Power, voice and rights : a turning point for gender equality in Asia and the Pacific / Gretchen Luchsinger,

Includes Bibliography—(p. 171-191).

Published for UNDP by Macmillan Publishers India.

Contents: Overview—Chapter 1. a case for gender equality—Chapter 2. Building economic power—Chapter 3. Promoting political voice—Chapter 4. Advancing legal rights—Chapter 5. Towards equal power and voice—Definitions of technical terms—Notes—Bibliography—Boxes—Tables—Figures—Special contributions—Toward better outcomes : Japan's gender policies

Yoriko Meguro—Women's command over immovable assets : a vital key

Bina agarwal—The transformative potential of microfinance

Muhammad Yunus—The experience of the Chinese government on promoting gender equality

Baige Zhao—Caught in between : the dilemma of Muslim women in Malaysia

Marina Mahathir—Indicators—Millennium development goals, targets and indicators—Statistical references.

United Nations Development Programme—title page.

Summary : This report looks at three key opportunities for achieving gender equality—economics, politics and the law. Transforming institutions in all three areas, changing attitudes and assessing progress continually will open the door wide to rapid, far-reaching change for human development—cover page.