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by Jimmy Carter


  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

  Democratic National Convention, of 2004, 90

  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

 

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