Includes index.

Gender questions in the human security framework : an introduction / Thanh-Dam Truong, Saskia Wieringa, and Amrita Chhachhi -- Seeking affirmation and rights in processes of transition and conflict transformation : experiences of women in Sri Lanka and Timor L'este (East Timor) / Sunila Abeysekara -- Reproductive rights and gender justice in the neoconservative shadow / Gita Sen -- Southside : gender power dynamics in Jamaica's ghetto trap / Imani Tafari-Ama -- Dutch pragmatism and prostitution : making sex work / Joyce Outshoorn -- Countering trafficking in women and children : a gender and human rights framework / Noeleen Heyzer -- The politics and culture of care : some issues in the Netherlands / Carla Risseeuw -- The globalisation of care service provision : a value chain approach / Rachel Kurian -- From state duty to women's virtue : care under liberalisation in Vietnam / Thanh-Dam Truong -- Globalisation, social movements, and feminism : coming together at the World Social Forum / Virginia Vargas -- Measuring women's empowerment : developing a global tool / Saskia Wieringa -- Eroding citizenship : gender, labour, and liberalisation in India / Amrita Chhachhi -- Plasticity of gender in social policy formulation / Pat Mohammed -- Engendering environmental studies and policies : a case study of the Nariva Swamp of Trinidad and Tobago / Rhoda Reddock.