| Description |
xxviii, 257 pages ; 25 cm. |
| Series |
A world view of social issues series,
1526-9442
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World view of social issues.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| 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. |
| Subject |
Women's rights.
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Women's rights. |
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Women -- Social conditions.
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Women -- Social conditions. |
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Women. |
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Womyn. |
| Added Author |
Walter, Lynn, 1945-
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| ISBN |
031330890X alkaline paper |
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