The No-nonsense Guide to Women's Rights
The No-nonsense Guide to Women's Rights

Author: Nikki van der Gaag

Publisher: Verso

Published: 2004

Total Pages: 146

ISBN-13: 9781844675029

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How much has life really changed for women during the last decade? Has the womens movement affected women all over the world? Has it changed womens relationships with men? Nikki van der Gaag answers these questions with hard, sometimes disturbing, evidence. Many women have made huge leaps forwardin legal rights, political representation, employment, education, healthbut beneath the surface the statistics are shocking. Vivid testimonies from women and men around the world explain why, especially in this post-feminist age, womens rights are still very much an issue for men and women alike. "She has made a special effort to correct many of the misconceptions and biases related to the feminist movement, to link the liberation of women who constitute half of society to the liberation of men and to the dispossessed majority living on earth." from the introduction by Nawal El Saadawi

The No-Nonsense Guide to Human Rights
The No-Nonsense Guide to Human Rights

Author: Olivia Ball

Publisher: New Internationalist

Published: 2006-12-01

Total Pages: 136

ISBN-13: 1906523592

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Since the Declaration of Human Rights over fifty years ago, we acknowledge that universal rights exist, but what does this mean to someone who is tortured or denied education, work, or asylum? This No-Nonsense Guide to Human Rights looks at the theories of rights and universalism. It explores the difficult task of trying to protect human rights in war, the legal advances that have led to some rights abusers facing justice, and the conflicts that can occur when rights collide with culture.

The No-Nonsense Guide to World History
The No-Nonsense Guide to World History

Author: Chris Brazier

Publisher: New Internationalist

Published: 2011-08-16

Total Pages: 144

ISBN-13: 1780260350

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Most people's knowledge of world history is hazy and incomplete at best. This updated No-Nonsense Guide gives a full picture, revealing the hidden histories and communities left out of conventional history books—from the civilizations of Africa, Asia, and Latin America to the history of women. The new final chapter includes material on the financial crisis and the world response to climate change. Chris Brazier is co-editor at New Internationalist. His previous books include Vietnam: The Price of Peace. He is principal writer for UNICEF's The State of the World's Children report.

The No-Nonsense Guide to Women's Rights
The No-Nonsense Guide to Women's Rights

Author: Nikki van der Gaag

Publisher: New Internationalist

Published: 2008-11-01

Total Pages: 145

ISBN-13: 1906523665

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Has the battle for women’s rights been won? Not when women still make up 70 percent of the world’s poor. This guide examines the advances that have been made and looks beneath the surface to find out what the reality is for women all around the world. It shows how, in this “post-feminist” age, women’s rights are still very much an issue. Nikki van der Gaag is a freelance writer, editor, and evaluator on development issues. Prior to this, she was editorial director at the Panos Institute and co-editor of the New Internationalist magazine.

The No-nonsense Guide to Sexual Diversity
The No-nonsense Guide to Sexual Diversity

Author: Vanessa Baird

Publisher: Verso

Published: 2001

Total Pages: 148

ISBN-13: 9781859843536

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A survey of the history and geography of sexually unconventional behaviour. Includes a country to country survey of the laws affecting sexual minorities.

The No-nonsense Guide to Islam
The No-nonsense Guide to Islam

Author: Ziauddin Sardar

Publisher: New Internationalist

Published: 2007

Total Pages: 143

ISBN-13: 1904456618

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A balanced portrayal of |real Islam|, looking beyond the common perceptions and polemical debates. It shows what Islam has achieved and shows why a better understanding of Muslims is needed throughout the world. But it also explains why Islam needs to make itself more relevant by showing it can create a tolerant and peaceful society, and explores the steps for reform. A plain-speaking, independent view that informs current debates and puts modern developments into the context of the history of Islam and its people.

No-Nonsense Guide to Women's Rights, New Edition
No-Nonsense Guide to Women's Rights, New Edition

Author: Nikki van der Gaag

Publisher: Between the Lines

Published: 2008-11-07

Total Pages: 103

ISBN-13: 1771130687

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Has the battle for women's rights been won? As Niki van der Gaag points out, it is easy to forget just how recently so many women's rights have been won; and how many women still face violations of their rights on a daily basis. In this No-Nonsense Guide, van der Gaag offers a status report on the women of the world by examining issues like health, poverty, politics, law, education, the environment, violence, and sexuality. And although we are not yet living in a post-feminist world and change is slow in coming, it is coming.

The No-nonsense Guide to International Development
The No-nonsense Guide to International Development

Author: Maggie Black

Publisher: New Internationalist

Published: 2007

Total Pages: 153

ISBN-13: 1904456634

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Building dams in India, planting trees in Burkina Faso, rescuing street children in Brazil - these are images of aid and international development with which we can all identify. However, what passes for development all too often improves life for the better off while actively hurting the very people the venture was meant to support. Maggie Black exposes the hypocrisy and reveals a more accurate picture of what is happening in development's name, arguing for a process to be put inplace that trule defends the interests of poor people.

The No-nonsense Guide to Globalization
The No-nonsense Guide to Globalization

Author: Wayne Ellwood

Publisher: New Internationalist

Published: 2010

Total Pages: 154

ISBN-13: 1906523479

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Globalisation has become one of the most used and encompassing words over the past decade, of undeniable influence in economics, politics and activism. Globalisation is literally all around; every aspect of life is affected by a global structure of communication and economy. This fully revised and updated guide condenses this complex subject into clear, concise commentary. It examines the debt trap, the acceleration of neoliberalism, competition for energy resources, the links between the war on terror, the arms trade and the alternatives to corporate control.

The No-Nonsense Guide to World Poverty
The No-Nonsense Guide to World Poverty

Author: Jeremy Seabrook

Publisher: New Internationalist

Published: 2007-09-01

Total Pages: 143

ISBN-13: 1906523711

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This guide questions conventional thinking about wealth and poverty—is the opposite of poverty really wealth, or is it safety and sufficiency? Drawing on experience of poor people all over the world, the author gives voice to those whose views are rarely sought and shows how we all need to live more modestly to make poverty history. Jeremy Seabrook has written more than thirty books (including Travels in the Skin Trade and Children of Other Worlds), and has worked as a teacher, social worker, journalist, lecturer, and playwright. He has contributed to many magazines, including the New Statesman and The Ecologist.