The Unfinished Revolution: Voices from the Global Fight for Women's Rights

doi:10.46692/9781447308973

The Unfinished Revolution: Voices from the Global Fight for Women's Rights tells the legal and political history of the battle to secure basic rights for women and girls with essays by more than thirty writers, activists, policymakers and human rights experts, and contributions from women who have been victims of human rights abuses.

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Frontmatter
pp i-iv
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Dedication
pp v-vi
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Contents
pp vii-xii
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List of acronyms
pp xiii-xiv
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Foreword: A Historic Moment for Women’s Rights
pp xv-xviii
- By Christiane Amanpour
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Introduction: Revolutions and Rights
pp 1-14
- By Minky Worden
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Part 1 - A Revolution In Thinking: Women’S Rights Are Human Rights
pp 15-16
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Chapter 1 - The Shoulders We Stand On: Eleanor Roosevelt and Roots of the Women’s Rights Revolution
pp 17-28
- By Ellen Chesler
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Chapter 2 - How Women’s Rights Became Recognized as Human Rights
pp 29-40
- By Charlotte Bunch
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Chapter 3 - Technology’s Quiet Revolution for Women
pp 41-50
- By Isobel Coleman
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Part 2 - Revolutions And Transitions
pp 51-52
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Chapter 4 - Islamic Law and the Revolution Against Women
pp 53-60
- By Shirin Ebadi
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Chapter 5 - A Civil Society-Led Revolution? Promoting Civil Society and Women’s Rights in the Middle East
pp 61-72
- By Sussan Tahmasebi
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Chapter 6 - After the Arab Spring, Mobilizing for Change in Egypt
pp 73-78
- By Esraa Abdel Fattah, Sarah J. Robbins
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Chapter 7 - Women in Iraq: Losing Ground
pp 79-92
- By Samer Muscati
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Chapter 8 - Saudi Women’s Struggle
pp 93-106
- By Christoph Wilcke
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Part 3 - Conflict Zones
pp 107-108
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Chapter 9 - Devastating Remnants of War: The Impact of Armed Conflict on Women and Girls
pp 109-116
- By Jody Williams
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Chapter 10 - Under Siege in Somalia
pp 117-128
- By Hawa Abdi, Sarah J. Robbins
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Chapter 11 - Confronting Rape as a Weapon of War in the Democratic Republic of Congo
pp 129-138
- By Anneke Van Woudenberg
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Chapter 12 - “I Was Sold Twice”: Harmful Traditional Practices in Afghanistan
pp 139-146
- By Georgette Gagnon
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Chapter 13 - Letters in the Night: Closing Space for Women and Girls in Afghanistan
pp 147-156
- By Rachel Reid
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Part 4 - The Economies Of Rights: Education, Work, And Property
pp 157-158
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Chapter 14 - Unequal in Africa: How Property Rights Can Empower Women
pp 159-166
- By Janet Walsh
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Chapter 15 - Cleaning House: The Growing Movement for Domestic Workers’ Rights
pp 167-178
- By Nisha Varia
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Chapter 16 - Ending Trafficking of Women and Girls
pp 179-186
- By Mark P. Lagon
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Chapter 17 - Do No Harm: “Post-Trafficking” Abuses
pp 187-196
- By Elaine Pearson
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Part 5 - Violence Against Women
pp 197-198
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Chapter 18 - A Needed Revolution: Testing Rape Kits and US Justice
pp 199-208
- By Sarah Tofte
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Chapter 19 - Violence Against Immigrant Women in the United States
pp 209-220
- By Meghan Rhoad
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