Turning Oppression into Opportunity for Women Worldwide

Written by Nicholas D. Kristofand Sheryl WuDunn

From two of our most fiercely moral voices, a passionate call to arms against our era’s most pervasive human rights violation: the oppression of women and girls in the developing world.

With Pulitzer Prize winners Nicholas D. Kristof and Sheryl WuDunn as our guides, we undertake an odyssey through Africa and Asia to meet the extraordinary women struggling there, among them a Cambodian teenager sold into sex slavery and an Ethiopian woman who suffered devastating injuries in childbirth. Drawing on the breadth of their combined reporting experience, Kristof and WuDunn depict our world with anger, sadness, clarity, and, ultimately, hope.

They show how a little help can transform the lives of women and girls abroad. That Cambodian girl eventually escaped from her brothel and, with assistance from an aid group, built a thriving retail business that supports her family. The Ethiopian woman had her injuries repaired and in time became a surgeon. A Zimbabwean mother of five, counseled to return to school, earned her doctorate and became an expert on AIDS.

Through these stories, Kristof and WuDunn help us see that the key to economic progress lies in unleashing women’s potential. They make clear how so many people have helped to do just that, and how we can each do our part. Throughout much of the world, the greatest unexploited economic resource is the female half of the population. Countries such as China have prospered precisely because they emancipated women and brought them into the formal economy. Unleashing that process globally is not only the right thing to do; it’s also the best strategy for fighting poverty.

Deeply felt, pragmatic, and inspirational, Half the Sky is essential reading for every global citizen.

Written by :

Alias Author

 

Comments (6)

Subscribe to this comment's feed

http://www.christianlouboutinshoes-mall.com/
written by louboutin, May 29, 2010

Fashion tips for women oval. Many women choose 传奇私服** clothes that flatter your body type or body shape. 传奇私服** An oval or Apple body shape is defined by a face, broad shoulders, broad chest, hips and a defined size.

• 
• +0
• 
• 

http://www.cheap-mbt-shoes.net/
written by discount mbt shoes, June 11, 2010

New Estimates Double Rate of Oil That Flowed Into Gulf. A government panel on mbt shoes** Thursday essentially doubled its estimate of how much oil has been spewing from the out-of-control BP well, with the new calculation suggesting that an amount equivalent anti shoes** to the Exxon Valdez disaster could be flowing into the Gulf of Mexico every 8 to 10 days.

• 
• +0
• 
• 

http://www.iqwsf.com
written by 私服, June 19, 2010

U.S. Cracks Down on Farmers Who Hire Children 传奇私服
Fuel Maker for Reactors Has China as Investor 传奇sf

• 
• +0
• 
• 

http://www.iqwcs.com
written by 传奇世界私服, July 30, 2010

Ethics Trial for Rangel Looms as House Panel Details Charges 传奇私服
Tourists Discover You Can’t Get There From Here 传世私服

• 
• +0
• 
• 

http://www.aa-sf.com
written by 传奇私服, August 09, 2010

Another when catharsis residual fatty scum (the most obvious in tail ketone flax fibers), if not rinse clean clothes, can make large yellow. For this phenomenon is a method can be removed, for example in the wash washing clothes at high temperature resistant, use cleaner.
传奇私服
传奇私服

• 
• +0
• 
• 

http://www.5kcq.com
written by 英雄合击, August 09, 2010

sometimes, white or light color, the color will change clothes, white or light yellow yellow clothes is the main reason people body sebum, especially to the laundry, polyester fabrics yellow.
传奇私服
传奇私服

• 
• +0
• 
• 

Name

Email

Website

Title

Comment

smaller | bigger

Subscribe via email (registered users only)

I have read and agree to the Terms of Usage.

Write the displayed characters

Add Comment Preview