Women's Rights: A Global View

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Are women fighting over the same issues and for the same rights all around the world Which cultures are doing the most for women Students will find answers to these and similar questions in this unique resource of fifteen case studies exploring the problems surrounding the fight for women's rights in different countries, ranging from Argentina to Zimbabwe. Examinations of the history, the public perceptions, contemporary problems, the future of women's rights and the roles of activists concerning these rights in each country, provide readers with the opportunity to discover both the many differences and the many similarities that exist among the different cultures in their attitudes toward women and their effort to provide women with the same rights as men. All of the chapters follow a similar outline, in order to facilitate comparisons. The countries were chosen to represent every region of the world and to provide as broad a picture when exploring the issues presented by women's struggles for equality in these different cultures. Each case study asks how national, cultural, class, racial and religious differences have influenced women's rights. These different views of ways in which women have sought their rights around the world and what it means to different people will help students to understand the fight for equality between the sexes in a broad sense as a social issue that affects all of humanity.

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[s]erves as a one-stop source....Recommended for high schools.-Blanche Woolls & David Loertscher (GaleGroup.com)
The revealing chronologies presented in Women's Rights trace reform discourses to unlikely periods, champions, and domains....The issues and strategies prioritized by the groups of women discussed in the book are telling about their common grounds and points of departures. The book is further instructive about skillful initiatives engineered by women to collaborate across their differences and to bridge their pertinent interests.-SIGNS
This volume delivers a wealth of detail about the status of women by using case studies from five continents....An excellent addition for the collection that supports women's studies or multicultural themes. Recommended.-The Book Report
"The revealing chronologies presented in Women's Rights trace reform discourses to unlikely periods, champions, and domains....The issues and strategies prioritized by the groups of women discussed in the book are telling about their common grounds and points of departures. The book is further instructive about skillful initiatives engineered by women to collaborate across their differences and to bridge their pertinent interests."-SIGNS
"serves as a one-stop source....Recommended for high schools."-Blanche Woolls & David Loertscher (GaleGroup.com)
"[s]erves as a one-stop source....Recommended for high schools."-Blanche Woolls & David Loertscher (GaleGroup.com)
"This volume delivers a wealth of detail about the status of women by using case studies from five continents....An excellent addition for the collection that supports women's studies or multicultural themes. Recommended."-The Book Report

Author Bio

LYNN WALTER is Professor of Social Change and Development at The University of Wisconsin-Green Bay. She is the author of Ethnicity, Economy and the State in Ecuador.