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020 _a1856499219
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020 _a9781856499217
020 _a9781856499224 (pbk.)
090 0 0 _a305.42
_bNO
_c2000
245 0 0 _aNo paradise yet
_bthe world's women face the new century
_cedited by Judith Mirsky and Marty Radlett.
260 _aLondon
_bPANOS/Zed
_c2000.
300 _axviii, 260p.
_c25cm.
504 _aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [233]-257).
505 0 _aSexuality 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.
520 _aJournalists from many countries contributed to this review of the status of women around the globe. They consider social and cultural improvements in the lives of women and the task that remains to provide women with real human rights.
650 0 _aWomen
_xSocial conditions.
650 0 0 _aAufsatzsammlung.
_xswd
650 0 0 _aFrau.
_xswd
650 0 0 _aSoziale Situation.
_xswd
651 7 _aEntwicklungslèander.
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