Description
| Product ID: | 9780141985350 |
| Product Form: | Paperback / softback |
| Country of Manufacture: | GB |
| Title: | Of Women |
| Subtitle: | In the 21st Century |
| Authors: | Author: Shami Chakrabarti |
| Page Count: | 240 |
| Subjects: | Social discrimination and social justice, Social discrimination & inequality, Feminism and feminist theory, Gender studies: women and girls, Human rights, civil rights, Feminism & feminist theory, Gender studies: women, Human rights, 21st century |
| Description: | Select Guide Rating This book starts from the position that gender injustice is the greatest human rights abuse on the planet. It blights First and developing worlds; rich and poor women. Gender injustice impacts health, wealth, education, representation, opportunity and security everywhere. It is no exaggeration to describe the position of women as an apartheid, but it is not limited to one country or historical period. For this ancient and continuing wrong is millennial in duration and global in reach. Only radical solutions can even scratch its surface. However, the prize is a great one: the collateral benefits to peace, prosperity, sustainability and general human happiness are potentially enormous. All this because we are all interconnected and all men are of women too. This book starts from the position that gender injustice is the greatest human rights abuse on the planet. It blights First and developing worlds; rich and poor women. Gender injustice impacts health, wealth, education, representation, opportunity and security everywhere. It is no exaggeration to describe the position of women as an apartheid, but it is not limited to one country or historical period. For this ancient and continuing wrong is millennial in duration and global in reach. Only radical solutions can even scratch its surface. However, the prize is a great one: the collateral benefits to peace, prosperity, sustainability and general human happiness are potentially enormous. All this because we are all interconnected and all men are of women too. |
| Imprint Name: | Penguin Books Ltd |
| Publisher Name: | Penguin Books Ltd |
| Country of Publication: | GB |
| Publishing Date: | 2018-03-01 |
