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Book Review – Daughters of Juarez (Las Hijas de Juarez) by Teresa Rodriguez, Diana Montané and Lisa Pulitzer; Atria, Simon & Schuster 2008.

Posted on February 13, 2010. Filed under: Books, Human Rights | Tags: crimes against women, Femicide, Human Rights, human rights book review, human rights books, human rights in Mexico, Juarez, Mexico, Murders-Mexico, politics and corruption, sex crimes, sex discrimination, transnational crime, violence against women |

Daughters of Juarez (Las Hijas de Juarez) Teresa Rodriguez, Diana Montané and Lisa Pulitzer; Atria, Simon & Schuster 2008. ISBN10: 0743292030; ISBN13: 9780743292030 For over a decade Juárez, Mexico, a city adjacent to the Rio Grande El Paso, Texas continues to be the focal point for a sickening criminal offensive towards the female population. Comprising [...]

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Congratulations to Professor Geraldine Van Bueren and all the the new commissioners at the Equality and Human Rights Commission

Posted on November 28, 2009. Filed under: Books, Human Rights | Tags: age discrimination, commissioner appointments, disability, equality, Equality and Human Rights Commission, Human Rights, human rights book review, race, racial discrimination, rights of the child, sex discrimination, women |

New Commissioner appointments have just been announced to Britain’s Equality and Human Rights Commission. It is envisaged that the three-year appointments, announced by Harriet Harman, Minister for Women and Equality, will bolster most considerably the Commission’s ongoing and future work on gender, sex orientation, race, religion and belief, age, disability, and human rights in general, [...]

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Human Rights Book Review – ‘Half the Sky : Turning Oppression into Opportunity for Women Worldwide’ by Nicholas Kristoff and Sheryl WuDunn

Posted on October 4, 2009. Filed under: Human Rights | Tags: book reviews, case studies, Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW), gender rights, human right book review, Human Rights, human trafficking, poverty, sex discrimination, sex trafficking, slavery, social conditions, Social Justice, women, women's rights |

Human Rights Book Review – ‘Half the Sky : Turning Oppression into Opportunity for Women Worldwide’ Nicholas Kristoff and Sheryl WuDunn From the outset, we here at the HRBR were impressed by the high concentration of quality information presented in this book. Few stones appear left unturned in this work and few of our heartsrings [...]

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Can women outdo the men? Book Review: ‘Through the Labyrinth: the truth about how women become leaders’ by Linda Carli and Alice Eagly

Posted on April 27, 2009. Filed under: Books, Human Rights | Tags: Leadership in women, sex discrimination, Women executives |

The days of ‘mens club’ leadership has dissipated somewhat, albeit still present. As this new paradigm is moving to the fore, so too is a whole new collateral industry developed with those willing to study, explain and profit from it. Not all of those that involve themselves with female leadership can be considered sucker fish [...]

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