[NIFL-POVRACELIT:817] Web Anthology on Cultural Pluralism and Women's Roles

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The following is cross-posted from the -NIFL Womenlit List.

-Mary Ann Corley

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The Women Learning Partnership is pleased to announce the publication of a
web anthology entitled Toward a Compassionate Society, which addresses the
importance of cultural pluralism and women's role in promoting peace in a
rapidly globalizing world. The issues are examined from a variety of
gender-focused cultural and inter-disciplinary perspectives including
sociology, anthropology, human rights, philosophy, and religion.

Contributing authors include:

Elise Boulding, author of Cultures of Peace: The Hidden Side of History
Charlotte Bunch, executive director of the Center for Women's Global
Leadership
Mahbub ul Haq, chief architect of UNDP's Human Development Reports
Uma Narayan, professor of philosophy at Vassar College
Arati Rao, scholar of feminist political theory and women's rights
Aruna Rao, president of the Association for Women's Rights in Development
Arvind Sharma, professor of comparative religion at McGill University

The anthology is available free of charge at http://www.cultureofpeace.net
or www.learningpartnership.org/publications/catalogue.html#copanthology



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