World events demonstrate that equality for women isn't only a women's issue:when women fulfil their potential, everyone benefits.Completely updated and redesigned, this new edition of Joni Seager'saward-winning classic illustrates how women live across continents andcultures, and charts the status of women worldwide - the advances theyhave made and the distances still to be travelled.With vivid graphics and pithy text, it is a comprehensive and accessibleanalysis of up-to-the-minute global data on the key issues facing womentoday.; Topics include:; Gender equality * Literacy and information technology * Feminism * Beauty* Work and the global economy * Changing households * Domestic violence* Refugees * LGBTQ rights * Government and power * Motherhood