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

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Summary
"The world's discrimination and violence against women and girls is the most serious, pervasive, and ignored violation of basic human rights: This is President Jimmy Carter's call to action. President Carter was encouraged to write this book by a wide coalition of leaders of all faiths. His urgent report covers a system of discrimination that extends to every nation. Women are deprived of equal opportunity in wealthier nations and "owned" by men in others, forced to suffer servitude, child marriage, and genital cutting. The most vulnerable, along with their children, are trapped in war and violence. A Call to Action addresses the suffering inflicted upon women by a false interpretation of carefully selected religious texts and a growing tolerance of violence and warfare. Key verses are often omitted or quoted out of context by male religious leaders to exalt the status of men and exclude women. And in nations that accept or even glorify violence, this perceived inequality becomes the basis for abuse. President Carter and his wife, Rosalynn, have visited 145 countries, and The Carter Center has had active projects in more than half of them. Around the world, they have seen inequality rising rapidly with each passing decade. This is true in both rich and poor countries, and among the citizens within them. Carter draws upon his own experiences and the testimony of courageous women from all regions and all major religions to demonstrate that women around the world, more than half of all human beings, are being denied equal rights. This is an informed and passionate charge about a devastating effect on economic prosperity and unconscionable human suffering. It affects us all."--Publisher information
Language
eng
Work
Publication
Edition
First Simon & Schuster hardcover edition.
Extent
viii, 211 pages
Note
Includes index
Contents
  • 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
  • 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
Isbn
9781476773957
Instance
Label
A call to action : women, religion, violence, and power
Title
A call to action
Title remainder
women, religion, violence, and power
Statement of responsibility
Jimmy Carter
Creator
Subject
Language
eng
Summary
"The world's discrimination and violence against women and girls is the most serious, pervasive, and ignored violation of basic human rights: This is President Jimmy Carter's call to action. President Carter was encouraged to write this book by a wide coalition of leaders of all faiths. His urgent report covers a system of discrimination that extends to every nation. Women are deprived of equal opportunity in wealthier nations and "owned" by men in others, forced to suffer servitude, child marriage, and genital cutting. The most vulnerable, along with their children, are trapped in war and violence. A Call to Action addresses the suffering inflicted upon women by a false interpretation of carefully selected religious texts and a growing tolerance of violence and warfare. Key verses are often omitted or quoted out of context by male religious leaders to exalt the status of men and exclude women. And in nations that accept or even glorify violence, this perceived inequality becomes the basis for abuse. President Carter and his wife, Rosalynn, have visited 145 countries, and The Carter Center has had active projects in more than half of them. Around the world, they have seen inequality rising rapidly with each passing decade. This is true in both rich and poor countries, and among the citizens within them. Carter draws upon his own experiences and the testimony of courageous women from all regions and all major religions to demonstrate that women around the world, more than half of all human beings, are being denied equal rights. This is an informed and passionate charge about a devastating effect on economic prosperity and unconscionable human suffering. It affects us all."--Publisher information
Cataloging source
DLC
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1924-
http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
Carter, Jimmy
Dewey number
323.3/4
Index
index present
LC call number
HQ1236
LC item number
.C375 2014
Literary form
non fiction
http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
  • Women's rights
  • Women's rights
  • Women
  • Women
  • Sex discrimination against women
  • Sex role
  • Human rights
Label
A call to action : women, religion, violence, and power, Jimmy Carter
Instantiates
Publication
Note
Includes index
Carrier category
volume
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Content category
text
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Contents
  • 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
  • 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
Control code
000397276
Dimensions
24 cm
Edition
First Simon & Schuster hardcover edition.
Extent
viii, 211 pages
Isbn
9781476773957
Isbn Type
(hardcover)
Lccn
2014007266
Media category
unmediated
Media MARC source
rdamedia
System control number
  • (Sirsi) 000397276
  • (OCoLC)868276576
Label
A call to action : women, religion, violence, and power, Jimmy Carter
Publication
Note
Includes index
Carrier category
volume
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Content category
text
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Contents
  • 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
  • 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
Control code
000397276
Dimensions
24 cm
Edition
First Simon & Schuster hardcover edition.
Extent
viii, 211 pages
Isbn
9781476773957
Isbn Type
(hardcover)
Lccn
2014007266
Media category
unmediated
Media MARC source
rdamedia
System control number
  • (Sirsi) 000397276
  • (OCoLC)868276576

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