A call to action women, religion, violence, and power
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.
| Main Author: | Carter, Jimmy, 1924- |
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| Format: | Books Print Book |
| Language: | English |
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New York :
Simon & Schuster,
2014.
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| Edition: | First Simon & Schuster hardcover edition. |
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Table of 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.