Women in Developing Countries: A Reference Handbook

✍ Scribed by Karen L. Kinnear

Publisher: ABC-CLIO
Year: 2011
Tongue: English
Leaves: 370
Series: Contemporary World Issues
Category: Library

No coin nor oath required. For personal study only.

✦ Synopsis

This book provides a much-needed survey of the discrimination and violence against women in developing countries, and identifies the literature and resources available about this topic.

• Supplies a chronology of significant events relevant to women in developing countries

• Presents biographies of individuals who have advanced human rights for women, and others who play key policy or political roles

• Provides a bibliography containing abstracts of selected books, handbooks, manuals, and films/DVDs that provide a wide perspective on major issues

• Includes a glossary and basic subject index

✦ Subjects

Civil Rights;Nonfiction;Gay & Lesbian;Reference;Almanacs & Yearbooks;Atlases & Maps;Careers;Catalogs & Directories;Consumer Guides;Dictionaries & Thesauruses;Encyclopedias & Subject Guides;English as a Second Language;Etiquette;Foreign Language Study & Reference;Genealogy;Quotations;Survival & Emergency Preparedness;Test Preparation;Words, Language & Grammar;Writing, Research & Publishing Guides;General;Gender Studies;Social Sciences;Politics & Social Sciences;Women’s Studies;Abortion & Birth

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