The Global Status of Women and Girls is a necessary intervention in the scholarship on women and girls globally. By using a multi-disciplinary approach, the contributors are able to show the complexity of issues that women and girls face in their everyday lives from continued gender stereotypes, gender bias, violence, sexual assault, religious and political limits, and bitter attacks on women's activism. This book is required reading for anyone who wants to understand the power of patriarchy in shaping our world and see its effects on lives of individual women and girls.

Kelly J. Baker, Editor of Women in Higher Education

The essays in this timely volume, The Global Status of Women and Girls, paint a thick and nuanced picture of the struggles that women and girls face throughout the world—struggles that threaten their sense of identity, the integrity of their bodies, their economic livelihoods, their very lives, and the future of our planet. At a time when these issues are real and urgent, all readers will benefit from the insights and moral guidance that shine brightly at the heart of each of these wonderful essays.

Aline Kalbian, Associate Dean, Florida State University

This wide-ranging collection highlights some of the many struggles faced by women in the world today. Applying feminist theories, the contributors advance suggestions for changes in governance and aid policies in several parts of the world.

Amanda Porterfield, author of 'Conceived in Doubt: Religion and Politics in the Early American Republic'