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The Means of Reproduction: Sex, Power, and the Future of the World

By Michelle Goldberg

Book information

Publisher
Penguin Books
Year
2010
ISBN
0143116886, 9780143116882
Language
english
Format
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Filesize
412 kB (421984 bytes)
Pages
272\0
Time added
2018-08-01 19:05:34

Description

A groundbreaking new work on the global battle over reproductive rights by the author ofThe New York TimesbestsellerKingdom Coming Award-winning journalist Michelle Goldberg shows how the emancipation of women has become the key human rights struggle of the twenty-first century inThe Means of Reproduction. Deeply reported across four continents, the book explores issues such as abortion, female circumcision, and Asia's missing girls to dramatize the connections between international policymaking and individual lives. Goldberg demonstrates how women's rights are key to addressing both overpopulation and rapid population decline, reducing world poverty, and retarding the spread of AIDS. Sweeping and ambitious, this is a must-read book for feminists, health and policy workers, and anyone concerned about the future of our world.

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