Champion of choice [[electronic resource] ] : the life and legacy of women's advocate Nafis Sadik / / Cathleen Miller

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910453123103321
• Autore: Miller Cathleen
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Lincoln, : University of Nebraska Press, [2013]
• ISBN: 0-8032-4683-8; 1-283-94908-3
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (535 p.)
• Disciplina: 305.42092; B
• Soggetti: Women social reformers - Pakistan; Women physicians - Pakistan; Family planning - Developing countries; Reproductive rights - Developing countries; Women's health services - Developing countries; Electronic books.
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: ""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""
• Sommario/riassunto: 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 difficult issues that impact