Bibliograph

Half the sky, turning oppression into opportunity for women worldwide, Nicholas D. Kristof and Sheryl WuDunn

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Half the sky, turning oppression into opportunity for women worldwide, Nicholas D. Kristof and Sheryl WuDunn

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (pages 259-278) and index

resource.biographical

contains biographical information

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

no index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Half the sky

Nature of contents

bibliographydictionaries

Oclc number

464268250

Responsibility statement

Nicholas D. Kristof and Sheryl WuDunn

Sub title

turning oppression into opportunity for women worldwide

Summary

Two Pulitzer Prize winners issue a call to arms against our era's most pervasive human rights violation: the oppression of women in the developing world. They show that a little help can transform the lives of women and girls abroad and that the key to economic progress lies in unleashing women's potential

Table Of Contents

The girl effect -- Emancipating twenty-first-century slaves -- Fighting slavery from Seattle -- Prohibition and prostitution -- Rescuing girls is the easy part -- Learning to speak up -- The new abolitionists -- Rule by rape -- Mukhtar's school -- The shame of "honor" -- "Study abroad"-- in the Congo -- Maternal mortality, one woman a minute -- A doctor who treats countries, not patients -- Why do women die in childbirth? -- Edna's hospital -- Family planning and the "God gulf" -- Jane Roberts and her 34 million friends -- Is Islam misogynistic? -- The Afghan insurgent -- Investing in education -- Ann and Angeline -- Microcredit : the financial revolution -- A CARE package for Goretti -- The axis of equality -- Tears over Time magazine -- Grassroots vs treetops -- Girls helping girls -- What you can do -- Four steps you can take in the next ten minutes -- Appendix. Organizations supporting women

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