The 37th President of the United States will be visiting Princeton University December 3rd 2014 to talk about his recently published book, A Call to Action: Women, Religion, Violence and Power. Copies of the book will be sold at the lecture and the former president will hold a signing following the lecture.
In 1982, President Carter and his wife Rosyln founded The Carter Center, dedicated to continued peace and health worldwide. Carter has penned many books and was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 2002.
His most recent book, A Call to Action: Women, Religion, Violence and Power looks at the discrimination and abuse of women and girls. Carter reflects on the acts of discrimination that extended to women all over the world he personally witnessed in his travels to over 145 different countries. He also takes a look at the religious views on the superiority of men to women which is often used to justify the abuse of women and children in some countries.
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