Women, Development, and the UN: A Sixty-Year Quest for Equality and Justice

"Devaki Jain opens the doors of the United Nations and shows how it has changed the female half of the world—and vice versa. Women, Development, and the UN is a book that every global citizen, government leader, journalist, academic, and self—respecting woman should read." —Gloria Steinem

"Devaki Jain's book nurtures your optimism in this terrible war—torn decade by describing how women succeeded in empowering both themselves and the United Nations to work toward a global leadership inspired...