| Description |
xviii, 260 pages ; 25 cm |
| Contents |
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 |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references |
| Subject |
Women -- Social conditions.
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| Author |
Mirsky, Judith.
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Radlett, Marty.
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Panos Institute.
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| LC no. |
00002220 |
| ISBN |
1856499219 : |
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1856499227 paperback |
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