Women's rights
Subtitle: a global view
By: edited by Lynn Walter.
Contributors: Walter, Lynn, 1945-
Series: A world view of social issues series; World view of social issues
Publisher: Greenwood Press
Published: 2001
Place of publication: Westport, Conn
Language: eng
Number of pages: 257
Subjects: Women's rights; Women -- Social conditions
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Argentina: the long road to women's rights / Marysa Navarro; title: Bolivia: women's rights, the International Women's Convention, and state compliance / Gratzia Villarroel Smeall; title: China: first the problem of rights and law / Sharon K. Hom; title: Cuba: the search for women's rights in private and public life / Araceli Alonso; title: Denmark: women's rights and women's welfare / Lynn Walter; title: Egypt: multiple perspectives on women's rights / Bahira Sherif; title: The European Union / Madeleine Shea; title: India: women's movements from nationalism to sustainable development / Manisha Desai; title: Iran: emerging feminist voices / Ziba Mir-Hosseini; title: Israel: the myth of gender equality / Chava Frankfort-Nachmias; title: Japan: democracy in a Confucian-based society / Linda White; title: Nigeria: women building on the past / Victoria B. Tashjian; title: Ojibwe: women of the western Great Lakes / Lisa M. Poupart; title: United States: "The great work before us" / Cheryl Toronto Kalny; title: Zimbabwe: women's rights and African custom / Sita Ranchod-Nilsson.