The No-Nonsense Guide to..
Women's Rights
by Nikki van der Gaag

Many millions of women have few choices in their lives; women bear the brunt of world poverty; and more than half a million women globally still die in childbirth or of pregnancy-related causes every year. This book examines different aspects of the reality of women’s lives at the beginning of the twenty-first century. With the help of statistics, illustrations, graphics and a wide range of personal testimonies, it attempts to answer some fundamental questions about the situation of women worldwide.

CONTENTS
1. Legal and Human Rights.
2. Politics.
3. Religion.
4. Violence.
5. Education.
6. Health.
7. Work.
8. Technology.
9. Women's Movements Worldwide.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Nikki van der Gaag is a former co-editor of the New Internationalist magazine. She has written on many subjects including women, nation-states, Iraq and human rights, as well as producing children's education materials.

Publication Date: 1 September 2004

Format: 180 mm x 110 mm; 144 pages; diagrams, maps, charts, graphs and tinted boxes used throughout to illustrate key information; paperback

ISBN: 1-84467-502-5

Readership: General readers

Subject: Current Affairs, Politics, Gender Studies, Development, Popular Non-fiction.

“A splendid series of pocketable guides to issue politics.” The Guardian “The No-Nonsense Guides target those topics that a large army of voters cares about, but that politicos evade.” The Independent Format: 180 mm x 110 mm; 144 pages; diagrams, maps, charts, graphs and tinted boxes used throughout to illustrate key information; paperback. All books in this series are printed on environmentally-friendly paper.