Bundel artikelen over de positie van vrouwen in verschillende landen in de context van het gezin. De volgende bijdragen zijn opgenomen: A voice of alarm: a historian's view of the family / door Anna Arroba: Patriarchy and development in the Arab world / door Suad Joseph: Fighting female infanticide by working with midwives: an Indian case study / door Ranjani K. Murthy: Female-headed families: a comparative perspective of the Caribbean and the developed world: Structures and processes: land, families, and gender relations / door Susie Jacobs: Women, the law, and the family in Tunisia / Hafidha Chekir: Marginalisation and gay families in Latin America and the Caribbean / door Dinnys Luciano Ferdinand: Child-care and the benefits trap: a case from the UK / door Annie Oliver. Verder nog een interview met Maria Isabal Plata van Profamilia.