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Book SynopsisThe 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 30 writers, activists, policymakers and human rights experts, and contributions from women who have been victims of human rights abuses.
Trade Review"Diverse voices of hopeless, hopeful, and boldly determined women from around the world comprise a compelling, multicultural resource supplemented by copious endnotes, a reading list, and an index." Booklist
"While sociologically and academically relevant, this is a cohesive and eminently readable document that is simultaneously an inspiration and a call-to-action." Publishers Weekly
"The unfinished revolution is a great read, essential for any reader who is passionate about human rights, freedom, justice, and equality for all." 5 star review on Amazon.com
"The book’s thoughtful organization and structure make it easily accessible to anyone interested in human rights, women’s issues or global inequalities." LSE Review of Books
Table of ContentsForeword: A historic moment for women's rights ~ Christiane Amanpour; Introduction: Revolutions and Rights ~ Minky Worden; PART ONE: A revolution in thinking: women's rights are human rights: The Shoulders we stand on: Eleanor Roosevelt and roots of the women's rights revolution ~ Ellen Chesler; How women's rights became recognized as human rights ~ Charlotte Bunch; Technology's quiet revolution for women ~ Isobel Coleman; PART TWO: Revolutions and transitions: Islamic law and the revolution against women ~ Shirin Ebadi; A civil society-led revolution? Promoting civil society and women's rights in the Middle East ~ Sussan Tahmasebi; After the Arab spring, mobilizing for change in Egypt ~ Esraa Abdel Fattah and Sarah J. Robbins; Women in Iraq: losing ground ~ Samer Muscati; Saudi women's struggle ~ Christoph Wilcke; PART THREE: Conflict zones: Devastating remnants of war: the impact of armed conflict on women and girls ~ Jody Williams; Under siege in Somalia ~ Hawa Abdi and Sarah J. Robbins; Confronting rape as a weapon of war in the Democratic Republic of Congo ~ Anneke Van Woudenberg; "I was sold twice": harmful traditional practices in Afghanistan ~ Georgette Gagnon; Letters in the night: closing space for women and girls in Afghanistan ~ Rachel Reid; PART FOUR: The economies of rights: education, work and property: Unequal in Africa: how property rights can empower women ~ Janet Walsh; Cleaning house: the growing movement for domestic workers' rights ~ Nisha Varia; Ending trafficking of women and girls ~ Mark P. Lagon; Do no harm: "post-traffiking" abuses ~ Elaine Pearson; PART FIVE: Violence against women: A needed revolution: testing rape kits and US justice ~ Sarah Tofte; Violence against immigrant women in the United States ~ Meghan Rhoad; Behind closed doors: domestic violence in Europe ~ Gauri van Gulik; PART SIX: Women and health: Maternal mortality: ending needless deaths in childbirth ~ Aruna Kashyap; PHOTO ESSAYS: THE UNFINISHED REVOLUTION IN IMAGES; Lasting wounds: female genital mutilation ~ Nadya Khalife; Fistula: giving birth and living death in Africa ~ Agnes Odhiambo; Fatal consequences: women, abortion and power in Latin America ~ Marianne Mollmann; PART SEVEN: Political constraints and harmful traditions: Claiming women's rights in China ~ Sharon K. Hom; A long march for women's rights in China ~ Sheridan Prasso; Girls not brides ~ Graça Machel and Mary Robinson; Damned if you do, damned if you don't: religious dress and women's rights ~ Judith Sunderland; PART EIGHT: The next frontier: a road map to rights: Funding an unfinished revolution ~ Gara LaMarche; The challenge of changing the world for women ~ Liesl Gerntholtz; Afterword: The revolution continues ~ Dorothy Q. Thomas.
