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Published to coincide with the Fourth World Conference on Women (Beijing, China, September 1995), this is an uncompromising reassessment of the advancement of women worldwide since the 1970s. It aims to help raise awareness of the obstacles that exist and the actions which need to be taken to support women in attaining their rights and their full potential. It features up-to-date information about such major concerns as reproductive health, women in the workplace, violence against women and education. In addition, international experts speak out on key issues, such as the media, the environment, widowhood and the grass-roots womens's movement.

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Author:   United Nations
Publisher:   United Nations
Imprint:   United Nations
ISBN:  

9789211005929

ISBN 10:   9211005922
Pages:   130
Publication Date:   October 1995
Audience:   General/trade ,  College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  General ,  Undergraduate
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

Health and education - reproductive health and women's rights, the girl child, violence against women, women and AIDS, women and the environment; work and power - women and economic decision-making, measuring women's unpaid work, women and industry, women and the media, literacy - a key to women's empowerment, portraits of hope; challenges and opportunities - African women - then and now, grass-roots women's movement growth from conference to conference, why widowhood matters, refugee women, equalizing gender opportunities; action - moving beyond rhetoric, Gertrude Mongella, Secretary-General of the Fourth Conference on Women.

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