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



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Autore: Miller Cathleen Visualizza persona
Titolo: Champion of choice : the life and legacy of women's advocate Nafis Sadik / / Cathleen Miller Visualizza cluster
Pubblicazione: Lincoln, : University of Nebraska Press, [2013]
Edizione: 1st ed.
Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (535 p.)
Disciplina: 305.42092
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Soggetto topico: Women social reformers - Pakistan
Women physicians - Pakistan
Family planning - Developing countries
Reproductive rights - Developing countries
Women's health services - Developing countries
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
Titolo autorizzato: Champion of choice  Visualizza cluster
ISBN: 0-8032-4888-1
0-8032-4683-8
1-283-94908-3
Formato: Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
Record Nr.: 9910827566403321
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