Women's rights a global view
Title:
Women's rights a global view
Author:
Walter, Lynn, 1945-
ISBN:
9780313097058
Publication Information:
Westport, Conn. : Greenwood Press, 2001.
Physical Description:
1 online resource (xxviii, 257 p.)
Series:
A world view of social issues series,
World view of social issues.
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.
Abstract:
Are women fighting over the same issues and for the same rights all around the world? What are the gains that have been made for women in different cultures over the past 200 years? Students will find answers to these and similar questions in this unique resource of fifteen case studies exploring the problems surrounding the fight for women's rights in different countries, ranging from Argentina to Zimbabwe. The history, the public perceptions, contemporary problems, the future of women's rights, and the roles of activists concerning these rights are examined. The detailed explorations provide.
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