This paper will focus on women as active agents in their own lives, resisting the exploitation of the global economy.
- Choose one specific organization resisting globalization and describe the issues and their efforts.
- This paper is worth twice as many points as the previous papers, so you are strongly encouraged to get help with proofreading, so that you can turn in a well written and well-researched paper.
- The organization must be an established movement or coalition with a formal name, history, and organizing principles.
- Potential topics include but are not limited to:
- Women and the Global Peace Movement
- Women and the Anti-Nuke Movement
- Women fighting Climate Change
- Women in the Zapatista Movement
- A specific Environmental Justice Movement
- Women and the Labor Movement in Bangladesh
- South Korean Women Workers organizing against Nike
Once you choose a topic, narrow down even more by choosing a specific coalition, organization or group to research.
Explain the founding, motivation, and efforts of this group.
Do research to explain the issues the group is resisting and why these are concerns for this group. Fully explain how it is related to the concepts you have learned in regards to gender and globalization in this course.
- Remember that this paper must be:
- Double spaced
- 12 pt. font, 1 margins
- 10 pages required (this includes the title, abstract, and reference page)
- ASA formatting required (this includes title, abstract, and reference page)
- Thesis statement required in bold
- You must use at least six academic sources – books or journal articles; Popular press articles (such as Time magazine) or other online sources excluding academic journals, do not count towards the required six academic sources.