Feminist Conversation is a forum of cross-cultural communication among women from different parts of the world, as well as from different life paths. It draws on several disciplines, including gender studies, psychology, and political science, to gain insight into the following questions: Do post-transitional societies become more women-friendly as they become more democractic? Which strategies of empowerment can women use to obtain political voice and improve their everyday lives? How do they cope with traumatic experiences and memories? Womens rights activists and feminist scholars from Lithuania, Armenia, South Africa, Guatemala, and the United States reflect on the productivity of different practices for increasing political standing, the efficiency of different methods of dealing with gender violence, and the different empowerment mechanisms of coping with trauma. The authors engage in a dialogue about the applicability of these practices, methods, and mechanisms to various countries and cultures. Book jacket.

Dovile Budryte is an Associate Professor of Political Science at Georgia Gwinnett College in Lawrenceville, Georgia. Lisa M. Vaughn is an Associate Professor of Pediatrics at the University of Cincinnati, College of Medicine and Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center in Ohio. Natalya T. Riegg is a Professor of Political Science and Global Studies at the University of Saint Mary in Leavenworth, Kansas.