This book contains papers presented by then young women researchers and provides a picture more or less complete of the condition of women in modern Turkey.

In this autobiographical novel, Anja Meulenbelt, describes candidly her personal history, from her first marriage, to her relation with her son, from her political awakening(s), to her lesbian awakening.

A calls upon women to permit themselves some ‘healthy egoism’, adopt a ‘fighting attitude’ and exert political pressure on parties to improve the position of women.

This article analyses the relationship between women’s empowerment and the formal and informal education given even from the early years.

The introduction by editor Callus examines the main factors that have influenced social change with regards to women’s role in society and gives an overview of the chapters.

This articles gave insight into the situation of women’s lives in the public and private sphere and challenged the system which excluded women from achieving a career in work or politics and which kept them tied to their ascribed role at home.

This Booklet gives an outline of the actual position of women in Malta vis-a-vis human rights, calling strongly on the government to amend a number of laws which were in conflict with human rights.

Focus on men’s participation in work-family reconciliation processes and how employed fathers fulfill their roles both within the family and at work and what mechanisms at political, institutional and individual levels could facilitate them to balance these roles and achieve more equal gender relations at home.