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003    OCoLC 
005    20140405033743.0 
008    140226s2014    nyu           001 0 eng   
010      2014007266 
020    9781476773957|q(hardback) 
020    1476773955|q(hardback) 
020    9781476773964|q(trade paperback) 
020    1476773963|q(trade paperback) 
035    (OCoLC)868276576 
035    (OCoLC)868276576 
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050 00 HQ1236|b.C375 2014 
082 00 323.3/4|223 
084    SOC028000|aPOL035010|2bisacsh 
100 1  Carter, Jimmy,|d1924- 
245 12 A call to action :|bwomen, religion, violence, and power /
       |cJimmy Carter. 
250    First Simon & Schuster hardcover edition. 
264  1 New York :|bSimon & Schuster,|c2014. 
300    viii, 211 pages ;|c24 cm 
336    text|2rdacontent 
337    unmediated|2rdamedia 
338    volume|2rdacarrier 
500    Includes index. 
505 0  My childhood -- Commitment to peace and women's rights -- 
       The Bible and gender equality -- Full prisons and legal 
       killing -- Sexual assault and rape -- Violence and war -- 
       Observations as a traveler -- Women and the Carter Center 
       -- Learning from human rights heroes -- The genocide of 
       girls -- Rape -- Slavery and prostitution -- Spouse abuse 
       -- "Honor" killings -- Genital cutting -- Child marriage 
       and dowry deaths -- Politics, pay, and maternal health -- 
       The road to progress. 
520    Looks at the suffering, discrimination, and abuse suffered
       by women throughout the world, often as a result of 
       distorted readings of religious texts, as witnessed by the
       author and the testimony of women representing different 
       regions and religions. 
520    "The world's discrimination and violence against women and
       girls is the most serious, pervasive, and ignored 
       violation of basic human rights: This is President Jimmy 
       Carter's call to action. President Carter was encouraged 
       to write this book by a wide coalition of leaders of all 
       faiths. His urgent report covers a system of 
       discrimination that extends to every nation. Women are 
       deprived of equal opportunity in wealthier nations and 
       "owned" by men in others, forced to suffer servitude, 
       child marriage, and genital cutting. The most vulnerable, 
       along with their children, are trapped in war and 
       violence. A Call to Action addresses the suffering 
       inflicted upon women by a false interpretation of 
       carefully selected religious texts and a growing tolerance
       of violence and warfare. Key verses are often omitted or 
       quoted out of context by male religious leaders to exalt 
       the status of men and exclude women. And in nations that 
       accept or even glorify violence, this perceived inequality
       becomes the basis for abuse. President Carter and his wife,
       Rosalynn, have visited 145 countries, and The Carter 
       Center has had active projects in more than half of them. 
       Around the world, they have seen inequality rising rapidly
       with each passing decade. This is true in both rich and 
       poor countries, and among the citizens within them. Carter
       draws upon his own experiences and the testimony of 
       courageous women from all regions and all major religions 
       to demonstrate that women around the world, more than half
       of all human beings, are being denied equal rights. This 
       is an informed and passionate charge about a devastating 
       effect on economic prosperity and unconscionable human 
       suffering. It affects us all"--|cProvided by publisher. 
598    PORTNONFIC, ENFDNFIC 
650  0 Women's rights. 
650  0 Women's rights|xReligious aspects. 
650  0 Women|xSocial conditions|y21st century. 
650  0 Women|xViolence against. 
650  0 Sex discrimination against women. 
650  0 Sex role|xReligious aspects. 
650  0 Human rights. 
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