Research Catalog

Title

A call to action : women, religion, violence, and power / Jimmy Carter.

Author

Carter, Jimmy, 1924-

Publication

New York : Simon & Schuster, 2014.

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Details

Description

viii, 211 pages; 24 cm

Summary

"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."--Publisher information.

Subjects

• Women > Social conditions > 21st century
• Sex discrimination against women
• Women > Violence against
• Human rights
• Women's rights > Religious aspects
• Sex role > Religious aspects

Note

• Includes index.

Contents

My childhood -- Commitment to peace and women's rights -- The Bible and gender equality -- Full prisons and legal killing -- Sexual assault and rape -- Violence and war -- Observations as a traveler -- Women and the Carter Center -- Learning from human rights heroes -- The genocide of girls -- Rape -- Slavery and prostitution -- Spouse abuse -- "Honor" killings -- Genital cutting -- Child marriage and dowry deaths -- Politics, pay, and maternal health -- The road to progress.

Call Number

JFE 14-6460

ISBN

• 9781476773957 (hardcover)
• 1476773955 (hardcover)

LCCN

2014007266

OCLC

868276576

Author

Carter, Jimmy, 1924-

Title

A call to action : women, religion, violence, and power / Jimmy Carter.

Publisher

New York : Simon & Schuster, 2014.

Edition

First Simon & Schuster hardcover edition.

Type of Content

text

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

volume

Other Form:

Online verison: Carter, Jimmy, 1924- Call to action. First Simon & Schuster hardcover edition. New York : Simon & Schuster, 2014 (OCoLC)876366709

Research Call Number

JFE 14-6460