The World of Women : In Pursuit of Human Rights

The book is concerned with social issues and problems that effect women throughout the world, the policies and practices that impinge on their human rights, and the programmes around the globe that are successfully changing their conditions. This interdisciplinary work provides a rich resource of information, linking discrimination and violence against women to family law, sex roles to sex industries, and sexual oppression to politics, education, employment, health and mental health. Front Matter....Pages i-xv A Global Challenge: Human Rights and Women....Pages 1-18 Anti-Discrimination and Pro-Equality Measures....Pages 19-30 From Sex Roles to Sex Industries....Pages 31-53 The Politics of Oppression and Action....Pages 54-68 Education for the 21st Century....Pages 69-87 An Employment Imperative....Pages 88-107 A World Health Mandate....Pages 108-128 Rural Women, Mental Health and Economic Development....Pages 129-151 Equality, the Family, and the Law....Pages 152-181 Women at Risk/Women in Action....Pages 182-199 Back Matter....Pages 200-228 Janice Wood Wetzel. Includes Index. Bibliography: P. 202-217.