Joni Seager’s 3rd edition of this amazing resource gets better and better.

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.

Full of statistics, knowledgable 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.

I’d go on, but the publisher’s page says it all. For everything you’d rather not know, but need to. And for some good news on women’s lives, BUY The Women’s Atlas  for everyone you know.

From the publisher’s website:

An invaluable feminist resource, hip cultural conversation about feminism, and example of cutting-edge data visualization, this beautifully designed new edition of Seager’s award-winning atlas matches the mood of the moment­ with bold, vivid infographics to illustrate the status of women worldwide and the diversity of their experiences.

‘A life-saver and page-turner… This will add to everyone’s knowledge and power. Nobody should be without this book.’ Gloria Steinem

Joni Seager’s visually stunning survey of up-to-the-minute global data redefines what is meant by an atlas. Comprehensive and accessible, her incisive prose combined with the creative use of illustration, charts and infographics portray as never before how women are living across continents and cultures—the advances that have been made and the distances still to be travelled.

The result is the most up-to-date global analysis of key issues facing women today: gender equality, literacy and information technology, feminism, the culture of beauty, work and the global economy, changing households, domestic violence, LGBTQ rights, government and power, motherhood, and more.