Books

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Title Authors Description OpenBook ID
Zealous reformers and deadly laws Zealous reformers and deadly laws Madhu Kishwar On the contemporary women's rights movement in India. OL1078416W
Women, Islam, and international law within the context of the Convention on the Elimination of All … Women, Islam, and international law within the context of the Convention on the Elimination of All … Ekaterina Yahyaoui Krivenko Islam and women's human rights entertain an uneasy relationsship. Much has been written on the subject. This book addresses it from a new perspective. It attempts to define some basis for constructiv… OL13600545W
The women of Afghanistan under the Taliban The women of Afghanistan under the Taliban Rosemarie Skaine Addresses the historical, religious and political factors that shape the national identity of Afghan women. Interviews with Afghan women provided by the Revolutionary Association of the Women of Afgh… OL16069336W
Perfecting pregnancy Perfecting pregnancy Isabel Karpin "Prenatal and preimplantation testing technologies have offered unprecedented access to information about the genetic and congenital makeup of our prospective progeny. Future developments such as pre… OL16362097W
From independence towards freedom From independence towards freedom Aparna Basu,Bharati Ray Contributed articles. OL18245372W
With justice for all With justice for all Dorothy Taylor,Dorothy L. Taylor,Janice Joseph "Women, and especially minorities, have long been neglected in the study of criminal justice. The government has treated disparate groups differently for too many years. Women and minorities are such… OL18837429W
Women of the Republic Women of the Republic Linda K. Kerber This book is renowned as one of the earliest works to address the role of women in the American Revolution. It is seen as an introductory text to the "herstories" published by American women's histor… OL1891037W
Women of Afghanistan in the post-Taliban era Women of Afghanistan in the post-Taliban era Rosemarie Skaine "This book examines roles of women in Afghanistan as they deal with both change and tradition. It describes and analyzes the success of women in these new occupational and educational opportunities, … OL1943731W
Fetal protection in the workplace Fetal protection in the workplace Robert H. Blank viii, 225 p. ; 24 cm OL1984364W
The poverty of privacy rights The poverty of privacy rights Khiara M. Bridges This book makes a simple, controversial argument: Poor mothers in America have been deprived of the right to privacy. The U.S. Constitution is supposed to bestow rights equally. Yet the poor are subj… OL20058031W
Girls of Liberty Girls of Liberty Margalit Shilo Following the Balfour Declaration and the British conquest of Palestine (1917-1918), the small Jewish community that lived there wanted to establish an elected assembly as its representative body. Th… OL20932424W
The wed-locked agunot The wed-locked agunot Susan B. Aranoff "This book takes the reader inside the rabbinic courts, into civil divorce courts and legislatures that contend with this problem and into the lives of victimized women and children. Well-versed in J… OL20974197W
Debating Women's Equality Debating Women's Equality Ute Gerhard "Ute Gerhard places women's rights at the center of legal philosophy and sees the struggle for equality as a driving force in the history of law. Focusing on Europe and taking the course of German fe… OL3081282W
Women, policy, and politics Women, policy, and politics Carol Lee Bacchi This book offers a powerful new approach to policy studies and encourages students to reflect critically upon the different ways in which policy problems are constructed within policy proposals. Bacc… OL527889W