tual respect, adherence to key principles of democracy, and, most
importantly, on a commitment toward eliminating gross inequities
among groups and nations.

In the international arena, I believe that we must avoid what to
a large extent has happened in the United States: neglect of a social
agenda toward equity. Women's organizations have poured an inor-
dinate amount of energy and resources into the defense of abortion
rights and not enough into advancing a broader women's agenda to-
ward social and economic gains. Greater emphasis on women's so-
cial and economic rights by the reproductive rights movement
would bring new forces and vigor to the struggle.

This book provides us with an inspiration and a basis for work-
ing on a women's agenda that pursues the reduction of inequities
among us as a requisite for promoting women's health at home as
well as abroad. As Hartmann clearly shows, the contradictions and
conflicts will not disappear with the issuance of a "consensus"
document, no matter what process leads to its creation. True con-
sensus must rest on genuine commitments—men with women,
white with people of color, rich with poor, landowners with lan-
dless, industrialized countries with developing nations—to share
power, wealth, and knowledge.

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