Women in developing countries [[electronic resource] ] : a reference handbook / / Karen L. Kinnear

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910457482903321
• Autore: Kinnear Karen L
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Santa Barbara, Calif., : ABC-CLIO, c2011
• ISBN: 1-283-31746-X; 1-84972-934-4; 9786613317469; 1-59884-426-1
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (370 p.)
• Collana: Contemporary world issues
• Disciplina: 305.409172/4
• Soggetti: Women - Developing countries - Social conditions; Women - Developing countries; Women's rights - 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: Cover; Contents; Preface; List of Developing Countries; 1: Background and History; Basic Concepts Important to the Study of Women in Developing Countries; Sex Roles versus Gender Roles; Social Stratification; Patriarchy; Cultural Relativism; History of Women in Development; The United Nations; Development Agencies and Approaches; Structural Adjustment Programs; Millennium Development Goals; Overview of Women's Status and Experiences in the World Today; Family Relations; Marriage; Preference for Males; Education; Health Care; Nutrition; Occupational Health; Contraceptives; Abortion; Maternal MortalityFemale Genital Mutilation; Sexually Transmitted Diseases; Prostitution and Sex Trafficking; Violence against Women; Employment; Women's Rights as Human Rights; Empowerment of Women; References; 2: Problems, Controversies, and Solutions; Problems; Tradition; Education; Marriage and Family; Preference for Male Children; Child Marriage; Domestic Violence; Dowry; Health Care; Family Planning; Maternal Mortality; Prostitution and Sex Trafficking; HIV/AIDS and Other Sexually Transmitted Diseases; Women and Work; ; Ability to Work Outside the Home; Gender Gap in Pay and Positions; MicroenterpriseLand Ownership and Property Rights; Information and Communications Technologies; Female Refugees and Victims of War; Controversies; Female Genital Mutilation; Abortion; Honor Killings; Solutions; References; 3: U.S. Concerns; Immigration; Asylum; Refugee Status; Determination of Asylum; Derivative Asylum; Reasons for Asylum; Female Genital Mutilation; Domestic Abuse, Rape; Religion; Forced Marriage; Detention While Awaiting Asylum Determination; Guestworker Programs in the United States; Trafficking; Immigrants' Life in the United States; Family Planning Policy; Lack of Ratification by the United States of Key International ConventionsConvention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women; The Convention on the Rights of the Child; References; 4: Chronology; References; 5: Biographical Sketches; Aminah Al-Said (1914-1995); Aduke Alakija (b. 1921); Corazon Aquino (1933-2009); Aung San Suu Kyi (b. 1945); Sirimavo Bandaranaike (1916-2000); Ela Bhatt (b. 1933); Benazir Bhutto (1953-2007); Ester Boserup (1910-1999); Elise Boulding (1920-2010); Angie Brooks-Randolph (1928-2007); Charlotte Bunch (b. 1944); Violeta Barrios de Chamorro (b. 1929)Eugenia Charles (1919-2005); Gaositwe Keagakwa Tibe Chiepe (b. 1926); Jeanne Martin Cissé (b. 1926); Shirin Ebadi (b. 1947); Nawal El Saadawi (b. 1931); Ana Figuero (1908-1970); lndira Gandhi (1917-1984); Lydia Gueiler Tejada (b. 1921); Asha Hagi (b. 1962); Asma Jahangir (b. 1952); Annie Ruth Baeta Jiagge (1918-1996); Fatima Jinnah (1893-1967); Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf (b. 1938); Begum Liaquat Ali Khan (1905-1990); Gwendoline Konie (1938-2009); Chandrika Bandaranaike Kumaratunga (b. 1946); Bertha Lutz (1894-1976); Wangari Maathai (b. 1940); Rigoberta Menchu Tum (b. 1959)
• Sommario/riassunto: This book provides a much-needed survey of the discrimination and violence against women in developing countries, and identifies the literature and resources available about this topic.