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This book presents the stories of 10 single women who are in their old age and have never been married, and explores the psychological conditions of these women. Specifically, it discusses issues pertaining to their self-concepts, mental states, and coping strategies. It also examines the women's recollections of childhood memories, family history, experiences with death, and their thoughts on the meaning of life. Pandora's Box: Looking into the Conditions of Ageing Single Women in Mindanao sheds light on the physiological and psychological changes that the women experienced in their late adul

"In education, journalism, legislative politics, social justice, health, law, and other arenas, Muslim women across Kenya are emerging as leaders in local, national, and international contexts, advancing reforms through their activism. Muslim Women in Postcolonial Kenya draws on extensive interviews with six such women, revealing how their religious and moral beliefs shape reform movements that bridge ethnic divides and foster alliances in service of creating a just, multicultural, multiethnic, and multireligious democratic citizenship."--Publisher website

Machine generated contents note:1.Women and Poverty: An Ongoing Crisis --2.Structural Sources of Women's Poverty and Homelessness --3.Beliefs about Poverty, Wealth, and Social Class: Implications for Intergroup Relations and Social Policy --4.Welfare Reform at 15 and Beyond: How Are Low-Income Women and Families Faring? --5.Low-Income Women, Critical Resistance, and Welfare Rights Activism Co-authored /Roberta A. Downing --6.Women and Economic Justice: Pitfalls, Possibilities, and Promise.

Cover -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- Figure -- Abbreviations -- Introduction -- Chapter 1. Before the Vote -- Chapter 2. A Women's Labour Party -- Chapter 3. Between the Acts -- Chapter 4. Against Fascism, Austerity and War -- Chapter 5. Raising Consciousness -- Chapter 6. Women's Liberation, Now! -- Conclusion -- Acknowledgements -- Select Bibliography

Cover -- Copyright -- Contents -- Foreword -- About Women, Business and the Law -- Key Findings -- Spotlight on Violence Against Women -- The Default Marital Property Regime and Women's Entrepreneurship: The Case of Chile -- Constitutional Reform and Women's Rights: The Case of Kenya -- Laws on Sexual Harassment and Domestic Violence in South Asia -- References -- Data notes -- Economy Tables -- Pilot Data Tables -- Acknowledgments