Women, Development, and the Un: A Sixty-Year Quest for Equality and Justice

by Devaki Jain

"Devaki Jain opens the doors of the United Nations and shows how it has changed the female half of the world--and vice versa. Women, Development, and the UN is a book that every global citizen, government leader, journalist, academic, and self-respecting woman should read." --Gloria Steinem

"Devaki Jain's book nurtures your optimism in this terrible war-torn decade by describing how women succeeded in empowering both themselves and the United...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0253218195
• ISBN13: 9780253218193
• Release Date: October 2005
• Publisher: Indiana University Press
• Length: 256 Pages
• Weight: 0.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.2" x 9.3"