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In this revision of her ground-breaking atlas, Joni Seager draws on a vast amount of new global data to explore the key issues facing women today: equality, motherhood, feminism, beauty, culture, women at work, women in the global economy, changing households, domestic violence, time budgets, children, lesbian rights, women in government, and more.

Joni Seager teaches geography and women's studies at the University of Vermont.

Introduction	p. 7
The State of Women	p. 12
In Their Place	p. 14
States Against Discrimination	p. 16
Households	p. 20
Marriage and Divorce	p. 22
Lesbians	p. 24
Domestic Violence	p. 26
Murder	p. 28
Motherhood	p. 32
Contraception	p. 34
Abortion	p. 36
Maternal Mortality	p. 38
Son Preference	p. 40
Population Policies	p. 42
Breast Cancer	p. 46
HIV/AIDS	p. 48
Sports	p. 50
Beauty	p. 52
Under the Knife	p. 54
The Global Sex Trade	p. 56
Rape	p. 58
Working for Wages	p. 62
Workplaces	p. 64
Unequal Opportunities	p. 66
Fieldwork	p. 68
Unpaid work	p. 70
Migration	p. 72
Literacy	p. 76
School	p. 78
Higher Education	p. 80
Wired Women	p. 82
Property	p. 84
Poverty	p. 86
Debt	p. 88
The Vote	p. 92
Women in Government	p. 94
Seats of Power	p. 96
Crisis Zones	p. 98
Women in the Military	p. 100
Feminist Organizing	p. 102
Demography and Health	p. 104
School, Work, Power	p. 112
Sources	p. 120
Index	p. 125
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The Penguin Atlas of Women in the World Completely Revised and Updated

The Penguin Atlas of Women in the World Completely Revised and Updated

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