slavery in, 10–11
Bin Ali Jaber, Faisal, 58
Bloomberg Businessweek, 144
Blum, Richard, 130–31
Boden, Alison, 24
Bolivia, 111
Borlaug, Norman, 80–81
Bosnia, 17, 190–91
Bosnia and Herzegovina, 191
Botswana, 140
Bourgeois, Roy, 111–12
Brahimi, Lakhdar, 160n
Brazil, 164
child mortality in, 116
Brundtland, Gro Harlem, 160n, 169–70
brutalization effect, 39
Buddhists, 3, 4, 20, 123
Burkina Faso, 156
Burundi, 120
Bush, George W., 35, 129, 140
business, women in, 88, 169–70, 171
Cain (biblical char.), 39
Cairo (Egypt), 94, 95, 120
California, death penalty in, 35
Cambodia, 17, 116
Campbell, Simone, 36
Camp David, 63
Canada, 38, 70, 187, 191
capital punishment, 35, 37–40, 119, 196
Cardoso, Fernando Henrique, 160n
Carter, Jimmy:
childhood of, 7–8
gubernatorial fight against discrimination by, 32–34
Carter, Rosalynn, 2, 12, 21, 22, 30, 33, 34, 37, 41, 46, 52, 61, 63–65, 68, 81, 82, 83, 98, 120, 122, 130, 136–40, 174, 179, 189
Carter, Wiley, 125
Carter Center, 2, 3, 4, 6, 37, 42, 52, 62, 63, 66, 71–73, 75–77, 81–82, 83, 89, 90, 92, 94, 95, 98, 103, 106, 107, 179, 194
access to information encouraged by, 86
Ethiopia work of, 174
Great Lakes peace work of, 120–21
Human Rights Defenders Forum of, see Human Rights Defenders Forum
Indonesian election monitored by, 166–68
Mobilizing Faith for Women, 107, 196
Myanmar elections overseen by, 122–23
tomato harvesters aided by, 134
Carter-Menil Human Rights Prize, 52
Catalyst, 169
Catholic Church, Catholics, 4, 20, 95, 99, 108, 111–12
child abuse scandal of, 112
death penalty opposed by, 39
ERA opposed by, 185
priest shortage in, 112
women in, 108–11, 112–13
Catholic Justice and Peace Commission, 84
Catholic Relief Services, 29
CBS News, 111
Census Bureau, U.S., 168
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 72, 137, 172
Central African Republic, 139–40, 143, 156
Central Committee, China, 68
Central Intelligence Agency (CIA), 59, 62
Chad, 75, 156, 173
Chamorro, Violeta, 69
child marriage, 72, 87, 95, 113, 158–62, 194
child mortality, 115–16
China, 22, 55, 59, 67–70, 86, 108
death penalty in, 40
divorce in, 144
forced marriage in, 116
gendercide banned in, 116
gender ratios in, 114–15
slavery in, 126
Chinese Communist Party, 68
Christian Ethics Today, 11
Christians, Christianity, 3, 10, 11–12, 17, 19–20, 23–28, 39, 45, 53, 62, 94, 96, 98–99, 104, 105
Church, Frank, 58
Civil Rights Act, 44
Education Amendments to, see Education Amendments, Title IX
Civil War, U.S., 53, 125
Clark, Jack, 8
Clark, Rachel, 8
Clement, Pope, 102
climate change, 160
Clinton, Bill, 35
CNN, 89
Coalition of Immokalee Workers (CIW), 134
Coleman, Ella Musu, 85
compassion, 6, 10, 62
condoms, 108, 112, 138, 139, 140, 141
Conference of Catholic Bishops, U.S., 134
Congo, 56, 59, 120–21, 191, 195
Congress, U.S., 17, 48–49, 51, 89, 134–36, 161–62, 165–66, 178, 185
Connecticut, 38
Constitution, U.S., 37, 163, 164, 178, 180, 185
Consultative Assembly (Shura), 63
contraceptives, 20, 108, 112, 134, 140, 141, 183–84
Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW), 144, 159, 180, 182, 197
Convention on the Rights of the Child, 159
Cooperative Baptist Fellowship, 113
Copenhagen conference, 180–82
Coptics, 4, 94, 95, 96, 98, 99–100, 101–2
1 Corinthians 11:11–12, 27
corruption, 87
Costa Rica, 86
Craigslist, 128
Cuba, 164, 177
Cumberland Island, Ga., 33
Cunningham, Scott, 128
Cyprus, 160
dalits (untouchables), 60
David, King (biblical char.), 39
DDT, 78–79
Death of a Princess, 150
death penalty, 35, 37–40, 119, 196
Deep South, 1, 10
Defense Department, U.S., 47, 48, 57
de Menil, Dominique, 52
Deng Xiaoping, 67
Dinka people, 77
Dioup, Muhamed Chérif, 102–3, 180–81
disease, 1, 28, 30, 71–76, 78, 80, 95, 108, 136–37, 160, 172, 186
see also specific diseases
divorce, 9, 66, 106, 144, 152, 181, 185, 190
Djibouti, 156
domestic violence, 84, 87, 106, 142–49, 159
Dominican Republic, 17
dowries, 84, 152, 158–59
dracunculiasis (Guinea worm), 63, 72, 73–76
drones, 17, 57, 58–59, 91
drugs:
illegal, 35, 127, 187
and incarceration, 36–37
see also antiretroviral medication; azithromycin; Zithromax
Eastern Kentucky University, 38
education, of girls and women, 60–61, 65, 86, 88, 105, 145, 170–71, 184, 197
Education Amendments, Title IX, 44, 51, 197
Education Department, U.S., 44
Egypt, 23, 63, 90, 94–98, 160
genital cutting in, 156
Egyptian Association of Legal Aid for Women, 153
Elders, 160–61, 169, 192, 193, 196
elephantiasis, 72
El Salvador, 17, 111
Emory University, 42–43, 44–45, 98
Enraging the Powers (Wink), 142
Entebbe, Uganda, 28
Epaphroditus (biblical char.), 101
Ephesians 5:21–33, 21
Episcopalians, 20, 113
Equal Rights Amendment, 180
Eritrea, 156
Ethiopia, 75, 77–80, 156, 174–75
Ethridge, Jerome, 29, 30
Ethridge, Joanne, 29, 30
Euodia (biblical char.), 101, 102
European Convention on Human Rights, 86
European Union, Charter of Fundamental Rights of the, 37
Eve (biblical char.), 27
Fahd, King (Saudi Arabia), 64
farming, 82, 88, 134
in China, 67
Global 2000 and, 80–81
Federal Bureau of Investigation, 143
female gendercide, 114–17, 197
female genital cutting (FGC), 84, 85, 87, 95, 113, 154–57, 197
Fifteenth Amendment, 163
Fitzpatrick, Mary, 33
Florida, 38
Foege, William, 72
Forbes, 68
Ford, Betty, 178–79
Ford, Gerald, 58, 178
Foreign Affairs, 126
Fort Benning, Ga., 111
Fort Bragg, N.C., 51
France, 55, 184, 191
Francis, Pope, 6, 109–10, 111, 112, 113
Franks, Tommy, 54
Fre-Addis Ethiopia Women Fund, 175
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nbsp; Free the Slaves, 126–27
Furman v. Georgia, 37
Galatians, 25, 100
3:25–28, 26
3:28, 99
Gallup poll, 65
Gambia, 156
Gandhi, Mohandas K. (Mahatma), 40, 192
Gates, Bill, Sr., 136–40
Gates, Mimi, 136–37
Gayle, Helene, 137
gendercide, female, 114–17, 197
gender ratio, 114–17
Genesis, 26
1:26–27, 26
1:27, 99
Geneva Conventions, 90, 191
Georgia, 10, 38, 66
Georgia Tech, 45
Germany, 13, 164, 184, 191
Ghana, 30, 74, 75, 77, 86, 107
Gillibrand, Kirsten E., 47
girls, 1, 2, 3, 6, 16, 30, 59, 92, 95, 123
corruption and, 87
double standard for, 11–12
education of, 60–61, 65, 86, 88, 105, 145, 170–71, 175, 184, 197
FGM and, 154–57
forced marriage of, 116, 158, 160–62
gendercide of, 114–17
Islam and, 92, 94
maternal mortality for, 173–74
prostitution of, 127, 132, 138, 186
rape of, 118, 121, 124, 191
sex education for, 184
Taliban and, 145–48
trafficking of, 127–32
see also women
Global 2000, 80
Outstanding Farmer award of, 81
Global Education Digest, 86
Global Gender Gap Report, 177
Global Slavery Index, 126–27
Godrej family, 60, 61
Goma (Congo), 120, 191
Gowon, Yakubu, 76
Goyal, Rakhee, 106–7
Great Britain, 163
Great Depression, 171
Greece, 17
green revolution, 80
Gregg v. Georgia, 37
Grenada, 17
Guantánamo Bay, 57, 90, 91
Guatemala, 87–88
Guinea, 143, 156
Guinea-Bissau, 156
Guinea worm (dracunculiasis), 63, 72, 73–76
Habibie, B. J., 166–67
Habitat for Humanity, 61
Hague, William, 190–92
Haiti, 17
Half the Sky (Kristof and WuDunn), 68, 95
Harare, Zimbabwe, 81
Haredim, 103–4
Hassan II, King (Morocco), 189
Hawaii, 51
Health and Welfare Committee, 39
Health Development Army, Ethiopia, 78
Heifer International, 29
Highway Beautification Act, 178
Hillary, Edmund, 130–31
Hindus, Hinduism, 3, 4, 20, 119
HIV/AIDS, see AIDS
Hofstra University, 110
Holocaust, 13
homosexuality, 20, 82, 91, 109
honor killings, 4, 113, 150–53, 198
Hopkins, Don, 72
Hopkins Undergraduate Research Journal, 44
hostage situations, religion and, 61–62
House of Representatives, U.S., 185
human rights, 52, 69, 160, 164
Human Rights Defenders Forum, 6, 58, 66, 85, 89, 91–92, 94, 95, 99, 103, 105, 127, 188, 194
Human Rights in China, 116
Human Rights Report, 161–62
Human Rights Watch, 57, 141, 151, 161
Hussein, Saddam, 54
Hutus, 120, 121
Hvistendahl, Mara, 116
Iceland, 177
Ifè, 29
“I Have a Dream” speech (King), 5
illiteracy, 86
Immokalee, Fla., 134
incarceration, 34–37
indefinite detention, 90, 91
India, 60, 61, 80, 116, 163, 173, 192–93
child marriage in, 158–59
child mortality in, 115
rape in, 118–19
ratio of boys to girls in, 115
slavery in, 126
trafficking in, 129–30
Indonesia, 106, 163, 166–68
infanticide, 4, 115, 197
see also gendercide, female
information, access to, 86–88
Institute for Social Research, 170
International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, 86
International Islamic Charitable Organization, 29
International Monetary Fund, 175
International Task Force for Disease Eradication (ITFDE), 73
International Violence Against Women Act (IVAWA), 121, 135–36, 186, 197
In the Land of Blood and Honey, 190
Iran, 40, 56, 61, 63, 144, 182
Iraq, 17, 18, 53–56, 61, 63
Ireland, 177
Islam, 14, 19, 28, 62, 96–98, 105–7
Islamabad, Pakistan, 59
Islamic Peace and Security Council, Ghana, 62, 108
Islamic Society of North America, 145
Israel, 54, 63, 94, 104, 163, 177
Italy, 13, 184, 191
It’s a Girl, 115
Iyer, Divya, 40, 119
Jamaica, 86
Japan, 13, 116, 191
Jehan’s laws, 181
Jerusalem, 108
Jesuit University, 111
Jesus Christ, 17, 20, 21, 22, 27, 39, 99, 100, 101, 108, 110, 112
“turn the other cheek” saying of, 142
women treated as equals by, 23–26, 30, 99, 100–101, 102, 139
Jewish fundamentalists, 27
Jews, 3, 4, 14, 20, 23, 95, 103, 104–5
Jilani, Hina, 151, 160n
John:
3:5, 6, 99
8:3–11, 24
12:7, 25
John XXIII, Pope, 109
John Paul II, Pope, 108, 109, 111
Johnson, Lady Bird, 178
Johnson, Lyndon, 164, 178
Joint United Nations Program on HIV/AIDS, 141
Jolie, Angelina, 190–91
Jordan, 143, 152
justice, 42–43, 62
Justice Department, U.S., 43, 47–48
just war, 53–56
Kabila, Joseph, 120
Kabila, Laurent-Désiré, 120, 121
Kakar, Palwasha, 148–49
Kara, Siddharth, 126–27, 128
Karwar, Zanzan, 85
Kennedy, John, 108
Kennedy, Ted, 180
Kenya, 77, 90, 120, 156, 160
Khuzaima, Alhaji, 62, 107–8
King, Martin Luther, Jr., 5, 40
Kirchner, Cristina, 164
Kiwanis club, 34
Knesset, 103, 104
Koran, 2, 3, 10, 19, 59, 61, 62, 93, 96, 97, 98, 105, 106
female genital mutilation and, 156
polygamy in, 65–66
Korea, 17, 59
see also South Korea
Kosovo, 17
Kristof, Nicholas, 68, 95, 187
Kumar, Radha, 118
Kurds, 55
Kuwait, 17
Kwataine, 195
Lancet, 56, 184
Lancet Global Health, 121
land ownership, 88
Laos, 17, 143
Lapid, Yair, 103
latrines, 79
Leadership Conference of Women Religious (LCWR), 108–9, 110
Lebanon, 17
Lee, Robert E., 125
Liberia, 83–84, 85, 87, 88, 163, 164
Libya, 17, 56
Life’s Wisdom from the Works of the Nobel Laureate (Mahfouz), 92
Lincoln Memorial, 5
Lions, 34
Lisak, David, 43
Los Angeles, Calif., 165
Luke 23:2, 101
Lumpkin, Ga., 33
Lutherans, 113
lymphatic filariasis, 72
MacDougall, Ellis C., 33
Machel, Graça, 160n
McKinsey & Company, 169
Magid, Mohamed, 144–45
Mahfouz, Naguib, 92
maize, 82
malaria, 79, 173
Malawi, 164, 195
Malaysia, 105, 106
Mali, 143, 156
Mandela, Nelson, 40, 52, 137, 160
Manjoo, Rashida, 36
Mao Zedong, 95
Maranatha Baptist Church, 22
Marcus, Ruth, 48
Mark 10:7–9, 9
marriage, 92–93
child, 72, 87, 95, 113, 158–62, 194
forced, 146–48, 190
Marriage Law (1950; China), 68–69
Mary, 23, 25, 26, 101
Mary Magdalene, 25
Masai people, 77
Massachusetts, 38
maternal health, 172–75
maternal mortality rate (MMR), 173–74
Matthew (biblical char.), 23
Mauritania, 156
Mbeki, Thabo, 137
Megawati Setiawati Sukarnoputri, Dyah Permata, 167–68
Melching, Molly, 155–56, 194
Mengistu Haile Mariam, 174
mental health, 33–34, 179
Merck & Co., 140
Merkel, Angela, 164
Messinger, Ruth, 82–83
Methodists, 113
Mexico, 144
microloans, 81–82
militarism, 5, 49–50
military, women in, 45–50, 70
Ministry of Health, Ethiopia, 78
missionaries, 28–29
mobility, 86, 87
Mohammed VI, King (Morocco), 189
Moi, Daniel arap, 140
Monrovia, Liberia, 83
Montana, 50
Montana Judicial Standards Commission, 50
Moon, Lottie, 21–22
Mormons, ERA opposed by, 185
Morocco, 189–90
Morsi, Mohamed, 94, 95
Moses (biblical char.), 24
Moyo, Fulata, 31
Mubarak, Hosni, 94, 95, 98–99
Mugabe, Robert, 138–39
Mumbai, India, 60, 61
Muslim Brotherhood, 95
Muslimi, Farea Al-, 58
Muslims, 3, 4, 20, 28, 61, 63, 65, 92, 94, 96, 97, 98, 104–7
Myanmar, 122–24, 160
Namibia, 139
National Crime Records Bureau, India, 118
National Institute of Forensic Medicine, Jordan, 152
National Organization for Women, 50
National People’s Congress, China, 68
National Public Radio, 49
National Traditional Council of Liberia, 85
NATO, 18, 37
Naval Academy, 46–47
Naval Criminal Investigative Service, 46
Naval Reserve Officers Training Corps program, 45
Navy, U.S., 13, 46–47, 48
Nelson Mandela Centre for Peace and Conflict Resolution, 118
Nepal, 129, 130
Netherlands, 186, 187
Neuman, Laura, 86
New America Foundation, 57
New Paltz, SUNY, 43
New Testament, 10, 20, 29, 61, 100, 102
New York, N.Y., sex market in, 128
New Yorker, 143–44
New York Times, 53–56, 91, 111, 119, 128, 170
New Zealand, 70, 164, 169, 177
Niass, Omar Ahmed Tijani, 93
Nicaragua, 17, 69, 163, 177
Niger, 75, 76
Nigeria, 75–76, 90, 173, 175