The contributors to this volume provide a survey of the existing gender machineries on the international level, explore the way in which feminist movements have approached international organizations and the way IOs have responded, and examine the laws and norms that have been produced and their effects in local contexts globally.

1. Introduction: Feminist Strategies in International Governance: Past Insights, New Visions and Future Prospects Gülay Caglar, Elisabeth Prügl and Susanne Zwingel Part 1: Feminist Strategies 2.Civil Society Strategies: The Weight of Outsider Interventions Mariama Williams 3. Feminist Strategies within International Organizations Carolyn Hannan 4. Gender Mainstreaming Laura Parisi& Jacqui True 5. International Law - A Travel Guide for Gender Justice? Hilary Charlesworth 6. Gender Expertise Elisabeth Prügl Part 2: How do Gender Norms Travel? 7. Translating International Women's Rights: CEDAW in Context Susanne Zwingel 8. Vernacularization in Action: Combining Global and Local Ideas about Women's Rights in Peru Peggy Levitt 9. Translating International Norms: Filters to Combating Violence Against Women in Lebanon Rita Sabat Part 3: Feminist Strategies in Security Governance 10. Gender Mainstreaming of UN Peace Operations Claudia von Braunmühl 11. Changing Discourses, Changing Practices? Gender Mainstreaming and Security Jutta Joachim and Schneiker 12. Women's Rights in Post-War States: International Peacebuilding Operations and Feminist Policy Change Anne Jenichen Part 4: Economic Governance and Governmentality 13. Governing the Economy for Gender Equality? Challenges of Regulation Shahra Razavi 14. Economic Governance and the Regulation of Intimacy in Gender and Development Planning: Lessons from the World Bank's Latin American Programming Kate Bedford 15. Crisis and Economic Knowledge Gülay Caglar 16. Gender and the Technocratic Network Governance in Finance Brigitte Young17. Global Feminist Movements Ilse Lenz