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Ladataan... A Call to Action: Women, Religion, Violence, and Power (alkuperäinen julkaisuvuosi 2014; vuoden 2014 painos)Tekijä: Jimmy Carter
TeostiedotA Call to Action: Women, Religion, Violence, and Power (tekijä: Jimmy Carter) (2014)
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Kirjaudu LibraryThingiin nähdäksesi, pidätkö tästä kirjasta vai et. Ei tämänhetkisiä Keskustelu-viestiketjuja tästä kirjasta. "Au nom des Femmes" relate la lutte de l'ancien président ds Etats-Unis Jimmy Carter dans la lutte contre la discrimination qui touchent les femmes dans nombreux pays du monde. Ainsi, il appelle à un combat contre le système d'oppression qui se traduit par le trafic d'esclaves et la prostitution, la mutilation physique et le viol, voire le meurtre légitimé à grande échelle. An excellent book with a much needed message. Jimmy Carter has long been a strong proponent of women's rights, as well as human rights in general. In this book he not only makes the case for the kinds of changes that need to happen in the world, he also recounts the extensive advocacy work that has been carried out by the Carter Center. This shoud be read by everyone. Jimmy Carter calls this "by far the most important" of the 28 books he has authored and it might be the most important book I've read. It's certainly one I plan to re-read as there is more information in this book than I can absorb in one reading. The book's scope is literally world wide and doesn't leave first world issues unaddressed. Many of the twenty three action points listed at the end of the book apply to issues in the U.S., and cover topics such as domestic violence , campus and military sexual abuse, and the advocation of rehabilitative programs for offenders instead of punitive sentences. The best summarization I can think of for this book is to quote the first paragraph, “All the elements of this book concerning prejudice, discrimination, war, violence, distorted interpretations of religious texts, physical and mental abuse, poverty, and disease fall disproportionately on women and girls.” I received this book for free through the Goodreads First Read program I really liked this book. I liked the global approach to these problems and the way he tied the good and the bad parts of religion into it. It also went a long way to explain why simply educating women gives them greater confidence and ability to demand their rights on their own. For anyone interested in the plight of women globally, this is a must read. I have to admit that I was somewhat disappointed in this book. I really like Jimmy Carter and all that he has done as an ex-president, but I did not find the book that interesting. I felt like I was already aware of most of the things that he talked about. He also seemed to talk quite a lot about himself, patting himself on the back for everything he has done. So many times a story would start with something like, "no one had addressed this until Rosalyn and I....," or "it wasn't until my presidency that...." I did find his narration about The Elders, a global group of elder statesmen and even a few women, started by Nelson Mandela in 2007 to work toward world peace and human rights, to be very interesting. Also for interesting reading, go to the Global Gender Gap Report, which rates most of the countries of the world as to gender equity in four different areas. Very interesting! ei arvosteluja | lisää arvostelu
"The world's discrimination and violence against women and girls is the most serious, pervasive, and ignored violation of basic human rights: This is President Jimmy Carter's call to action. President Carter was encouraged to write this book by a wide coalition of leaders of all faiths. His urgent report covers a system of discrimination that extends to every nation. Women are deprived of equal opportunity in wealthier nations and "owned" by men in others, forced to suffer servitude, child marriage, and genital cutting. The most vulnerable, along with their children, are trapped in war and violence. A Call to Action addresses the suffering inflicted upon women by a false interpretation of carefully selected religious texts and a growing tolerance of violence and warfare. Key verses are often omitted or quoted out of context by male religious leaders to exalt the status of men and exclude women. And in nations that accept or even glorify violence, this perceived inequality becomes the basis for abuse. President Carter and his wife, Rosalynn, have visited 145 countries, and The Carter Center has had active projects in more than half of them. Around the world, they have seen inequality rising rapidly with each passing decade. This is true in both rich and poor countries, and among the citizens within them. Carter draws upon his own experiences and the testimony of courageous women from all regions and all major religions to demonstrate that women around the world, more than half of all human beings, are being denied equal rights. This is an informed and passionate charge about a devastating effect on economic prosperity and unconscionable human suffering. It affects us all"-- Kirjastojen kuvailuja ei löytynyt. |
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