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

By: Carter, Jimmy, 1924-.
Material type: TextTextPublisher: New York : Simon & Schuster, 2014Edition: First Simon & Schuster hardcover edition.General Notes: Includes index.Description: viii, 211 p. ; 24 cm.Content type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9781476773957 (hardback); 9781476773964 (trade paperback).Subject(s): Women's rights -- Religious aspects | Women -- Social conditions -- 21st century | Women -- Violence against | Sex discrimination against women | Sex role -- Religious aspects | Human rightsDDC classification: 323.3/4 Other classification: SOC028000 | POL035010
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.
Summary: Looks at the suffering, discrimination, and abuse suffered by women throughout the world, often as a result of distorted readings of religious texts, as witnessed by the author and the testimony of women representing different regions and religions.
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Two Weeks Davenport Library Circulating Collection Print-Circulating 323.34 C245 2014 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 34284003491842

Includes index.

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.

Looks at the suffering, discrimination, and abuse suffered by women throughout the world, often as a result of distorted readings of religious texts, as witnessed by the author and the testimony of women representing different regions and religions.

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