Women redefining modernity and religion in the globalized context / Nayereh Tohidi and Jane H. Bayes -- United States Catholic women: feminist theologies in action / Susan Marie Maloney -- Implementing the Beijing commitments in Ireland / Yvonne Galligan and Nuala Ryan -- Implementing women's rights in Spain / Celia Valiente -- The politics of implementing women's rights in Catholic countries of Latin America / Laura Guzmán Stein -- The politics of implementing women's rights in Turkey / Ayşe Güneş-Ayata -- Women's strategies in Iran from the 1979 Revolution to 1999 / Mehranguiz Kar -- The politics of implementing women's rights in Bangladesh / Najma Chowdhury -- The silent Ayesha: an Egyptian narrative / Heba Raouf Ezzat.