| Description |
xxii, 296 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm |
| 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 |
| Summary |
"Half the Sky is a call to arms, a call for help, a call for contributions, but also a call for volunteers. It asks us to open our eyes to this enormous humanitarian issue. It does 80 with exquisitely crafted prose and sensationally interesting material...I really do think this is one of the most important books I have ever reviewed."---Carolyn See, The Washington Post -- |
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"I read Half the Sky in one sitting, staying up until 3 a. m. to do so. It is brilliant and inspirational, and I want to shout about it from the rooftops and mountains."---Greg Mortanson, author of Three Cups of Tea --Book Jacket |
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"Superb...As Rachel Carson's Silent Spring once catalyzed us to save our birds and better steward our earth, Half the Sky stands to become a classic, spurring us to spare impoverished women these terrors, and elevate them to turn around the future of their nations."---Susan Ager, The Plain Dealer -- |
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From the first married couple to win a Pulitzer Prize for journalism, here is a passionate call to arms against the oppression of women around the globe---"the central moral challenge" of our time. Through inspiring stories of extraordinary women, Kristof and WuDunn show that the most effective way to fight global poverty is to unleash the potential of women. They also offer an uplifting do-it-yourself tool kit for those who want to help. -- |
| Notes |
"Originally published in hardcover in slightly different form in the United States by Alfred A. Knopf, a division of Random House, Inc., New York, in 2009."--T.p. verso |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 261-280) and index |
| Subject |
Women -- Crimes against -- Developing countries -- Case studies.
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Women -- Crimes against -- Developing countries -- Case studies.
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Women -- Developing countries -- Social conditions -- Case studies.
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Women's rights -- Developing countries -- Case studies.
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Women's Rights.
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Developing Countries.
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Women.
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Developing Countries.
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| Genre/Form |
Case Reports.
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Case studies.
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| Author |
WuDunn, Sheryl, 1959-
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| ISBN |
0307387097 (paperback) |
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9780307387097 (paperback) |
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