Writers from around the world tackle some of the toughest questions about improving the lives of women and explain why we need fresh approaches in analysing what works for the most vexing issues. How far have women in the world progressed since the 1990s? This anthology outlines the recent history of legal and political battles to secure basic rights for women and girls. Top policymakers, human rights experts, writers and artists with unique perspectives will address topics from violence against women to property rights to the role of international institutions.
Writers from around the world tackle some of the toughest questions about improving the lives of women and explain why we need fresh approaches in analysing what works for the most vexing issues. How far have women in the world progressed since the 1990s? This anthology outlines the recent history of legal and political battles to secure basic rights for women and girls. Top policymakers, human rights experts, writers and artists with unique perspectives will address topics from violence against women to property rights to the role of international institutions.
As Human Rights Watch's Director of Global Initiatives, MINKY WORDEN develops and implements international outreach and advocacy campaigns. Before joining Human Rights Watch in 1998, Ms. Worden worked in Hong Kong and in Washington, D.C. at the Department of Justice. A member of the Council on Foreign Relations, she is the editor of China's Great Leap: The Beijing Games and Olympian Human Rights Challenges and the co-editor of Torture: Does It Make Us Safer? Is It Ever OK?: A Human Rights Perspective. Worden lives in New York.
"This compilation of commissioned essays, anecdotes, and photos
presents a powerful overview of contemporary women's issues—from
the unsettlingly enormous backlogs of untested rape kits in Los
Angeles, to genital mutilation and child marriage in Kurdistan and
Afghanistan—and the ongoing fight for women's rights around the
world. While sociologically and academically relevant, this is a
cohesive and eminently readable document that is simultaneously an
inspiration and a call-to-action.” —Publisher’s Weekly
"Diverse voices of hopeless, hopeful, and boldly determined women
from around the world comprise a compelling, multicultural
resource.” —Booklist
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