05098nam 2200697Ia 450 991045748290332120200520144314.01-283-31746-X1-84972-934-497866133174691-59884-426-1(CKB)2550000000061780(EBL)795029(OCoLC)833770293(SSID)ssj0000555757(PQKBManifestationID)11388788(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000555757(PQKBWorkID)10519986(PQKB)11737941(MiAaPQ)EBC795029(Au-PeEL)EBL795029(CaPaEBR)ebr10508630(CaONFJC)MIL331746(EXLCZ)99255000000006178020110328d2011 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrWomen in developing countries[electronic resource] a reference handbook /Karen L. KinnearSanta Barbara, Calif. ABC-CLIOc20111 online resource (370 p.)Contemporary world issuesDescription based upon print version of record.1-59884-425-3 Includes bibliographical references and index.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; AbortionMaternal 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 PositionsMicroenterpriseLand 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 PolicyLack 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)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.Contemporary world issues.WomenDeveloping countriesSocial conditionsWomenDeveloping countriesWomen's rightsDeveloping countriesElectronic books.WomenSocial conditions.WomenWomen's rights305.409172/4Kinnear Karen L893710MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910457482903321Women in developing countries1996376UNINA