Women's rights / Geraldine Terry.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Terry, Geraldine B.

Series:

Small guides to big issues.

Small guides to big issues

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Feminism--Developing countries--Case studies.

Feminism.

Women--Violence against.

Women.

Women's rights--Developing countries--Case studies.

Women's rights.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (216 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

London ; Ann Arbor, MI : Pluto Press ; Halifax [Nova Scotia] : Fernwood Pub. ; South Yarra [Vic.] : Palgrave Macmillan Publishers Australia ; Auckland Park [Johannesburg, South Africa] : Jacana ; [Oxford, England] : Published in association with Oxfam GB, 2007.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

A guide to womens' rights the world over -- part of our new Small Guides to Big Issues series published in asssocation with Oxfam.

Contents:

Intro

Contents

Series Preface

Acknowledgements

List of Boxes

List of Abbreviations

1 Interconnections

2 Women's human rights: a closer look

3 The threat of cultural relativism

4 'Not a fax from heaven'

5 The podium and the polling booth

6 Women's economic rights in a globalising world

7 'Sowing a seed': the right to education

8 The violence against women pandemic

9 Women's rights abuses help to spread HIV/AIDS

10 The future is already happening

Resources

Notes

Bibliography

Index.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [176]-191) and index.

ISBN:

1-84964-351-2

1-281-18861-1

9786611188610

OCLC:

815550492