... complicates gender complementarity, feminist associations of the babaylan with women's high status, and individualist understandings of women's power. Next, the chapter looks into the experiences of two contemporary Blaan female to male transgender nungaru (persons who know), putting these in conversation...

...This chapter studies how women's power is one of the fundamental determinants of not only economic growth but also education levels, ecological sustainability, and social peace. Why does women's power produce social and economic benefit? A key consideration is that women who are highly educated...

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