Women’s Lives around the World: A Global Encyclopedia [4 volumes]

1841 Pages·2018·1.52 MB·English

by  Susan M. Shaw

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WOMEN’S LIVES
AROUND THE WORLD

WOMEN’S LIVES
AROUND THE WORLD
A Global Encyclopedia
VO LU M E 1
A F R I C A A N D T H E M I D D L E E A S T
Susan M. Shaw, General Editor
Nancy Staton Barbour, Patti Duncan,
Kryn Freehling-Burton, and Jane Nichols,
Editors
Copyright © 2018 by ABC-CLIO, LLC
All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted, in any form or by any
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Names: Shaw, Susan M. (Susan Maxine), 1960- editor.
Title: Women’s lives around the world : a global encyclopedia / Susan M.
Shaw, General Editor.
Description: Santa Barbara, California : ABC-CLIO, [2018] | Includes
bibliographical references and index.
Identifiers: LCCN 2017015976 (print) | LCCN 2017031062 (ebook) |
ISBN 9781610697125 (ebook) | ISBN 9781610697118 (set) | ISBN 9781440847646 (volume 1) |
ISBN 9781440847653 (volume 2) | ISBN 9781440847660 (volume 3) | ISBN 9781440847677 (volume 4)
Subjects: LCSH: Women—Social conditions—Encyclopedias.
Classification: LCC HQ1115 (ebook) | LCC HQ1115 .W6437 2018 (print) | DDC
305.4—dc23
LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2017015976

ISBN: 978-1-61069-711-8 (set)
978-1-4408-4764-6 (vol. 1)
978-1-4408-4765-3 (vol. 2)
978-1-4408-4766-0 (vol. 3)
978-1-4408-4767-7 (vol. 4)
EISBN: 978-1-61069-712-5
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Contents
Preface, xi
Introduction, xiii
Volume 1: Africa and the Middle East
Color inserts follow page 170.
Afghanistan, 1
Algeria, 11
Bahrain, 19
Botswana, 27
Burkina Faso, 32
Central African Republic, 40
Democratic Republic of Congo, 51
Egypt, 62
Eritrea, 74
Ethiopia, 80
Ghana, 92
Iran, 102
Iraq, 114
Israel, 120
v
vi Contents
Ivory Coast, 127
Jordan, 135
Kenya, 148
Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, 163
Lebanon, 174
Lesotho, 181
Liberia, 190
Libya, 199
Malawi, 210
Mali, 219
Morocco, 226
Namibia, 234
Nigeria, 243
Palestine, 253
Republic of the Congo, 260
Republic of Yemen, 268
Rwanda, 275
Senegal, 282
Sierra Leone, 287
Somalia, 294
South Africa, 301
South Sudan, 314
Sudan, 322
Syria, 330
Tunisia, 342
United Arab Emirates, 354
Zimbabwe, 364
Index, 377
Volume 2: The Americas
Color inserts follow page 182.
Argentina, 1
Contents vii
Bahamas, Barbados, and the Turks and Caicos Islands, 14
Belize, 27
Bermuda, 33
Bolivia, 44
Brazil, 50
Canada, 64
Cayman Islands, 79
Chile, 86
Colombia, 96
Costa Rica, 107
Cuba, 119
Dominican Republic, 130
Ecuador, 141
El Salvador, 152
French Caribbean, 164
French Guiana, 172
Greenland, 179
Guatemala, 190
Guyana, 207
Haiti, 216
Honduras, 227
Jamaica, 239
Mexico, 248
Netherlands Antilles/Dutch Caribbean, 262
Nicaragua, 271
Organization of Eastern Caribbean States (OECS), 284
Panama, 299
Paraguay, 309
Peru, 317
Puerto Rico, 328
The Republic of Trinidad and Tobago, 337
Suriname, 345
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United States of America, 355
Uruguay, 373
Venezuela, 385
Index, 397
Volume 3: Asia and the Pacific
Color inserts follow page 182.
Australia, 1
Bangladesh, 16
Bhutan, 26
Cambodia, 37
China, 51
Guam, 67
India, 76
Indonesia, 92
Japan, 104
Kazakhstan, 116
Kyrgyzstan, 124
Laos, 133
Malaysia, 142
Maldives, 155
Melanesia, 162
Micronesia, 174
Mongolia, 183
Myanmar, 194
Nepal, 205
New Zealand, 214
North Korea, 226
Pakistan, 237
Philippines, 246
Polynesia, 258
Singapore, 269