Champion of choice : the life and legacy of women's advocate Nafis Sadik /

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Author / Creator:	Miller, Cathleen.
Imprint:	Lincoln : University of Nebraska Press, [2013]
Description:	1 online resource
Language:	English
Subject:	Sadik, Nafis. Sadik, Nafis. Women social reformers -- Pakistan -- Pāṭa -- Biography. Women physicians -- Pakistan -- Pāṭa -- Biography. Family planning -- Developing countries. Reproductive rights -- Developing countries. Women's health services -- Developing countries. Family planning. Reproductive rights. Women physicians. Women social reformers. Women's health services. Developing countries. Pakistan. Electronic book. Biographies. Biographies.
Format:	E-Resource Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11169842

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ISBN:	0803246838 9780803246836 9780803211049 080321104X
Digital file characteristics:	text file
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references and index. Print version record.
Summary:	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.
Other form:	Print version: 9780803211049 080321104X

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