Includes bibliographical references and index.

Part I : Recognizing transnational feminism :Globalization and feminism : opportunities and obstacles for activism in the global arena / Myra Marx Ferree -- Unlikely godmother : the UN and the global women's movement / Margaret Snyder -- The evolution of transnational feminisms : consensus, conflict, and new dynamics / Aili Mari Tripp -- Part II : Local experiences: encountering the transnational : Turkey's modern paradoxes : identity politics, women's agency, and universal rights / Yakin Ertürk -- Working women of the world unite : labor organizing and transnational gender solidarity among domestic workers in Hong Kong / Sarah Swider -- Women's organizing in post-Yugoslav countries : talking about "donors" / Aida Bagić -- Women as agents for development : learning from the experiences of women in Finland / Hilkka Pietilä -- Part III : Activism in transnational space :Regional women's activism : African women's networks and the African Union / Melinda Adams -- Measuring feminist mobilization : cross-national convergences and transnational networks in Western Europe / Dorothy E. McBride and Amy G. Mazur -- Transnational feminist NGOs on the Web : networks and identities in the global North and South / Myra Marx Ferree and Tetyana Pudrovska -- Part IV: Conclusions : Human/women's rights and feminist transversal politics / Nira Yuval-Davis -- Challenges in transnational feminist mobilization / Aili Mari Tripp.