1 Introduction: Gender Equality and Tourism -- Beyond Empowerment2 Gender Equality and Tourism: The Global Policy Context3 Feminist Perspectives in the Development of Action Plans for Tourism4 `An Uneasy Truth?': Female Tourism Managers and Organizational Gender Equality Measures in Portugal5 Tourism as Empowerment: Women Artisan's Experiences in Central Mexico6 Trekking to Women's Empowerment: A Case Study of a Female-Operated Travel Company in Ladakh7 Women and Tourism in the Township: Tourism for Empowerment?8 Journeys of Emancipation: Disrupting Poverty in Nepal9 Tourism and Women's Rights in Tunisia10 Tourism Entrepreneurship and Gender in the Global South: The Mexican Experience11 Tourism, Dolls and Dreams: The Last Generation?12 Conclusions: Beyond Empowerment