Women’s Rights: A Global View

Are women fighting over the same issues and for the same rights all around the world? Which cultures are doing the most for women? Students will find answers to these and similar questions in this unique resource of fifteen case studies exploring the problems surrounding the fight for women’s rights in different countries, ranging from Argentina to Zimbabwe. Examinations of the history, the public perceptions, contemporary problems, the future of women’s rights and the roles of activists concerning these rights in each country, provide readers with the opportunity to discover both the many differences and the many similarities that exist among the different cultures in their attitudes toward women and their effort to provide women with the same rights as men. All of the chapters follow a similar outline, in order to facilitate comparisons. The countries were chosen to represent every region of the world and to provide as broad a picture when exploring the issues presented by women’s struggles for equality in these different cultures. Each case study asks how national, cultural, class, racial and religious differences have influenced women’s rights. These different views of ways in which women have sought their rights around the world and what it means to different people will help students to understand the fight for equality between the sexes in a broad sense as a social issue that affects all of humanity.