Working Women Stories of Strife, Struggle and Survival

includes index and biblioraphy

PART ONE Struggles in the Workplace 1. Experiences of a Black South African Woman 3 Thenjiwe Magwaza 2. Single Motherhood in America: My Struggle 17 Heide Kaminski 3. Redefining the Meaning of Work 25 Millicent Daweti 4. Moving and Mixing: Stories of Migrant Women in New Zealand 37 Maureen Lewis PART TWO Exploitation in the Workplace 5. Homeless Women and the Choices They Make 55 Kay Sexton 6. Pencilled in at the Margins: Dealing with Bullies at Work 65 Shelda Debowski 7. Gender Equity in a Post-Apartheid South Africa 79 Shirley Mthethwa-Sommers 8. In Search of a Title 90 Lynne Hunt PART THREE Health and Wellness 9. Our Lives with Mother and Alzheimer`s Illness 105 Artene Fester 10. `Openly Positive`: Living and Working with HIV/AIDS 111 Nokujabula Myeza and Dennis Francis 11. Children Left Behind: Voices (Ukhuhebeza) of HIV+ Mothers 123 Nirmala Gopal and Reshma Sookrajh PART FOUR Having Faith: Religious and Spiritual Journeys 12. Cultural Identities of South African Hindu Women 141 Sheila Chirkut 13. Spiritual Strength in Overcoming Adversity 155 Antiiekie Ravhudzulo 14. Finding Work in the New Democracy 167 Arlene Fester PART FIVE Finding Spaces: Women`s Empowerment 15. Living and Working in Calcutta: Jane`s Story 177 Robyn Andrews 16. Surviving with a Disability in New York City 191 Diane Saarinen 17. Gendered Spaces: Men in Women`s Places 200 Vivian Besem Ojong 18. Poverty, Empowerment and Grass-roots Democracy: 210 Defining Participatory Approaches Sita Venkateswar PART SIX Conclusion 19. Locating Women`s Struggle in a Cultural Context Fay Patel