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Half the Sky: Turning Oppression into Opportunity for Women Worldwide |  | Authors: Nicholas D. Kristof, Sheryl WuDunn
Publisher: Knopf
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Format: Deckle Edge
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Edition: 1
Pages: 320
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Dimensions (in): 9.4 x 6.6 x 1.2
ISBN: 0307267148
Dewey Decimal Number: 362.83091724
EAN: 9780307267146
ASIN: 0307267148
Publication Date: September 8, 2009
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Two Pulitzer Prize winners expose the most pervasive human rights violation of our era-the oppression of women in the developing world-and tell us what we can do about it.
An old Chinese proverb says "Women hold up half the sky." Then why do the women of Africa and Asia persistently suffer human rights abuses? Continuing their focus on humanitarian issues, journalists Nicholas Kristof and Sheryl WuDunn take us to Africa and Asia, where many women live in profoundly dire circumstances-and some succeed against all odds.
A Cambodian teenager is sold into sex slavery; a formerly illiterate woman becomes a surgeon in Addis Ababa. An Ethiopian woman is left for dead after a difficult birth; a gang rape victim galvanizes the international community and creates schools in Pakistan. An Afghan wife is beaten by her husband and mother-in-law; a former Peace Corps volunteer founds an organization that educates and campaigns for women's rights in Senegal.
Through their powerful true stories, the authors show that the key to progress lies in unleashing women's potential, that change is possible, and that each of us can play a role in making it happen.
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 Eye-opening and utterly depressing July 24, 2010
Jean E. Pouliot (Newburyport, MA United States)
Who knew (other than their eager customers) that in much of the world, kidnapping of young girls to make them sex slaves is common? The term "sex slave" itself is so absurd - like something out of a bad sci-fi flick. Yet in places like Thailand and Malaysia and China, sex slavery of young people, women mostly, is endemic. Girls are lured from their villages with tales of work in factories, then brutalized and trapped in dingy brothels where they service men and end up with AIDS and other diseases. "Half the Sky" tells the story of these girls, their pitiable and not-often-successful attempts to return to their families, and their difficulty in finding alternative work. Nicolas Kristoff's narrative is compelling and disturbing and frankly depressing. It is disheartening to realize that trade in people's bodies and spirits not only exists, but flourishes. A heartbreaking look at the degraded life that too many people are allowed to lead, and the attempts that some are making to improve their own lot through education and business.
 An Eye Opener of a Book July 23, 2010
Midtown Tulsa Traveler
This book makes you realize how fortunate you are to be born in a country where all people have rights and so many opportunities to fulfill their dreams. If you were unlucky enough to be born into a third world country where women have no rights and little hope for any kind of opportunities, this book shows you how little acts of kindness and giving can make a world of difference in providing hope, dignity and health to women and men in these countries. It also shows that education, adequate medical care and opportunities to earn a living are essential to stopping the violence and torture in these countries - war is not the answer. This is an absolute must read book.
Amazing, inspiring read! July 22, 2010
A. Harbert (San Diego/San Francisco)
I could talk for hours about this book. Truly inspiring and amazing and very very easy to read an understand. After recently finishing Three Cups of Tea and Mountains Beyond Mountains (both mentioned in Half the Sky) this was the perfect book to bring it all together. This book will be enjoyed by both men and women interested in learning about the world. Please do yourself a favor and read this book!!
anyone who cares about the world must read this book July 6, 2010
Mark Oestreicher (El Cajon, CA USA)
acclaimed (and married) journalists kristof and wudunn take readers on a round-the-world exploration to visit oppressed, violated and mistreated girls and women, as well as girls and women who have -- sometimes on their own, sometimes with the help of others -- risen out of oppressions, violence and mistreatment. the document, with research and hard data, as well as dozens of amazing stories, the power of women to change the reality of a family or a nation. it was fairly convincing to me -- so much so that i can hardly imagine a more productive way to change the world than to invest in girls and women in developing nations. if you care about the world at all, if you ever look past your windowsill or border, please read this book. while not a "christian book" (thought certainly fair in profiling christians -- and others of faith -- who are making a difference for the girls and women of the world), it's critical reading for any christian who hopes to have an even remotely informed worldview.
A MUST READ... July 2, 2010
summermagic
An amazing book. Cannot be "digested" as a quick read. It is both provocative and inspirational. SOOO much food for thought and action!
Extremely well-written. Never a boring page. It will be hard to put down. Filled w/ hundreds of human interest bios and personal accounts. Definitely something every female should read...but goes even further. A book every human should read, as it unravels a story of humankind that is going on NOW t/o much of our world. Very eye-opening, shocking, and informative.
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