Half the Sky: Turning Oppression into Opportunity for Women Worldwide |  | Authors: Nicholas D. Kristof, Sheryl WuDunn
Publisher: Knopf
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ISBN: 0307267148
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Publication Date: September 8, 2009
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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.
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A MUST read for all concerned persons November 24, 2009
M. Tanner (Hot Springs Village)
I chose to order this book for my 2 daughters. It was recommended by a student in the Clinton School of Public Service.
I was completely absorbed with the skill that the 2 authors covered the subject and highly recommend them, and the subject matter. Thanks Amazon, for providing a service that was prompt and thorough.
We all need to be more aware of what is really happening in the rest of the world. November 24, 2009
L. Armstrong (Baltimore, MD USA)
Eye-opening and shocking; but with all of what is negative in the world, there is much that ordinary people can do to help and this book includes a large section of ways to help.
Excellent book, timely and well-written November 23, 2009
David Hopkinson
A book about violence directed against women: forced prostitution, genital cutting, rape, starvation, child marriage, slavery and so on.
Should be a difficultread, right?
As painful as the topics are, it is the genius of these two authors that this book filled me with a feeling of hope so strong that it more than offset the despair provoked by so much cruelty and suffering. One example after another of girls and women who prevailed and ultimately flourished. One example after another of programs modest if not tiny in scope that grew, from the bottom up, to help increasing numbers of women and their families.
The message is clear: if you want to decrease poverty, reduce suffering and make the world a better place, then begin to educate poor girls and poor women; direct aid dollars to local programs which are owned by local women. "Women hold up half the sky". The last chapter exemplifies the hope being offered: here are four things that you can do to help - in the next ten minutes.
Excellent review of the status of women. November 20, 2009
Joanne B. Griffith (Lincoln, California USA)
This is an excellent discussion of the status of women in the world, especially the third world. It is shocking, and disgusting to read the descriptions of the common abusive treatment of women throughout the world. The resilience and progress of many women in spite of there suffering gives hope and ideas for helping to make the world a better place. While I knew about many of these abuses, this book makes it excruciatingly clear that more needs to be done to promote education for women and men alike thereby reducing the power of those evil twins, ignorance and poverty.
I am planning to give this book to several people for Christmas, and to recommend it to my book club and my church for study. I heartily recommend it.
opportunity from oppression November 20, 2009
Biblio Phile (Chicago)
Half the Sky: Turning Oppression into Opportunity for Women Worldwide
A girl in Congo who is brutally raped by rebels while she tends her family's livestock, is exiled by her village to a hut outside of it; she manages to fend off hyena who invade the hut. In the morning she crawls to a missionary, who takes her to HEALAfrica, a hospital in Goma, Congo, which repairs her fistula. She returns to her village with a new skill that she learned in the career center of the hospital. She lifts the economy of her entire village: a heroine!
So many life changing stories of oppression that result in amazing opportunity. But there is a role for each of us. The appendix contains a list of what you can do in 10 minutes. A wealth of resources.
Be the peace you seek.
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