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"This anthology adds strength and credence to the struggle for women's human rights. It reinforces the conviction that no society can prosper and no new world be born until the rights of women are fully protected and realized."-William F. Schulz, executive director of Amnesty International, USA <p>"The devastating commonalities and startling differences in women's oppression and activism around the world are keenly explored in this excellent anthology. Agosín's collection provokes a powerful reexamination of the human rights field."-Jacqueline Bhabha, Harvard University</p> <p>"This moving anthology, masterfully compiled by poet and human rights activist Marjorie Agosín, is a must for scholars, students, and human rights workers; it also will captivate the general reader."-Elena O. Nightingale, scholar-in-residence, National Academy of Sciences</p> <p>"Essential reading, Women, Gender, and Human Rights argues forcefully and convincingly that the elimination of gender-based violence and discrimination, so often ignored by governments and aid organizations, must be at the center of the struggle for social justice and human dignity in this new century."-Eric Stover, author of The Grav

Author

Marjorie AgosnÃâ¢

Publisher

New Brunswick, NJ: Rutgers University Press

Published

2001

Language

EN

ISBN

9780813529837

Subjects

Gender Studies, Sociology, Science