LEADER 05098nam 2200697Ia 450 001 9910457482903321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a1-283-31746-X 010 $a1-84972-934-4 010 $a9786613317469 010 $a1-59884-426-1 035 $a(CKB)2550000000061780 035 $a(EBL)795029 035 $a(OCoLC)833770293 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000555757 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11388788 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000555757 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10519986 035 $a(PQKB)11737941 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC795029 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL795029 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10508630 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL331746 035 $a(EXLCZ)992550000000061780 100 $a20110328d2011 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aWomen in developing countries$b[electronic resource] $ea reference handbook /$fKaren L. Kinnear 210 $aSanta Barbara, Calif. $cABC-CLIO$dc2011 215 $a1 online resource (370 p.) 225 1 $aContemporary world issues 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a1-59884-425-3 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aCover; 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 327 $aMaternal 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 327 $aMicroenterpriseLand 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 327 $aLack 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) 327 $aVioleta Barrios de Chamorro (b. 1929)Eugenia Charles (1919-2005); Gaositwe Keagakwa Tibe Chiepe (b. 1926); Jeanne Martin Cisse? (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) 327 $aRigoberta Menchu Tum (b. 1959) 330 $aThis book provides a much-needed survey of the discrimination and violence against women in developing countries, and identifies the literature and resources available about this topic. 410 0$aContemporary world issues. 606 $aWomen$zDeveloping countries$xSocial conditions 606 $aWomen$zDeveloping countries 606 $aWomen's rights$zDeveloping countries 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aWomen$xSocial conditions. 615 0$aWomen 615 0$aWomen's rights 676 $a305.409172/4 700 $aKinnear$b Karen L$0893710 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910457482903321 996 $aWomen in developing countries$91996376 997 $aUNINA