book and 3 videos. (Equality Press)
21st Century Families: Blueprints for Family-Friendly Workplaces,
Schools and Governments. (Equality Press)
The Teen Trip: The Complete Resource Guide (Equality Press)
Ed. Everything You Need to Know to Succeed After College (Equality
Press)
How to Survive Your Parents’ Divorce (Equality Press)
Ed., Quick Healthy Recipes: Literacy Fundraiser (Equality Press)
Your Mindful Guide to Academic Success: Beat Burnout (Equality Press)
Ageism in Youth Studies: A Maligned Generation (Cambridge Scholars Publishing)
In Process
Democracy Uprisings Led by Global Youth
Tactics and Goals for Changemaking
Recent Feminism in India
A study of 11 young women’s personal blogs about the revolution reported that before Jan25, the general mood was frustration and depression about harassment of women, government corruption, street children, etc. The moral shock of Khaled Said’s murder aroused anger, followed by excitement after the Tunisian revolution and the large turnout on the Day of Rage. Deppy wrote on February 6, “Yesterday, I was a girl who stood on the verge of hopelessness, who lost faith in a better tomorrow, who was living like a zombie at one time….Today, I am a girl with a fresh born patriotism, with a full tank of enthusiasm, with a handful of bubbly dreams.” They remarked about helpfulness and the lack of sexual harassment and not wanting to leave the “angels” in the square. They commented on the diversity of ages in the square, including children chanting “Down with Mubarak!” Despite the fact that the bloggers wrote that many women had to fight with their families to participate, threatened with being cut off financially or cursed, many women were in Tahrir. After Mubarak resigned on February 11, people were euphoric and youth directed traffic in the streets. Euphoria changed to confusion and disorientation; Sina wrote, “True, this has been a leaderless revolution, but now, when all people seek answers, we need someone to respond.” Misogyny reappeared as in the virginity checks and attacks on the International Women’s Day march where bystanders shouted that male demonstrations were gay and should wear a veil and that the women were whores, agents of Suzanne Mubarak and the West.
Susana Galan, “’Today I have seen Angels in Shape of Humans,” An Emotional History of the Egyptian Revolution through the Narratives of Female Personal Bloggers,” Journal of International Women’s Studies, Vol. 13, No. 5, October 2012.
http://vc.bridgew.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1003&context=jiws
Global attention to young women’s issues and activism was ignited by Malala Yousafzai’s advocacy of education for Pakistani girls, protests against the gang rape of New Delhi student who fought back referred to as Braveheart, “Bring Back Our Girls” protests against kidnapping of Nigerian school girls by Boko Haram, the murder of hundreds of girls and women in northern Mexico and indigenous girls in Canada, global SlutWalks, Take Back the Night marches, and young women’s leadership in the Arab Spring.
Who would you add?
