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245 0 0 _aGlobal women's issues :
_bwomen in the world today /
_cBureau of International Information Programs, United States Department of State ; Dr. Janni Aragon, Dr. Mariel Miller.
250 _aExtended version.
264 1 _bBureau of International Information Programs, United States Department of State,
264 2 _bBCcampus, BC Open Textbook Project
300 _a1 online resource (xvi, 224 pages) :
_bcolour illustrations
500 _aThis work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike License.
500 _aThis bibliographic record is available under the Creative Commons CC0 "No Rights Reserved" license.
504 _aIncludes bibliographical references.
520 _a"This book is based on the twelve critical areas of concern identified in the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action at the Fourth World Conference on Women in Beijing in 1995: The burden of poverty on women, unequal access to education and training, inequalities and inadequacies in and unequal access to health care and related services, violence against women, the effects of armed or other kinds of conflict on women, including those living under foreign occupation, inequality in economic structures and policies, inequality between men and women in the sharing of power and decision-making at all levels, insufficient mechanisms at all levels to promote the advancement of women, lack of respect for and inadequate promotion and protection of the human rights of women, stereotyping of women and inequality in women's access to and participation in all communication systems, especially in the media, gender inequalities in the management of natural resources and in the safeguarding of the environment, and persistent discrimination against and violation of the rights of the girl child. This extended version of Global Women's Issues: Women in the World Today includes, for each chapter, a summary, key words, multiple choice questions, discussion questions, essay questions, and a list of additional resources"--BC Campus website.
588 _aDescription based on online version; Title from PDF (viewed on June 20, 2017).
650 0 _aWomen
_xSocial conditions
_vTextbooks.
655 0 _aElectronic books.
700 1 _aAragon, Janni,
_eauthor.
700 1 _aMiller, Mariel,
_eauthor.
710 2 _aUnited States.
_bDepartment of State.
_bBureau of International Information Programs,
_eissuing body.
710 2 _aBC Open Textbook Project,
_edistributor.
710 2 _aBCcampus.
856 4 0 _3BC Open Textbook Project title homepage
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856 4 0 _3BC Open Textbook Project
_uhttp://solr.bccampus.ca:8001/bcc/file/47e557eb-f65f-4586-b08f-ae4600504177/1/Global-Women039s-Issues-Women-in-the-World-Today-extended-version-1495830507._print.pdf
856 4 0 _3HTML file
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