Women's rights /
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Farmington Hills, MI :
Greenhaven Press,
c2010.
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| Series: | Global viewpoints.
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Table of Contents:
- Women's legal rights. South African women advocate training for women in politics / Stephanie Nieuwoudt
- Bolivia provides technology to support female indigenous leaders / International Institute for Communication and Development (IICD)
- Mexico keeps indigenous women out of the political realm / Diego Cevallos
- Costa Rican women's organizations collaborate to fight the trade agreement / Margaret Thompson and María Suárez
- Europe's sex workers sign a declaration of rights / European Conference on Sex Work, Human Rights, Labour and Migration
- Burma's military regime detains political activist women / Marwaan Macan-Markar. Women's reproductive rights. Indonesia defines reproductive rights within Islamic law / Dewanti Lakhsmi Sari
- Denmark promotes equity in sexual and reproductive health and rights / Royal Danish Ministry of Foreign Affairs
- Peru's conservative political leaders impede progress on reproductive rights / Anna Britt-Coe
- Iran's Islamic Republic is credited for success in reducing overpopulation / Alvaro Serrano
- China's cultural traditions impact working women's reproductive equality / Asia Monitor Resource Centre. Women's social rights. Germany responds to an Afghan girl's murder in the name of honor / Barbara Hans
- Kuwait's culture both frees and limits women's options / Haya Al-Mughni
- A new Afghan law reverses progress on rights for women / Golnaz Esfandiari
- Israel sees a revival of women's prayer books / Sybil Sheridan
- Saudi Arabian women hope for greater religious tolerance / Basma Al-Mutlaq. Women's economic rights. India sees an influx of women in engineering careers / Pragya Singh
- Cameroon's female farmers unite in grassroots activism / Susan Diduk
- In the post-socialist tradition in Russia, women entered employment more readily, but into lower-payign jobs / Theodore P. Gerber and Olga Mayorova
- South Africa offers women programs for economic empowerment / Elizabeth Thabethe
- Thai women are increasingly affected by the economic downturn / Lynette Lee Corporal.