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Mar 16, 2014 · Large-scale crimes against women enumerated in "A Call to Action" include: slavery, genital cutting, infanticide, child marriage, rape, honor killings, and economic and social deprivation. He calls on everyone to study these violations of basic moral values and take corrective action.
Mar 10, 2015 · In the highly acclaimed bestselling A Call to Action, President Jimmy Carter addresses the world’s most serious, pervasive, and ignored violation of basic human rights: the ongoing discrimination and violence against women and girls.
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- Jimmy Carter
Aug 26, 2020 · A Call to Action addresses the suffering inflicted upon women by a false interpretation of carefully selected religious texts and a growing tolerance of violence and warfare. Key verses are often omitted or quoted out of context by male religious leaders to exalt the status of men and exclude women.
In the book, Carter calls on religious leaders, world leaders, and activists to support women's rights and fight for change. He also provides 23 recommendations "that can help blaze the road to progress".
- Jimmy Carter
- 2014
Apr 26, 2014 · A Call to Action – Women, Religion, Violence, and Power by Jimmy Carter, book review: A radical attack on sexist society Former US President Jimmy Carter condemns the culture of...
- Louise Jury
Apr 10, 2014 · It covers the plight of women and girls-strangled at birth, forced to suffer servitude, child marriage, genital cutting, deprived of equal opportunity in wealthier nations and "owned" by men in others. And the most vulnerable, along with their children, are trapped in war and violence.
- Jimmy Carter
Mar 25, 2014 · In the highly acclaimed bestselling A Call to Action, President Jimmy Carter addresses the world’s most serious, pervasive, and ignored violation of basic human rights: the ongoing...