| Description |
viii, 184 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm. |
| Series |
The Reference shelf ; v. 77, no. 4 |
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Reference shelf ; v. 77, no. 4.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 167-178) and index. |
| Contents |
Pt. 1: Women in the public sphere. One battle after another / Sophie Bessis, UNESCO Courier, June 2000 ; Unequal : a global perspective under the law / Jessica Neuwirth, Ms., Summer 2004 ; International holdout / Ellen Chester, The American Prospect, Oct. 2004 ; Another pose of rectitude / George F. Will, Newsweek, Sept. 2, 2002 ; Nordic women suffer gender gap least / Jane Wardell, Associated Press, May 16, 2005 ; More women are entering the global labor force than ever before, but job equality and poverty reduction remain elusive / International Labour Organization, March 5, 2004 ; Women's pay : why the gap remains a chasm / Aaron Bernstein, Business Week, June 14, 2004 ; Employed, yes--but precariously / Oxfam International, from the report Trading away our rights: women working in global supply chains, 2004 -- Pt. 2: Women's health care and mortality. Modern Asia's anomaly : the girls who don't get born / Celia W. Dugger, The New York Times, May 6, 2001 ; Fighting the silent epidemic / [interview with] Joy Phumaphi, The World Health Organization, Apr. 7, 2005 ; Women, inequality, and the burden of HIV / Bisola O. Ojikutu and Valerie E. Stone, New England Journal of Medicine, Feb. 17, 2005 ; Working for women's sexual rights / Barbara Crossette, The New York Times, Oct. 2, 2000 -- Pt. 3: Violence against women. Rape as a war crime / America Press, Oct. 13, 2003 ; Domestic terror : when several soldiers killed their wives, an old problem was suddenly news / Catherine Lutz and Jon Elliston, The Nation, Oct. 14, 2002 ; For more Afghan women, immolation is escape / Carlotta Gall, New York Times, March 8, 2004 ; Honour killings : violence against women in Pakistan / Ahmar Mustikhan, Canadian Dimension, Feb. 1, 2000 -- Pt. 4: Sex trafficking and prostitution. Regulating the global brothel / Leah Platt, The American Prospect, July 2, 2001 ; Long silent, oldest profession gets vocal and organized / Mireya Navarro, The New York Times, Dec. 18, 2004 ; The link between prostitution and sex trafficking / U.S. Dept. of State, Bureau of Public Affairs, Nov. 24, 2004 ; Of human bondage / Tara McKelvey, The American Prospect, Nov. 2, 2004 -- Pt. 5: Muslim women and the East/West divide. It's the women, stupid / Pippa Norris and Ronald Inglehart, Ms., Spring 2004 ; Faith & freedom / Jay Tolson, U.S. News and World Report, Nov. 10, 2003 ; A woman's prerogative / Rebecca Mead, The New Yorker, Jan. 7, 2002 ; A mystery of misogyny / Barbara Ehrenreich, The Progressive, Dec. 2001 -- Pt. 6: The Christian Right and reproductive rights ; Of family planning, U.S. vs. much of the world / Howard LaFranchi, The Christian Science Monitor, March 30, 2004 ; Christian soldiers on the march / Jennifer Block, The Nation, February 3, 2003 ; Life lesson / Andrew Sullivan, The New Republic, Feb. 7, 2005 ; Pharmacists balk on after-sex pill and widen fight / Monica Davey and Pam Belluck, The New York Times, Apr. 19, 2005. |
| Subject |
Women's rights.
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Women -- Social conditions.
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Women and religion.
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| Added Author |
Curry, Jennifer, 1977-
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Messina, Lynn.
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| ISBN |
0824210492 alkaline paper |
| Standard No. |
9788242104922 |
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