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Small Guides to Big Issues
Women's Rights: Small Guides to Big Issues
All over the world, women and girls are being denied their social, economic, political and civil rights. The aim of this book is to expose this systematic discrimination wherever it occurs – in education, access to public services, in reaping benefits from trade, and elsewhere. The book also explores violence against women and looks at how the HIV/AIDS epidemic in Africa is linked to the denial of women’s rights. Geraldine Terry looks at positive examples of women acting to transform inequalities and oppression by asserting their rights. Terry argues that promoting women’s rights is not only a moral issue but also a very effective way to pursue poverty reduction goals worldwide.
216 pages, Paperback
First published August 20, 2007
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January 4, 2011
A straightforward book, that made me realize, "holy eff, poverty-stricken women in the global south are eff'ing eff'ed." That's what I got out of it. A real eye-opener.
The book is more positive than that however, and the author compiles plenty of examples of small programs helping these women throughout the world.
No flowery prose here, just an examination of the international agreements guaranteeing women's rights of various forms and how various countries fall short in supplying women with equal education, freedom from violence, comparable economic opportunities, etc.
The author's examines poor women in the global south, not because that is the group that have the least rights (she doesn't address that issue), but rather that is the group most vulnerable to denial of their rights.
One thing to remember is that these rights are not Western values foisted upon them, rather, they are rights granted by various international agreements to which the countries are signatories.
The book is more positive than that however, and the author compiles plenty of examples of small programs helping these women throughout the world.
No flowery prose here, just an examination of the international agreements guaranteeing women's rights of various forms and how various countries fall short in supplying women with equal education, freedom from violence, comparable economic opportunities, etc.
The author's examines poor women in the global south, not because that is the group that have the least rights (she doesn't address that issue), but rather that is the group most vulnerable to denial of their rights.
One thing to remember is that these rights are not Western values foisted upon them, rather, they are rights granted by various international agreements to which the countries are signatories.
June 30, 2013
A great short primer on the ways in which religious fundamentalists and cultural relativists team up to wage war on women's liberty and justice interests.
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