Half the sky turning oppression into opportunity for women worldwide

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...

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Main Author: Kristof, Nicholas D., 1959-
Other Authors: WuDunn, Sheryl, 1959-
Format: Books Print Book
Language: English
Published: New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2009.
Edition: 1st ed.
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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.