Sheila Rowbotham has published extensively on women's history. She is a research fellow in sociology at the University of Manchester, England.Stephanie Linkogle has written on women's movements in Latin America in her book Gender Practice and Faith in Nicaragua and in journals such as Bulletin of Latin American Research, Race and Class, and Sociological Research On-Line. She is a lecturer in Sociology at the University of Sussex.

• 1. Introduction - Sheila Rowbotham and Stephanie Linkogle2. Facets of Emancipation: Women in Movement from the Eighteenth Century to the Present - Sheila Rowbotham3. Uncommon Women and the Common Good: Women and Environmental Protest - Temma Kaplan4. Women Community and British Miners' Strike of 1984-85 - Meg Allen5. Between a Rock and a Hard Place: Women's Self-Mobilization to Overcome Poverty in Uganda - Sylvia Tamale6. Adithi - Creating Economic and Social Alternatives - Viji Srinivasan7. New Roots for Rights: Women's Responses to Population and Development Policies - Navtej Purewal8. Nicaraguan Women in the Age of Globalization - Stephanie Linkogle9. Sexual Politics in Indonesia: From Soeharno's Old Order to Soeharto's New Order - Saskia E Wieringa10. Creating Alternative Spaces: Black Women in Resistance - Pragna Patel of Southall Black Sisters interviewed by Paminder Parbha11. Individual and Community Rights Advocacy Forum: Campaigning for Women's Rights in Papua New Guinea - Orovu Seope12. Guatemala: Implementation of the Gender Demands Included in the Peace Accords and Lessons Learned - Clara Jimeno

'The radical vision and historical imagination of Rowbotham and Linkogle give these movements, so often dismissed as sporadic or fragmentary, a rightful place in the history of resistance to hegemonic powers. An important contribution to current discourse on international feminism.' Swasti Mitter 'Mobilizations against the harshest effects of globalization on people's daily lives world wide are predominantly initiated and sustained by the visions and leadership of women. It is inspiring to read this new collection by Sheila Rowbotham and Stephanie Linkogle highlighting the breadth and creativity of women's ongoing battles to create better lives for all. A tonic for these times.' Lynne Segal, author of Why Feminism: Gender, Psychology, Politics