Source: Human Rights Watch
Respect for women’s rights has progressed significantly, but as we celebrate International Women’s Day, we recognize we have further to go.

In The Unfinished Revolution, more than 30 writers from around the world – including leading activists, policymakers, former victims, and experts from Human Rights Watch –weigh in on the global struggle for women’s rights, proposing solutions to end gender inequality.

Two Nobel Peace Prize laureates contributed: Shirin Ebadi writes how Islamic law weighs on women while Jody Williams addresses the impact of armed conflict on women and girls. Other chapters tackle religious dress or headscarves in Europe,  uncertain access to birth control in Latin America, unequal property laws that oppress women in Africa, and the failure of US state governments to test essential DNA evidence from rapes.

The book also examines the Arab Spring, which raised hopes high for the recognition of women’s rights in a region where numerous obstacles impede women’s paths to equality.

As the international correspondent Christiane Amanpour says in the foreword:

“It’s a time of change in the world, with dictators toppling and new opportunities rising, but any revolution that doesn’t create equality for women will be incomplete. The time has come to realize the full potential of half the world’s population.”

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