Women's rights : a global view / edited by Lynn Walter.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Walter, Lynn, 1945-

ProQuest ebook central.

Series:

World view of social issues 1526-9442

A world view of social issues, 1526-9442

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Women's rights.

Women--Social conditions.

Women.

Women's Rights.

Medical Subjects:

Women's Rights.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xxviii, 257 pages.)

Place of Publication:

Westport, CT : Greenwood Press, [2001]

System Details:

text file

Summary:

A cross-cultural historical and contemporary exploration of women's rights issues and activisim in fifteen case studies of nations from around the world.

Contents:

Argentina: the long road to women's rights / Marysa Navarro

Bolivia: women's rights, the International Women's Convention, and state compliance / Gratzia Villarroel Smeall

China: first the problem of rights and law / Sharon K. Hom

Cuba: the search for women's rights in private and public life / Araceli Alonso

Denmark: women's rights and women's welfare / Lynn Walter

Egypt: multiple perspectives on women's rights / Bahira Sherif

The European Union / Madeleine Shea

India: women's movements from nationalism to sustainable development / Manisha Desai

Iran: emerging feminist voices / Ziba Mir-Hosseini

Israel: the myth of gender equality / Chava Frankfort-Nachmias

Japan: democracy in a Confucian-based society / Linda White

Nigeria: women building on the past / Victoria B. Tashjian

Ojibwe: women of the western Great Lakes / Lisa M. Poupart

United States: "The great work before us" / Cheryl Toronto Kalny

Zimbabwe: women's rights and African custom / Sita Ranchod-Nilsson.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI Available via World Wide Web.

Description based on print version record.

Other Format:

Online version: Women's rights.

ISBN:

9780313097058

0313097054

Publisher Number:

99990106943

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license.