Where Women Stand: An International Report on the Status of Women in 140 Countries 1997-1998

by Ann D. Levine and Naomi Neft

Compares conditions for women around the world on issues such as health, employment, marriage and divorce, literacy, and education. This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0679780157
• ISBN13: 9780679780151
• Release Date: July 1997
• Publisher: Random House Reference Publishing
• Length: 534 Pages
• Weight: 1.59 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.0" x 9.0"

Customer Reviews

An amazing desk reference. I carry to many classes.

A tremendous amount of information and statistics to beef up a paper or presentation. Lots of information on domestic violence, as well as legislation that affects women.

This is an indispensable reference source on women.

If you're doing research or have serious interest in the status of women in a large number of countries around the world, this book provides very useful and important statistics on a large number of countries around the world. It is well organized and, hence, easy for any reader to use.

Comprehensive,well organized,interesting and informative

Everything you ever wanted to know........! This is a wonderful resource for anyone interested in issues concerning women around the world. The material is thought provoking, well organized and easy to read. I highly recommend this book--use it for research, read it for pleasure or simply keep it on your bookshelf for answering some of those tough Trivial Pursuit questions!