Hello ECOFEMers: I thought some of you might be interested in this new book. Stefanie Rixecker ECOFEM Coordinator ------- Forwarded message follows ------- Date sent: Wed, 11 Oct 2000 09:07:27 From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: New Zed release - Mirsky31/00 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] NEW RELEASE INFORMATION FROM ZED BOOKS TITLE: No Paradise Yet - The World's Women Face the New Century EDITORS: Judith Mirsky and Marty Radlett, PANOS ISBN/PRICE: 1 85649 921 9 hbk GBP39.95/US$65.00 1 85649 922 7 pbk GBP13.95/US$22.50 FEATURES: Notes/Index/288pp LIBRARY CATEGORIES: Gender Studies/Health/Sociology KEY POINTS - Compelling snapshots of the situation and quality of life of women in the South - A mix of graphic descriptive material, lots of up-to-date new information and analysis - Attractively presented for students and the general reader ABOUT THE BOOK This review of where the women of Asia, Africa, Latin America and the Caribbean stand on key social and cultural issues makes compelling reading. What progress have women in particular countries made? How do social pressures, cultural expectations and continuing poverty hold back effective recognition of their rights? What prospects, as a result of continuing research, activism by women's organizations and measures by government, does the next generation hold out of further progress in women's social position? The reader emerges with a sense of anger at how much still needs to change, yet also a sense of optimism that women are themselves changing their own situation. The problems that remain are legion - sexual harassment, domestic violence, legal disabilities, subordination in marriage and personal law, lack of land rights, difficulties in employment, the lack of childcare facilities, pregnancy testing, consequent dismissal, wage discrimination. Yet in each country there are courageous women's organisations using research, publicity, lobbying and direct action in a continuing struggle to transform the realities still faced by so many women, and especially the poor. ABOUT THE CONTRIBUTORS The contributors are all journalists based in the wide diversity of countries covered, in Asia, Africa, Latin America and the Caribbean. CONTENTS Preface Introduction Sexuality under Wraps: acknowledging adolescence in India - Swati Bhattacherjee Tested to their Limit: sexual harassment in schools and educational institutions in Kenya - Juliana Omale Sacred Knots and Unholy Deals: the road towards pro-women legal reform - Dina Ezzat No Paradise Yet: women and child custody laws in Bangladesh - Lamis Hossein A Field of her Own: women and land rights in Zimbabwe - Pat Made Women No Cry: female-headed households in the Caribbean - Suzanne Francis Brown Legalised Cruelty: anti-women laws in Pakistan - Ayesha Khan and Hilda Saeed Democracy in the Nation, but not at Home: domestic violence and women's reproductive health in Chile - Lezak Shallat File under 'Hurt': Domestic violence in Sri Lanka - Rahal Saeed Less than Human Treatment: Maternity Protection in Kenya - Dorothy Munyakho 'Business orphans': maternity rights and child care in the Philippines - Roselle Leah Rivera No Mother's Day for Women Workers: Sex Discrimination in Mexico - Sara Lovera Notes Contributors ==================================== Copies of new Zed titles announced through this list may be ordered by mail order by academic customers in the UK, Europe and elsewhere, postage and packing free. 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