The Women's Atlas

'This book allows us to visualise disparities through data and graphics, and also the conquests present in the world today. I consider it a book to 'educate' feminists... to keep on informing, updating and educating yourself with facts on such delicate issues, to be informed and responsible citizens, aware of the world that we live in.' - Books Always In My Heart, Bookstagrammer; 'In March, Joni Seager's The Women's Atlas came out in Italy. It's a precious tool to understand, on a global scale, how women live.' - Tacianziparla, Bookstagrammer; 'This project is not just an atlas on women: it is a remapping of the world that takes women seriously.' - Veronica Tosetti, Il Libraio; 'An appealing idea, imaginatively executed.' - Times Higher Education Supplement; 'Much of the plethora of information contained within the pages is shocking. A fascinating document, and an extremely valuable one.' - Independent magazine; 'A major reference tool. The atlas format and highly original colourful statistical illustrations make this book as enjoyable as it is important.' - Library Journal; 'A fascinating atlas; a compilation of facts about women's status, work, health, education, and personal freedom across the globe.' - The Independent; 'Here is the innovative atlas no thoughtful person, male or female, should be without.' - The Washington Post; 'An imaginative, useful book... Unlike anything I've ever seen. Also fun to use.' - Alice Walker; 'In this era of globalization, we are in desperate need of accurate information that demonstrates how crucial women are to the whole process. This atlas does just that. Congratulations: Joni Seager has done it again!' - Kum-Kum Bhavnani, professor of sociology, University of California, Santa Barbara; 'The completely updated and revised fifth edition of this groundbreaking work couldn't be more timely-and it's a safer gift than a pink pussy hat. Seager, who's consulted on several global gender and environmental policies with the UN, provides a wealth of up-to-date information on how women are living today across continents and cultures.' - Elizabeth Anne Hartman, Read it Forward Best Nonfiction Books to Give as Gifts; 'Full of statistics, knowledgeable data-breakdowns and smart infographics, the easy read this atlas is belies the enormous effort and dedication behind the research. Just packed with solid information and intelligent analysis. For anyone engaged in writing, campaigning about, or just plain needing to know, this book has done the work for you and presented it in an accessible and engaging way.' - Staunch Book Prize;'The amount of data and statistics gathered for this Atlas is enormous. No other book has so comprehensively shown the information about women as raw data and this makes it a valuable resource. This will be the basis for many a policy discussion and should be available for all to see.' - Blue Wolf Reviews; 'The Women's Atlas is a really special tool that will help you find your voice and give you ammunition to change the world.' - Femi Books, Bookstagrammer; 'The Women's Atlas by Joni Seager is the PERFECT gift for anyone in your life that loves all things stats, charts, and graphs. Each page features information on women from all across the world, formatted in a way that's easy to understand. As a huge stats/graphs nerd myself (but who is also not scientifically inclined), I enjoyed looking through this book and sharing endless "Did you knows?" with my friends and family.' - Reading Women; 'Over the past few years, I've read some brilliant feminist works, and I love how this brings it together; Roxane Gay talking about violence against women, or Caroline Criado Perez talking about economic injustices. Definitely one I'd recommend coming and the kind of book that justifiably belongs in schools and libraries everywhere.' - Tulip Books, Bookstagrammer; 'The book encourages an intersectional and world view. It very carefully covers the experiences overtly of women who are

Joni Seager is a feminist geographer and Professor of Global Studies at Bentley University in Boston. She has achieved international acclaim for her work in feminist environmental policy analysis, the environmental costs of militaries and militarism, and gender and climate change. Seager is the author of many books, including five editions of the award-winning feminist classic The Women's Atlas, two editions of The State of the Environment Atlas, and Earth Follies: Coming to Feminist Terms With the Global Environmental Crisis. She has been an active consultant with the United Nations on several gender and environmental policy projects, including consulting with the United Nations Environmental Programme on integrating gender perspectives into their work on disasters and early warning systems, and with UNESCO and the Division on Economic and Social Affairs on gender in water policy.