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Author Kristof, Nicholas D., 1959-

Title Half the sky : turning oppression into opportunity for women worldwide / Nicholas D. Kristof and Sheryl WuDunn.

Publication Info. New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2014.

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Location Call No. OPAC Message Status
 Axe 3rd Floor Stacks  362.8309172 K898h 2014    ---  Available
1 copy being processed for Axe Acquisitions Order.
Description xxii, 296 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
text txt rdacontent
unmediated n rdamedia
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.
Women -- Crimes against -- Developing countries -- Case studies.
Women -- Developing countries -- Social conditions -- Case studies.
Women -- Crimes against. (OCoLC)fst01176618
Women -- Social conditions. (OCoLC)fst01176947
Women's rights. (OCoLC)fst01178818
Developing countries. (OCoLC)fst01242969
Genre/Form Case studies. (OCoLC)fst01423765
Added Author WuDunn, Sheryl, 1959-
ISBN 9780307267146 (alk. paper)
0307267148 (alk. paper)

 
    
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