Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction : ideas into action / Irene Tinker -- Crossroads for women at the UN / Aziza Hussein -- Breaking new ground at the UN and the World Bank / Gloria Scott -- The UN, women, and development : the World Conferences on Women / Leticia Ramos Shahani -- Walking my own road : how a sabbatical year led to a United Nations career / Margaret Snyder -- Walking on eggshells at the UN / Kristen Timothy -- Challenging wisdom, changing policies : the women in development movement / Irene Tinker -- Striding forward: an Italian NGO in the developing nations / Daniela Colombo -- The International Women's Tribune Center : expanding the struggle for women's rights at the UN / Anne S. Walker -- ISIS International : a Latin American perspective / Ana Mar�Portugal -- Women's world banking / Michaela Walsh -- A view from the South : a story of intersections / Devaki Jain -- A Caribbean journey : defending feminist politics / Peggy Antrobus -- Searching for equality : WID needed at home and abroad / Vivian Lowery Derryck -- Seizing opportunities : USAID, WID, and CEDAW / Arvonne S. Fraser -- Toward empowerment : influencing the Netherlands aid programs / Geertje Lycklama ࠎijeholt -- Crossing the line : from academia to the WID office at USAID / Jane S. Jaquette -- Full circle : from academia to government and back / Elsa M. Chaney -- A Brazilian feminist and a new constitution / Jacqueline Pitanguy -- Pioneering women's forestry issues at FAO / Marilyn W. Hoskins -- Creating a commonwealth sisterhood / Dorienne Rowan-Campbell -- Women empowering women through NGOs / Elise Fiber Smith -- Gardening for development / Martha Wells Lewis -- The Ford Foundation and the power of international sisterhood / Cornelia Butler Flora -- Hard minds and soft hearts : a university memoir / Kathleen Cloud -- Notes from the middle border : WID on campus / Jane B. Knowles -- Straddling borders : global to local / Kathleen Staudt -- Education, women, and politics in Kenya / Eddah W. Gachukia.