Champion of choice
Subtitle: the life and legacy of women's advocate Nafis Sadik
By: Cathleen Miller
Publisher: University of Nebraska Press
Published: 2013
Language: eng
Number of pages: 496
ISBN-13: 9780803246836; 9780803211049
Subjects: Social Scientists & Psychologists; Women's health services; Women social reformers; SOCIAL SCIENCE; Women physicians; Family planning; Reproductive rights; BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY; Feminism & Feminist Theory; Biography; Women
Description: Not many women can claim to have changed history, but Nafis Sadik set that goal in her youth, and change the world she did. Champion of Choice tells the remarkable story of how Sadik, born into a prominent Indian family in 1929, came to be the world's foremost advocate for women's health and reproductive rights, the first female director of a United Nations agency, and "one of the most powerful women in the world" (London Times). An obstetrician, wife, mother, and devout Muslim, Sadik has been a courageous and tireless advocate for women, insisting on discussing the dif.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.

Print version record.
Table of contents: title: Title Page; Copyright Page; Contents; List of Illustrations; Introduction; 1 Birth; 2 Welcoming the Girls; 3 Azhar; 4 Karachi; 5 The Wedding; 6 Doctor's Orders; 7 Mothers; 8 Family Planning; 9 The un; 10 The Director; 11 The Vatican; 12 Cairo; 13 Beijing; 14 Back Home; 15 On The Ground; 16 Onward; Epilogue; Acknowledgments; Notes and Sources; Index.