Penguin Atlas of Women in the World
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The most up-to-date global perspective on how women are living today across continents and culturesIn this completely revised and updated fourth edition of her groundbreaking atlas, Joni Seager provides comprehensive and accessible analysis of up-to-the-minute global data on the key issues facing women today: equality, motherhood, feminism, the culture of beauty, women at work, women in the global economy, changing households, domestic violence, lesbian rights, women in government, and more. The result is an invaluable resource on the status of women around the world today. The Washington Post Innovative . . . A wealth of fascinating information.
Introduction 9Pt. 1 Women in the World 121 States Against Discrimination 142 The State of Women 163 In Their Place 18Pt. 2 Families 204 Households 225 Marriage and Divorce 246 Lesbian Rights 267 Domestic Violence 288 Murder 30Pt. 3 Birthrights 329 Motherhood 3410 Contraception 3611 Abortion 3812 Maternal Mortality 4013 Son Preference 42Pt. 4 Body Politics 4414 Breast Cancer 4615 Hiv/Aids 4816 Sports 5017 Beauty 5218 Under the Knife 5419 Global Sex Trafficking 5620 Rape 58Pt. 5 Work 6021 Working for Wages 6222 Workplaces 6423 Unequal Opportunities 6624 Fieldwork 6825 Unpaid Work 7026 Migration 72Pt. 6 To Have and To Have Not 7427 Water 7628 Literacy 7829 School 8030 Higher Education 8231 Wired Women 8432 Property 8633 Poverty 8834 Debt 90Pt. 7 Power 9235 The Vote 9436 Women in Government 9637 Seats of Power 9838 Crisis Zones 10039 Women in the Military 10240 Feminist Organizing 104Pt. 8 World Tables 106Demography and Health 108School,Work, Power 116Sources 124Index 127
