Summary
Looks at the suffering, discrimination, and abuse suffered by women throughout the world, often as a result of distorted readings of religious texts, as witnessed by the author and the testimony of women representing different regions and religions. Full description
- 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.