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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

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Includes bibliographical references (pages 261-280) and index

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1170L, Lexile

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Main title

Half the sky

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Nicholas D. Kristof and Sheryl WuDunn

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Accelerated Reader, UG, 9.5, 18, 18, 148296

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turning oppression into opportunity for women worldwide

Summary

"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. 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. Unleashing that process globally is not only the right thing to do; it's also the best strategy for fighting poverty

Table Of Contents

Introduction- 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--Acknowledgments--Notes--Index

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