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Women's rights : a global view / edited by Lynn Walter.

Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextSeries: World view of social issuesPublisher: Westport, Conn. : Greenwood Press, 2001Description: xxviii, 257 pages ; 25 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 031330890X
  • 9780313308901
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 305.42
LOC classification:
  • HQ1236. W6527 2001
Contents:
Series Foreword / Andrew L. Cherry -- 1. Argentina: The Long Road to Women's Rights / Marysa Navarro -- 2. Bolivia: Women's Rights, the International Women's Convention, and State Compliance / Gratzia Villarroel Smeall -- 3. China: First the Problem of Rights and Law / Sharon K. Hom -- 4. Cuba: The Search for Women's Rights in Private and Public Life / Araceli Alonso -- 5. Denmark: Women's Rights and Women's Welfare / Lynn Walter -- 6. Egypt: Multiple Perspectives on Women's Rights / Bahira Sherif -- 7. The European Union / Madeleine Shea -- 8. India: Women's Movements from Nationalism to Sustainable Development / Manisha Desai -- 9. Iran: Emerging Feminist Voices / Ziba Mir-Hosseini -- 10. Israel: The Myth of Gender Equality / Chava Frankfort-Nachmias -- 11. Japan: Democracy in a Confucian-Based Society / Linda White -- 12. Nigeria: Women Building on the Past / Victoria B. Tashjian -- 13. Ojibwe: Women of the Western Great Lakes / Lisa M. Poupart -- 14. United States: "The Great Work Before Us" / Cheryl Toronto Kalny -- 15. Zimbabwe: Women's Rights and African Custom / Sita Ranchod-Nilsson -- App. 1. International Comparisons -- App. 2. Declaration of Sentiments -- App. 3. The Universal Declaration of Human Rights -- App. 4. Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

Series Foreword / Andrew L. Cherry -- 1. Argentina: The Long Road to Women's Rights / Marysa Navarro -- 2. Bolivia: Women's Rights, the International Women's Convention, and State Compliance / Gratzia Villarroel Smeall -- 3. China: First the Problem of Rights and Law / Sharon K. Hom -- 4. Cuba: The Search for Women's Rights in Private and Public Life / Araceli Alonso -- 5. Denmark: Women's Rights and Women's Welfare / Lynn Walter -- 6. Egypt: Multiple Perspectives on Women's Rights / Bahira Sherif -- 7. The European Union / Madeleine Shea -- 8. India: Women's Movements from Nationalism to Sustainable Development / Manisha Desai -- 9. Iran: Emerging Feminist Voices / Ziba Mir-Hosseini -- 10. Israel: The Myth of Gender Equality / Chava Frankfort-Nachmias -- 11. Japan: Democracy in a Confucian-Based Society / Linda White -- 12. Nigeria: Women Building on the Past / Victoria B. Tashjian -- 13. Ojibwe: Women of the Western Great Lakes / Lisa M. Poupart -- 14. United States: "The Great Work Before Us" / Cheryl Toronto Kalny -- 15. Zimbabwe: Women's Rights and African Custom / Sita Ranchod-Nilsson -- App. 1. International Comparisons -- App. 2. Declaration of Sentiments -- App. 3. The Universal Declaration of Human Rights -- App. 4. Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women.

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