The Future of Women's Rights: Global Visions and Strategies

by Mahnaz Afkhami

Book Overview

"The Future of Women's Rights" identifies the emergence of various trends threatening the advance of gender equality, women's human rights and sustainable human development. These phenomena include the impacts of globalization and neoliberal economics, developments in biotechnology, the neo-conservative backlash against women's rights, monopolistic ownership patterns over information technologies, the rise of identity politics marginalizing women's...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1842774581
• ISBN13: 9781842774588
• Release Date: September 2004
• Publisher: Zed Books
• Length: 240 Pages
• Weight: 0.91 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.8" x 8.8"