Includes bibliographical references (p. [233]-257).

Sexuality under wraps: acknowledging adolescence in India -- Tested to their limit: sexual harassment in schools and education institutions in Kenya -- Sacred knots and unholy deals: the road towards pro-women legal reform in Egypt -- No paradise yet: women and child custody laws in Bangladesh -- A field of her own: women and land rights in Zimbabwe -- Women no cry: female-headed households in the Caribbean -- Legalised cruelty: anti-women laws in Pakistan -- Democracy in the nation, but not at home: domestic violence and women's reproductive health in Chile -- File under "hurt": domestic violence in Sri Lanka -- Less than human treatment: maternity protection in Kenya -- Business orphans: maternity rights and child care in the Philippines -- No mother's day for women workers: sex discrimination in Mexico.