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B. Friedan, The Feminine Mystique (New York: W.W. Norton, 1963).
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G. Greer, The Female Eunuch (London: Granada Publishing. 1971).
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K. Jayawardena, Feminism and Nationalism in the Third World (London: Zed, 1986).
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Female circumcision is one such issue that was the subject of a fiercely resented campaign by Western women. After the rejection of that campaign, women from the affected countries took up the issue themselves. See 'Female Circumcision, Excision and Infibulation: Facts and Proposals for Change', Minority Rights Group Report No. 47, 2nd Ed. ( London: Minority Rights Group, 1985 ).
8.
H. Harris, 'War and Reconstruction: Women in Nicaragua', in Olivia Harris (ed.), Latin American Women, Minority Rights Group Report No. 57 (London: Minority Rights Group, 1983).
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K. Newland, Women, Men and the Division of Labour, Worldwatch Paper 37, Worldwatch Institute (1980).
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US State Department, quoted in J.S. Bernard, The Female World from a Global Perspective (Bloomington, IN: Indiana University Press, 1987), p. 168.
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The Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women. The 30 article treaty, drafted by the UN Commission on the Status of Women, was approved by the General Assembly in 1979 and entered into force in 1981. Of the 116 signatory states, 94 have ratified or acceded to the Convention. See C.G. Patton, 'NGO Report', International Studies Newsletter (Vol. 15, No. 6, August 1988).
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C.O.N. Moser , 'Gender Planning in the Third World: Meeting Women's Practical and Strategic Needs', World Development (forthcoming).
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J. Madely, 'Making Time for Africa's Food', The Financial Times (1 September 1988).
