CONTENTS:-
Vol.1: The Status of World's Women: Overview of the world's women. 1. Population, households and families. 2. Population growth, distribution and environment. 3. Health. 4. Education and training. 5. Work. 6. Power and influence. Annex: 1. Technical notes on the tables. 2. Countries, areas and geographical groupings. 3. Statistical sources. 4. List of abbreviations and acronyms.
Vol.2: Women, education and empowerment: 1. The international seminar on women's education and empowerment. 2. The theoretical and practical bases of empowerment. 3. Some reflections on the empowerment of women. 4. Women's literacy and empowerments: the Nellore experience. 5. The organisation of America States Multinational Project on education and work: an experience of popular education for women's empowerment in Colombia. 6. Educate to empower: an Asian experience. 7. Thinking about women and literacy: support and challenge. 8. Illiteracy eradication in Vietnam: past achievements and orientation for development in the new stage. 9. The Bangladesh Government literacy initiative: the Integrated Non Formal Education Program (INFEP). 10. History of literacy efforts and current policies on women's literacy. 11. Engendering adult literacy. 12. Educational strategies for women: a case study of Mahila Samakhya, Bandra. 13. The literacy program of Friends In Village Development Bangladesh (FIVDB). 14. Model of literacy program in Nepal. 15. Linking total literacy to universal elementary education. 16. Innovations in literacy practice in Nepal. 17. Case study of Bihar Mahila Samakhya. 18. The education forum's literacy: numeracy program. 19. The literacy circle. 20. Development of methods and instructional materials for women in Bangladesh. 20. Development of literacy leaving materials for women. 22. Analysis of total literacy campaign primers. 23. The content of functional knowledge in literacy programs for women in Vietnam. 24. The impact of literacy on women in India. 25. Theory and practice of women's literacy in Bangladesh: problems and issues. 26. Women's empowerment strategies in post-literacy campaigns: some experiences from Tamil Nadu. 27. Situations of women's literacy in India. 28. Literacy policies and programs for women in the Philippines. 29. Two views on literacy strategies in India. 30. Non-formal education for women in Thailand. 31. GTZ-BEFARe female literacy. 32. Complexity of literacy practices. 33. The challenges ahead. 34. Skills-based literacy program for women. 35. Saptagram: a women's self-reliance and education movement. 36. The role of literacy in the promotion of gender equity. 37. Functional literacy: a path for empowering women and girls. 38. Training women and girls for empowerment. 39. Alternative approaches to education. 40. The experience and challenge of venturing into a male dominated profession as the first women medical doctor in East and Central Africa. 41. The empowerment of women through the education of girls and functional literacy for women in Botswana. 42. Women and girls education in Gambia. 43. Women education in Ghana. 44. Empowering strategy for dealing with sexual harassment and abuse: a case study from Kenya. 45. The problem of female school drop-out: the role of traditional authorities--Ghana's example.
Vol.3: Women, Challenges and Advancement: 1. Worldwide facts and statistics about the status of women. 2. Legal literacy: putting an end to discrimination. 3. Women's health: a vital prerequisite. 4. Women's education: key to empowerment. 5. Making women's work count. 6. Women in politics: more votes, more voices. 7. Women: victims of violence, advocates of peace. 8. Situation of women in Asia. 9. Measuring women's unpaid work. 10. Refugee women. 11. Mahila Samakhya: women's empowerment. 12. The advancement of women: an overview. 13. Women and work. 14. Women and health. 15. Women and education. 16. Violence against women. 17. Women and power: where women stand today. 18. The United Nations and the status of women: setting the global gender agenda. 19. 8 March: international women's day. 20. Platform for action. 21. UN milestones in the advancement of women.
Vol.4: Women and Family Health: 1. Introduction. 2. Survey design and implementation. 3. Household and respondent background characteristics. 4. Nuptiality. 5. Fertility. 6. Family planning. 7. Fertility references. 8. Morbidity and mortality. 9. Maternal and child health. 10. Infant feeding and child nutrition. 11. Knowledge of AIDS.
Vol.5: Women and International Action: 1. Women at a glance. 2. Human rights. 3. Discrimination against women. 4. Harmful traditional practices affecting the health of women and children. 5. Declaration on the participation of women in promoting international peace and co-operation. 6. The Nairobi forward-looking strategies for the advancement of women. 7. The Beijing declaration and the platform for action: Fourth World Conference on Women, Beijing China, 4-9, September 1995.
