Women in the Third World

by Karen L. Kinnear

Provides a balanced survey of existing literature on women throughout the third world.

Women in the Third World discusses topics such as the status of women; access to and enrollment in schools and universities; access to medical care; legal status; actions that husbands can take against their wives as permitted by law; and the extent to which women are considered property.

This volume also provides biographical sketches...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0874369223
• ISBN13: 9780874369229
• Release Date: October 1997
• Publisher: ABC-CLIO
• Length: 366 Pages
• Weight: 1.54 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 6.4" x 9.3"
• Age Range: 14 years and up
• Grade Range: Grade 9 and higher