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Publication Announcement

The Atlas of Women in the World, 4th Edition

11 February 2009 Earthscan

• Publication title: The Atlas of Women in the World, 4th Edition
• Author: Joni Seager
• Publication type: Book (Paperback)
• Publication date: 24 February 2009
• Number of pages: 128
• ISBN number: 9781844076086
• Price: 12.00 GBP British Pounds

'When is an atlas a page-turner? When it makes the female half of the world visible in reliable statistics and glorious graphics. Nobody should be without this book.'

   -  Gloria Steinem

At the end of this month, just in time for International Women’s Day on 8^th March, Earthscan are due to publish the 4^th edition of The Atlas of Women in the World by Joni Seager.

To improve the state of women is to improve the state of the world. Global events continue to reveal the importance of understanding how women live across continents and cultures.

Using maps and graphics in this new revision of her eye-opening book, Joni Seager uses up-to-the-minute research and data to show what shifts have occurred in the ten years since the first edition was published - the strides made by women and the distance still to be travelled. She explores the current status of women in relation to such key issues as:

Equality * Government * IT literacy * Feminism * Women's health * Motherhood * Women at work * Household trends * The global economy * Domestic violence * Refugees * Lesbian rights

About the author

Joni Seager is Professor and Chair of Geography at Hunter College, City University of New York. She has achieved international acclaim for her work in feminist environmentalism and has won the Association of American Geographers 2005 Media Achievement Award for her success in bringing geographic work to the attention of wide audiences.

http://www.earthscan.co.uk/Portals/0/pdfs/THE_ATLAS_OF_WOMEN_Press_Pack.pdf