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1 online resource |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Summary |
Not many women can claim to have changed history, but Nafis Sadik set that goal in her youth, and change the world she did. Champion of Choice tells the remarkable story of how Sadik, born into a prominent Indian family in 1929, came to be the world's foremost advocate for women's health and reproductive rights, the first female director of a United Nations agency, and "one of the most powerful women in the world" (London Times). An obstetrician, wife, mother, and devout Muslim, Sadik has been a courageous and tireless advocate for women, insisting on discussing the dif. |
| Contents |
Title Page; Copyright Page; Contents; List of Illustrations; Introduction; 1 Birth; 2 Welcoming the Girls; 3 Azhar; 4 Karachi; 5 The Wedding; 6 Doctor's Orders; 7 Mothers; 8 Family Planning; 9 The un; 10 The Director; 11 The Vatican; 12 Cairo; 13 Beijing; 14 Back Home; 15 On The Ground; 16 Onward; Epilogue; Acknowledgments; Notes and Sources; Index. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
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Sadik, Nafis.
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Sadik, Nafis. |
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Sadik, Nafis. |
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Women social reformers -- Pakistan -- Biography.
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Women social reformers. |
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Pakistan. |
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Biographies.
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Women physicians -- Pakistan -- Biography.
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Women physicians. |
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Family planning -- Developing countries.
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Family planning. |
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Developing countries. |
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Reproductive rights -- Developing countries.
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Reproductive rights. |
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Women's health services -- Developing countries.
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Women's health services. |
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Electronic books.
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Biographies.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: 9780803211049 080321104X (DLC) 2012035075 |
| ISBN |
0803246838 (electronic book) |
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9780803246836 (electronic book) |
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9780803211049 (cloth ; alkaline paper) |
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080321104X (cloth ; alkaline paper) |
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