Women's Rights: A Global View

Table of contents

• Women's Rights i
• Title Page iii
• Contents vii
• Series Foreword ix
• Preface xi
• Introduction xiii
• Abbreviations xxvii
• 1: Argentina the Long Road to Women's Rights 1
• 2: Bolivia Women's Rights, the International Women's Convention, and State Compliance 15
• 3: China First the Problem of Rights and Law 29
• 4: Cuba the Search for Women's Rights in Private and Public Life 43
• 5: Denmark Women's Rights and Women's Welfare 57
• 6: Egypt Multiple Perspectives on Women's Rights 71
• 7: The European Union 85
• 8: India Women's Movements from Nationalism to Sustainable Development 99
• 9: Iran Emerging Feminist Voices 113
• 10: Israel the Myth of Gender Equality 127
• 11: Japan Democracy in a Confucian-Based Society 141
• 12: Nigeria Women Building on the Past 155
• 13: Ojibwe Women of the Western Great Lakes 169
• 14: United States [The Great Work Before Us] 183
• 15: Zimbabwe Women's Rights and African Custom 199
• Appendix 1: International Comparisons 213
• Appendix 2: Declaration of Sentiments 215
• Appendix 3: The Universal Declaration of Human Rights 219
• Appendix 4: Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women 227
• Index 235
• About the Editor and Contributors 255

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