The Penguin atlas of women in the world

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Seager, Joni.
Language:English
Edition:Fourth edition, completely revised and updated.
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Physical Description:1 atlas (128 pages) : color illustrations, color maps ; 25 cm
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references (pages 124-126) and index.
Published: New York : Penguin Books, 2009.
ISBN:9780143114512
0143114514
Table of Contents:
  • Women in the world
  • States against discrimination
  • The state of women
  • In their place
  • Families
  • Households
  • Marriage and divorce
  • Lesbian rights
  • Domestic violence
  • Murder
  • Birthrights
  • Motherhood
  • Contraception
  • Abortion
  • Maternal mortality
  • Son preference
  • Body politics
  • Breast cancer
  • HIV/AIDS
  • Sports
  • Beauty
  • Under the knife
  • Global sex trafficking
  • Rape
  • Work
  • Working for wages
  • Workplaces
  • Unequal opportunities
  • Fieldwork
  • Unpaid work
  • Migration
  • To have and to have not
  • Water
  • Literacy
  • School
  • Higher education
  • Wired women
  • Property
  • Poverty
  • Debt
  • Power
  • The vote
  • Women in government
  • Seats of power
  • Crisis zones
  • Women in the military
  • Feminist organizing
  • World tables
  • Demography and health
  • School, work, power.