Subject(s): women -- Female -- Twentieth century as a transformative time for women, complexities of defining female well being, CEDAW, globalization/globalisation v/s local networks, gender differential, critique of social change theories, globalization and feminist theories -- Case studies : Women in Bangladesh, Canada, Colombia, Croatia, Iceland, Japan, South Africa, Sudan, Thailand, United Kingdom, United States of America -- New theory for a new century : Common challenges - factors that enhance or detract from female well being, gendered theory of social change, global female well being, globalization -- women & society