Women and power : Fighting patriarchies and poverty

Contents
Introduction, Janet Gabriel Townsend and Emma Zapata. Part 1 Empowerment matters - understanding power, Janet Gabriel Townsend et al: power, the rich and the poor
"development"?
power
empowerment
power over
power from within
power with
the power to
power as resistance
rural women and empowerment at Tapalehui
academic women and power at Tapalehui
the Zapatista revolutionary law of women
questions about empowerment
summary. Part 2 Outsiders and self-empowerment, Emma Zapata and Janet Gabriel Townsend: "associational revolution"
microcredit
new organizations and work for a better world
NGOs in Mexico
"indigenous" peoples
the women's movement
NGOs working with women
the place of outsiders in the self-empowerment of rural women
outsiders seen from Tapalehui. Part 3 Power from within -getting out of that house!, Janet Gabriel Townsend: who is writing?
the power from within
the obstacles
new consciousness
sex and sexuality
"autogestion" and "dignidad"
getting out of that house!
the bad old days
self empowerment
peasant women's exploits
a new balance?
pleasure!
understanding the talk
women outside such groups
summary. Part 4 The power "with" - getting organized, Emma Zapata: one story
who is writing?
the organizations
ethnicity and difference
celebrating the "power with"
defining the "power with"
organization and the search for the "power with"
training for autonomy?
what is leadership?
a road full of obstacles? learning on the way
the "power with" and politics
"power with" in academic life
visions of the future
summary. Part 5 The "power to" do - and to make money, Marta Mercado
who is writing?
microcredit
what is "power to" for rural and academic women?
"power to" organize
"power to" design projects
the "power to" get funding
power to learn
changing work
obstacles to the "power to"
building up the "power to"
the workshop
where next?. Part 6 The "power over" - domination, repression and resistance, Pilar Alberti: who is writing?
what is power over?
forms of "power over"
academic women and advisers on "power over"
rural women on "power over"
peasant and academic women between "power over" and empowerment
"power over", power as resistance and change. Part 7 Levels of power - from the person to the world, Emma Zapata: understanding
personal powers
power in relationships - peasant women
change-agents and advisers
academics
individual women and national and international power
group power in the local community
group power at the regional level
group power - national and international. Part 8 Where next?, Emma Zapata et al. Appendix A - empowerment at Tapalehui and in American "community development", Janet Gabriel Townsend.