Miller, Cathleen.

Champion of choice : the life and legacy of women's advocate Nafis Sadik / Cathleen Miller. - Lincoln : University of Nebraska Press, (c)2013. - 1 online resource

Includes bibliographies and index.

Title Page; Copyright Page; Contents; List of Illustrations; Introduction; 1 Birth; 2 Welcoming the Girls; 3 Azhar; 4 Karachi; 5 The Wedding; 6 Doctor's Orders; 7 Mothers; 8 Family Planning; 9 The un; 10 The Director; 11 The Vatican; 12 Cairo; 13 Beijing; 14 Back Home; 15 On The Ground; 16 Onward; Epilogue; Acknowledgments; Notes and Sources; Index.

Not many women can claim to have changed history, but Nafis Sadik set that goal in her youth, and change the world she did. Champion of Choice tells the remarkable story of how Sadik, born into a prominent Indian family in 1929, came to be the world's foremost advocate for women's health and reproductive rights, the first female director of a United Nations agency, and "one of the most powerful women in the world" (London Times). An obstetrician, wife, mother, and devout Muslim, Sadik has been a courageous and tireless advocate for women, insisting on discussing the dif.



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Reproductive rights--Developing countries.
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Electronic Books.

HQ1745 / .C436 2013