A Call to Action

The world s discrimination and violence against women and girls is the most serious, pervasive, and ignored violation of basic human rights This is President Jimmy Carter s call to action.President Carter was encouraged to write this book by a wide coalition of leaders of all faiths His urgent report is current It covers the plight of women and girls strangled at birth, forced to suffer servitude, child marriage, genital cutting, deprived of equal opportunity in wealthier nations and owned by men in others And the most vulnerable, along with their children, are trapped in war and violence.He addresses the adverse impact of distorted religious texts on women, by Protestants, Catholics, Jews, and Muslims Special verses are often omitted or quoted out of context to exalt the status of men and exclude women In a remark that is certain to get attention, Carter points out that women are treated equally in some countries that are atheistic or where governments are strictly separated from religion.Carter describes his personal observations of the conditions and hardships of women around the world He describes a trip in Africa with Bill Gates, Sr and his wife, where they are appalled by visits to enormous brothels He tells how he joined Nelson Mandela to plead for an end to South Africa s practice of outlawing treatments to protect babies from AIDS infected mothers.Throughout, Carter reports on observations of women activists and workers of The Carter Center This is an informed and passionate charge about human rights abuses against half the world s population It comes from one of the world s most renowned human rights advocates. Read A Call to Action – kino-fada.fr When did black Americans get the right to vote If you answer, 1965, you are very cool and we can have a friendly, spirited discussion about whether having the right to do something is really a right if you can t actually act on that right And we may have to agree to disagree, because technically the late lamented Voting Rights Act was put into place in order to protect the rights already spelled out in the Constitution But we ll certainly be cool and groovy together, because you obviously When did black Americans get the right to vote If you answer, 1965, you are very cool and we can have a friendly, spirited discussion about whether having the right to do something is really a right if you can t actually act on that right And we may have to agree to disagree, because technically the late lamented Voting Rights Act was put into place in order to protect the rights already spelled out in the Constitution But we ll certainly be cool and groovy together, because you obviously get it.If you answer 1870, however, I m going to have to yell and cry and possibly call your mom Because 1870 is the year the fifteenth amendment was added to the Constitution, and blac...I admire Jimmy Carter but found this book frustrating Each chapter outlines a different problem women face globally domestic violence, trafficking, maternal health, etc and as a thoughtful fact based summary, it does a fine job and can be used as a primer, especially for men of an older generation, to raise consciousness My frustration comes from the mental gymnastics and very narrowly selected quotes Mr Carter uses to show that the major world religions do not really condone poor and une I admire Jimmy Carter but found this book frustrating Each chapter outlines a different problem women face globally domestic violence, trafficking, maternal health, etc and as a thoughtful fact based summary, it does a fine job and can be used as a primer, especially for men of an older generation, to raise consciousness My frustration comes from the mental gymnastics and very narrowly selected quotes Mr Carter uses to show that the major world reli...Forget what your politics are This man is beyond reproach for his championing of women s rights, human rights While the book is backed up by statistics that blow you away, certainly some of thedepraved practices, both cultural and religious, around the world will haunt you I finished this book and cried This information is really not that new to me, but certainly, how little that has changed since I first became aware of violence towards women, is new It will make you angry, sad, ho Forget what your politics are This man is beyond reproach for his championing of women s rights, human rights While the book is backed up by statistics that blow you away, certainly some of thedepraved practices, both cultural and religious, around the world will haunt you I finished this book and cried This information is really not that new to me, but certainly, how little that has changed since I first became aware of violenc...I listened to Jimmy Carter read his book on the audio version, which I got as a review copy from the publisher He doesn t always pronounce everything perfectly, but he s Jimmy Carter This is an excellent overview of how religious and political restraints impact the status, health, and livelihood of women worldwide He offers specific ideas for working toward change while also acknowledging why some change has been difficult You can see the 23 action items on the Carter Center blog without even I listened to Jimmy Carter read his book on the audio version, which I got as a review copy from the publisher He doesn t always pronounce everything perfectly, but he s Jimmy Carter This is an excellent overview of how religious and political restraints impact the status, health, and livelihood of women worldwide He offers specific ideas for working toward change while also acknowledging why some change has been difficult You can see the 23 action items on the Carter Center blog without even reading the book, and I d recommend at least doing that.He doesn t let the USA off the hook He points out that Atlanta, his closest urban center, is the highest trafficking point of women in the country these numbers are crazily high, I had no idea and the negative impact some ultra conservative organizations have had on women s health legislation leaving the USA among a handful of count...Despite the primary importance of this topic I did find this book floundered in certain aspects I suppose one cannot expect a book of 200 pages to encompass the totality of this vital subject area It was in some ways similar to Half the Sky Turning Oppression into Opportunity for Women Worldwide but less emotive Half the Sky Turning Oppression into Opportunity for Women Worldwide had a fargrass roots feel to it.This book discusses what the Carter Center is doing around the world Cred Despite the primary importance of this topic I did find this book floundered in certain aspects I suppose one cannot expect a book of 200 pages to encompass the totality of this vital subject area It was in some ways similar to Half the Sky Turning Oppression into Opportunity for Women Worldwide but less emotive Half the Sky Turning Oppression into Opportunity for Women Worldwide had a fargrass roots feel to it.This book discusses what th...Former US President Jimmy Carter did not just sit back in a rocking chair when he retired in 1981 He and his wife, Rosalynn, founded the Carter Center which helps improve the situations of people around the world As a devote Baptist and Sunday school teacher, he is frustrated by the ways male religious leaders Christian, Jewish, and Islamic use sacred texts to justify male dominance of women Some of Carter s concerns are wage discrimination, sexual abuse in the military, rape, slavery and p Former US President Jimmy Carter did not just sit back in a rocking chair when he retired in 1981 He and his wife, Rosalynn, founded the Carter Center which helps improve the situations of people around the world As a devote Baptist and Sunday school teacher, he is frustrated by the ways male religious leaders Christian, Jewish, and Islamic use sacred texts to justify male dominance of women Some of Carter s concerns are wage discrimination, sexual abuse in the military, rape, slavery and prostitution, child marriages, spousal abuse, genital mutilation, inadequate health care including prenatal care, and honor killings In some countries, female babies are selectively aborted or killed at birth This leads to enslaved girls being brought in from other countries to serve as prostitutes since there are not enough women to serv...president carter himself describes a call to action as the most important book he s ever written having authored 28 his thesis is lucid yet although economic disparity is a great and growing problem, i have become convinced that the most serious and unaddressed worldwide challenge is the deprivation and abuse of women and girls, largely caused by a false interpretation of carefully selected religious texts and a growing tolerance of violence and warfare, unfortunately following the example se president carter himself describes a call to action as the most important...From the book The Universal Declaration of Human Rights states that men and women are equal ratified in 1948 by a vote of 48 to 0 yet it is not honoredJimmy Carter was the first American president born in a hospitalThe first pope, Saint Peter was married, because Jesus healed his mother in lawIn November 2012 Congolese troops trained by the U.S Government perpetrated a mass rape of 135 women and girls.Global Slavery Index report released in October 2013 estimates that 29.8 million people remain From the book The Universal Declaration of Human Rights states that men and women are equal ratified in 1948 by a vote of 48 to 0 yet it is not honoredJimmy Carter was the first American president born in a hospitalThe first pope, Saint Peter was married, because Jesus healed his mother in lawIn November 2012 Congolese troops trained by the U.S Government perpetrated a mass rape of 135 women and girls.Global Slavery Index report released in October 2013 estimates that 29.8 million people remain enslaved today includes those living in bondage as forced laborers, th...After a lot of books with subtitles like A call to action I find myself wondering what marketing genius didn t think I d mind the complete absence of actionable items This is not the case here President Carter goes into the specifics of some important work being done by a lot of people, gives numerous examples of how people have stepped in to help out, and my reaction is how the hell does this man have the energy to be involved in all of this Some might add at his age but frankly I hav After a lot of books with subtitles like A call to action I find myself wondering what marketing genius didn t think I d mind the complete absence of actionable items This is not the case here President Carter goes into the specifics of some important work being done by a lot of people, gives numerous examples of how people have stepped in to help out, and my reaction is how the hell does this man have the energy to be involved in all of this Some might add at his age but frankly I haven t been that active at any age.He speaks frankly about the nature of not only the oppression of women and girls, but also the political realities of how the transition from where we are to a less oppressive reality would have to take place The work is daunting in the details and always backed with examples of what was tried and a fair assessment of the...If you pay attention to the news at all, there really isn t a lot of new here per se However, former President Carter brings together the various issues that bedevil so many women around the world forced marriages, genital mutilation, prostitution as slavery, and abuse He ties it together with his knowledge of Biblical scriptures He is a man of deep faith who has also made a study of the Bible In addition, he discusses some of the initiatives that the Carter Center has made around the wor If you pay attention to the news at all, there really isn t a lot of new here per se However, former President Carter brings together the various issues that bedevil so many women around the world forced marriages, genital mutilation, prostitution as slavery, and abuse He ties it together with his knowledge of Biblical scriptures He is a man of deep faith who has also made a study of the Bible In addition, he discusses some of the initiativ...

• English
• 01 January 2018
Jimmy Carter
• Hardcover
• 211 pages
• 1476773955
• Jimmy Carter
• A Call to Action