Academic Textbook Programme: Women's Studies

The World's Women 2000
Trends and Statistics

This revealing book remains the most complete description to-date of women's conditions and contributions worldwide.
Although women's status has improved over the past decades, the majority of women still lag far behind men in power, wealth and opportunity.
Using innovative techniques in a form non-specialists can readily understand, this book is an academically sound blend of facts and interpretation.

Table of Contents:

1. Population
    Demographic changes
    Where women and men live
    Housing conditions in rural and urban areas
2. Women and men in the family
    Marriage
    The dissolution of unions
    Parenthood
    Living arrangements
3. Health
    Life expectancy
    The health of children and adolescents
    Reproductive health
    The health of women and men
    The health of an ageing population
4. Education and communication
    Gender equality and access to education
    Teachers and educational facilities
    Information and communication
5. Work
    Women and men in the labour force
    Work in the informal sector
    Time use
    Working conditions and opportunities
6. Politics and Rights
    Women's rights as human rights
    Political decision-making
Annexes
I. Countries, areas and geographical groupings
II. Statistical sources

The World's Women 2000: Trends and Statistics

Book Information:
Sales Number: E. 00.XVII.14
ISBN 9211614287
220pp.
List price: $16.95

Special Academic Price: $7.00

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