Gender, civil society and women's movements in Central and Eastern Europe / Barbara Einhorn and Charlie Sever -- Women's organisations and civil society in China: making a difference / Jude Howell -- Women in movement: transformations in African political landscapes / Aili Mari Tripp -- Gender and civil society in the Middle East / Nadje S. Al-Ali -- The discourse of Dangdut: gender and civil society in Indonesia / Diane Mulligan -- Chilean feminism(s) in the 1990s: paradox of an unfinished transition / Marcela Ríos-Tobar -- The impact of feminist civil society and political alliances on gender policies in Mexico / Linda S. Stevenson -- The dimensions and policy impact of feminist civil society: democratic policy-making on violence against women in the fifty US States / S. Laurel Weldon -- Who is the real civil society?: women's groups versus pro-family groups at the International Criminal Court negotiations / Marlies Glasius.