True grit : women taking on the world, for God's sake / Deborah Meroff
Waynesboro, GA : Authentic Media, c2004Description: viii, 196 pages ; 20 cmContent type:- text
- unmediated
- volume
- 1850785759
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BSOP Library | GC | BV3703 M54 2004 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available | 00062602 |
Introduction -- 1. Breaking the silence -- Vital statistics: the hearing impaired -- Vital statistics: childbirth -- 2. Over the rainbow -- Vital statistics: Nepal -- Vital statistics: child labour -- 3. At home on the sea -- Vital statistics: domestic violence -- Vital statistics: education -- 4. Little house on the frontier -- Vital statistics: female infanticide -- Vital statistics: female circumcision -- 5. Full circle -- Vital statistics: girl soldiers -- Vital statistics: health -- life expectancy -- Vital statistics: health -- Aids -- 6. For their sake becoming poor -- Vital statistics: honour killings -- getting away with murder -- Vital statistics: honour killings -- laws -- Vital statistics: inequalities -- 7. Into India -- Vital statistics: marriage -- child brides -- Vital statistics: marriage -- brides at risk -- Vital statistics: on the streets -- 8. A little child shall lead them -- Vital statistics: poverty -- Vital statistics: refugees -- 9. Home is where the heart is -- Vital statistics: religious slaves -- Vital statistics: trafficking -- Vital statistics: widows -- Proverbs -- Appendix 1: Seven ways to sharpen your world vision -- Appendix 2: Useful websites -- Appendix 3: Suggested reading.
