The No-nonsense Guide to Women's Rights

The No-nonsense Guide to Women's Rights
Author: Nikki van der Gaag
Publisher: Verso
Total Pages: 146
Release: 2004
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 9781844675029

How much has life really changed for women during the last decade? Has the womens movement affected women all over the world? Has it changed womens relationships with men? Nikki van der Gaag answers these questions with hard, sometimes disturbing, evidence. Many women have made huge leaps forwardin legal rights, political representation, employment, education, healthbut beneath the surface the statistics are shocking. Vivid testimonies from women and men around the world explain why, especially in this post-feminist age, womens rights are still very much an issue for men and women alike. "She has made a special effort to correct many of the misconceptions and biases related to the feminist movement, to link the liberation of women who constitute half of society to the liberation of men and to the dispossessed majority living on earth." from the introduction by Nawal El Saadawi

No-Nonsense Guide to Women's Rights, New Edition

No-Nonsense Guide to Women's Rights, New Edition
Author: Nikki van der Gaag
Publisher: Between the Lines
Total Pages: 103
Release: 2008-11-07
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 1771130687

Has the battle for women's rights been won? As Niki van der Gaag points out, it is easy to forget just how recently so many women's rights have been won; and how many women still face violations of their rights on a daily basis. In this No-Nonsense Guide, van der Gaag offers a status report on the women of the world by examining issues like health, poverty, politics, law, education, the environment, violence, and sexuality. And although we are not yet living in a post-feminist world and change is slow in coming, it is coming.

No-Nonsense Guide to Women’s Rights, 2nd Edition

No-Nonsense Guide to Women’s Rights, 2nd Edition
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Release: 2008
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Has the battle for women’’s rights been won? As Niki van der Gaag points out, “it is easy to forget just how recently so many women’s rights have been won; and how many women still face violations of their rights on a daily basis.” In this No-Nonsense Guide, van der Gaag offers a status report on the women of the world by examining issues like health, poverty, politics, law, education, the environment, violence, and sexuality. And although we are not yet living in a “post-feminist” world and change is slow in coming, it is coming.

NoNonsense Feminism

NoNonsense Feminism
Author: Nikki van der Gaag
Publisher: Between the Lines
Total Pages: 118
Release: 2018-02-22
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 1771132973

We were supposed to be in a ‘postfeminist’ age. But recently we’ve seen a resurgence of feminist campaigning among women (and some men). There’s a new brand of feminism: young, social media savvy, militant. But there’s also a new kind of backlash, driven by so-called fundamentalists and by increasingly overt misogyny. This book takes an international perspective on the new feminist movements.

The No-nonsense Guide to Human Rights

The No-nonsense Guide to Human Rights
Author: Olivia Ball
Publisher: New Internationalist
Total Pages: 136
Release: 2006
Genre: Education
ISBN: 1904456456

Ball and Gready review the development of today's assumptions about human rights and introduce readers to alternative models from history and from today's human rights debate. From the material rights of citizenship to the more abstract rights of the imagination, the authors present a clear overview of today's human rights debate and prompt discussion about alternative models for the future. Splendid series of pocketable guides to issue politics...rigorously clear.' - The Guardian'

Feminism and Men

Feminism and Men
Author: Nikki van der Gaag
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
Total Pages: 256
Release: 2014-08-14
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 178032913X

Feminism has changed the world; it is radically reshaping women's lives. But what about men? They still hold most of the power in the economy, in government, in religions, in the media and often in the family too. At the same time, many men are questioning traditional views about what it means to be a man. Others resent the gains women have made and want to turn back the clock. Nikki van der Gaag asks the question: how might feminism improve the lives of men as well as women? And is there a place for men in the feminist story?

The No-nonsense Guide to Sexual Diversity

The No-nonsense Guide to Sexual Diversity
Author: Vanessa Baird
Publisher: Verso
Total Pages: 148
Release: 2001
Genre: Bisexuality
ISBN: 9781859843536

A survey of the history and geography of sexually unconventional behaviour. Includes a country to country survey of the laws affecting sexual minorities.

The No-Nonsense Guide to World History

The No-Nonsense Guide to World History
Author: Chris Brazier
Publisher: New Internationalist
Total Pages: 144
Release: 2011-08-16
Genre: History
ISBN: 1780260350

Most people's knowledge of world history is hazy and incomplete at best. This updated No-Nonsense Guide gives a full picture, revealing the hidden histories and communities left out of conventional history books—from the civilizations of Africa, Asia, and Latin America to the history of women. The new final chapter includes material on the financial crisis and the world response to climate change. Chris Brazier is co-editor at New Internationalist. His previous books include Vietnam: The Price of Peace. He is principal writer for UNICEF's The State of the World's Children report.

The No-nonsense Guide to International Development

The No-nonsense Guide to International Development
Author: Maggie Black
Publisher: New Internationalist
Total Pages: 153
Release: 2007
Genre: History
ISBN: 1904456634

Building dams in India, planting trees in Burkina Faso, rescuing street children in Brazil - these are images of aid and international development with which we can all identify. However, what passes for development all too often improves life for the better off while actively hurting the very people the venture was meant to support. Maggie Black exposes the hypocrisy and reveals a more accurate picture of what is happening in development's name, arguing for a process to be put inplace that trule defends the interests of poor people.