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UNINA9910715239403321 |
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Morris Garland J. |
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Titolo |
Response of a WB-47E airplane to runway roughness at Eielson AFB, Alaska, September 1964 / / by Garland J. Morris and Albert W. Hall |
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Washington, D.C. : , : National Aeronautics and Space Administration, , March 1965 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (19 pages) : illustrations |
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B-47 aircraft |
Runway incursions |
Runways (Aeronautics) |
Eielson Air Force Base (Alaska) |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references (page 8). |
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UNINA9910781961003321 |
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Autore |
Kinnear Karen L |
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Women in developing countries : a reference handbook / / Karen L. Kinnear |
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Santa Barbara, Calif. : , : ABC-CLIO, , c2011 |
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New York : , : Bloomsbury Publishing (US), , 2023 |
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979-82-16-03712-5 |
1-283-31746-X |
1-84972-934-4 |
9786613317469 |
1-59884-426-1 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (xix, 348 pages) |
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Contemporary world issues |
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Disciplina |
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Women's rights - Developing countries |
Women - Developing countries |
Women - Developing countries - Social conditions |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based on print version record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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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; |
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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 CisseĢ (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) |
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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. |
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