The unfinished revolution : voices from the global fight for women's rights / edited by Minky Worden.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Worden, Minky.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Women's rights.

Physical Description:

xviii, 361 pages, 24 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 21 cm

Place of Publication:

New York : Seven Stories Press, [2012]

Summary:

The Unfinished Revolution tells the story of the global struggle to secure basic rights for women and girls, including in the Middle East where the Arab Spring raised high hopes, but the political revolutions are so far insufficient to guarantee progress. Around the world, women and girls are trafficked into forced labor and sex slavery, trapped in conflict zones where rape is a weapon of war, prevented from attending school, and kept from making deeply personal choices in their private lives, such as whom and when to marry. In many countries, women are second-class citizens by law. In others, religion and traditions block freedoms such as the right to work, study or access health care. Even in the United States, women who are victims of sexual violence often do not see their attackers brought to justice.

Contents:

A revolution in thinking: women's rights are human rights

Revolutions and transitions

Conflict zones

The economies of rights: education, work, and property

Violence against women

Women and health

Political constraints and harmful traditions

The next frontier: a road map to rights.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781609803872

1609803876

OCLC:

731918393