A call to action : women, religion, violence, and power / Jimmy Carter.
By: Carter, Jimmy
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TextPublisher: 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 | Item type | Current library | Collection | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | |
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| Two Weeks | Davenport Library Circulating Collection | Print-Circulating | 323.34 C245 2014 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available | 34284003491842 |
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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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