A call to action : women, religion, violence, and power

A call to action : women, religion, violence, and power / Jimmy Carter.

"The world's discrimination and violence against women and girls is the most serious, pervasive, and ignored violation of basic human rights: This is President Jimmy Carter's call to action. President Carter was encouraged to write this book by a wide coalition of leaders of all faith...

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Main Author: Carter, Jimmy, 1924-
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Simon & Schuster, 2014.
Edition:First Simon & Schuster hardcover edition.
Subjects:
Women's rights.
Women's rights > Religious aspects.
Women > Social conditions > 21st century.
Women > Violence against.
Sex discrimination against women.
Sex role > Religious aspects.
Human rights.
Table of Contents:
  • My childhood
  • Commitment to peace and women's rights
  • The Bible and gender equality
  • Full prisons and legal killing
  • Sexual assault and rape
  • Violence and war
  • Observations as a traveler
  • Women and the Carter Center
  • Learning from human rights heroes
  • The genocide of girls
  • Rape
  • Slavery and prostitution
  • Spouse abuse
  • "Honor" killings
  • Genital cutting
  • Child marriage and dowry deaths
  • Politics, pay, and maternal health
  • The road to progress.

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