| Description |
xxii, 296 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm |
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volume nc rdacarrier |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 261-280) and index. |
| 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 |
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. |
| Note |
"Description based on twenty-eighth printing, December 2014"--Copyright page. |
| Subject |
Women's rights -- 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 -- Crimes against.
(OCoLC)fst01176618
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Women -- Social conditions.
(OCoLC)fst01176947
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Women's rights. (OCoLC)fst01178818
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Developing countries. (OCoLC)fst01242969
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| Genre/Form |
Case studies. (OCoLC)fst01423765
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| Added Author |
WuDunn, Sheryl, 1959-
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| ISBN |
9780307267146 (alk. paper) |
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0307267148 (alk. paper) |
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