VOLUME 1: AFRICA, THE AMERICAS, ASIA, AND OCEANIA Preface Introduction Introduction to Gender Measuring Gender Introduction to the Volumes Introduction to Volume 1 Part 1: AFRICA Central Africa: Burundi, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, Congo Republic, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, and São Tomé and Príncipe Eastern Africa: Comoros, Djibouti, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Kenya, Madagascar, Mauritius, Rwanda, Seychelles, Somalia, South Sudan, and Uganda Nigeria North Africa: Algeria, Egypt, Libya, Mauritania, Morocco, Sudan, Tunisia, and Western Sahara Southern Africa: eSwatini, Mozambique, South Africa, Zambia, and Zimbabwe Tanzania PART 2: THE AMERICAS Caribbean South America Argentina, Chile, and Uruguay Brazil Colombia United States PART 3: ASIA Bangladesh China India Japan Laos, Vietnam Mongolia South Korea PART 4: OCEANIA Australia, New Zealand, and Tasmania Papua New Guinea and Smaller Island States VOLUME 2: EUROPE AND THE MIDDLE EAST Preface Introduction Introduction to Gender Measuring Gender Introduction to the Volumes Introduction to Volume 2 Part 5: EUROPE Albania Bosnia and Herzegovina Bulgaria, Moldova, Romania, and Ukraine Croatia Czechia, Slovakia, and Slovenia France Germany Greece Ireland Italy The Netherlands Poland Portugal Russia (European Russia, Asiatic Russia, and Siberia) Spain Switzerland United Kingdom Part 6: MIDDLE EAST Azerbaijan and Georgia Iraq and Saudi Arabia Jordan, Palestine, and Israel Turkey About the Editor and Contributors Index

This book provides an indispensable resource for high school and college students interested in the history and current status of gender identity formation and maintenance and how it impacts LGBTQ rights throughout the world.