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Gender, rights and development : a global sourcebook / Edited by Maitrayee Mukhopadhyay and Shamim Meer - Amsterdam : Royal Tropical Institute, c2008. - 160 p. ; 24 cm. - Critical reviews and annotated bibliographies series . - Gender, society & developmtent . - Gender, society & development. .

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Introduction : gender, rights and development / Citizens or mothers? The marginalization of women's reproductive rights in the struggle for access to health care for HIV-positive pregnant women in South Africa / Talking rights or what is right? Understandings and strategies around sexual, reproductive and abortion rights in Nicaragua / Leaving our fears behind : women claiming rights after the Bhopal Gas Disaster. A case study / empowerment of women : rights and entitlements in Arab Worlds / In search of new images : when feminism meets development / Maitrayee Mukhopadhyay and Shamim Meer -- Cathi Albertyn and Shamim Meer -- Sarah Bradshaw, Ana Criquillion, Vilma Castillo A. and Goya Wilson -- Jashodhara Dasgupta -- Hania Sholkamy -- Everjoice Win. The



ISBN: 9789068327427 (pbk.) 9068327429 (pbk.)

LCCN: 2008423446

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Women in development.
Women--Social conditions.
Women's rights.
Gender-based analysis.

Index Terms--Genre/Form:
Electronic texts.

LC Class. No.: HQ1240 / .G4548 2008

Dewey Class. No.: 305.4209172 GEN