false http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1255572078m/6260997.jpg 6260997 3 <p>A call to arms against our era’s most pervasive human rights violation: the oppression of women in the developing world.<br><br>With Pulitzer Prize winners Nicholas D. Kristof and Sheryl WuDunn as our guides, we undertake a journey through Africa and Asia to meet an extraordinary array of women struggling under profoundly dire circumstances: a Cambodian teenager sold into sex slavery; an Ethiopian woman left for dead after a difficult birth; an Afghan wife beaten ruthlessly by her husband and mother-in-law. But we meet, as well, those who have triumphed—a formerly illiterate fistula patient who became a surgeon in Addis Ababa; an Indian woman who saved herself and her children from prostitution—and those who make it their work to provide hope and help to other women: the victim of gang rape who galvanized the international community and created schools in rural Pakistan; the former Peace Corps volunteer who founded an organization that educates and campaigns for women’s rights in Senegal. Through their stories, Kristof and WuDunn help us see that the key to progress lies in unleashing women’s potential—and they make clear how each of us can help make that happen.<br><br>Fiercely moral, pragmatic, and inspirational, <i>Half the Sky </i>is essential reading for every global citizen.</p> 6444203 book 8 9 2009 Half the Sky: Turning Oppression into Opportunity for Women Worldwide total:205|5:144|4:39|3:17|2:5|1:0| 205 937 1274 98 5 0 false false Mon Oct 19 19:23:06 -0700 2009 Tue Oct 20 11:11:44 -0700 2009 more...]]> 5 0 false false Tue Oct 06 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Oct 05 10:29:32 -0700 2009 Tue Oct 06 14:45:19 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Sat Oct 03 07:13:04 -0700 2009 Sat Oct 03 08:16:40 -0700 2009 Half the Sky, used their reviews as an opportunity to take up its message. They praised not only Kristof and WuDunn's clear moral stance and explanation of the issues but also the way they combined individual women's stories and practical advice to give the book an o...more...]]> 5 0 false false Wed Nov 18 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Sat Nov 07 14:27:14 -0800 2009 Wed Nov 18 16:03:44 -0800 2009 more...]]> 5 0 false false Sun Nov 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sun Oct 25 20:27:07 -0700 2009 Fri Nov 06 11:31:21 -0800 2009 Half the Sky is simultaneously heartbreaking and inspiring. Using the stories of remarkable women he has met around the world, Nicholas Kristof makes an impassioned plea for us to open our eyes, get engaged and take meaningful action to improve the plight of women everywhere. The women Kristof pro...more...]]> 5 0 true false Thu Oct 22 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sat Oct 10 19:25:23 -0700 2009 Thu Oct 22 10:12:03 -0700 2009 1 more...]]> 5 0 false false Thu Sep 10 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue Aug 25 14:14:35 -0700 2009 Thu Sep 10 12:30:04 -0700 2009 more...]]> 5 1 false false Sat Oct 24 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Fri Oct 16 14:44:56 -0700 2009 Thu Oct 29 15:40:16 -0700 2009
Amazing statistics. i.e. More American women died in childbirth during WWI than American men fighting in the war.

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Stories of heartache and triumph.
Yup, sounds like Cambridge!

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I have done a lot of reading about women's issues, oppression, poverty, lack of access to education and medical care and I still learned A LOT from this book. Perhaps one of the most prov...more...]]> 5 0 false false Wed Oct 21 12:39:28 -0700 2009 Wed Oct 21 12:41:57 -0700 2009 more...]]> 3 0 false false Sun Nov 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Wed Nov 04 13:38:16 -0800 2009 Fri Nov 13 19:58:51 -0800 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Thu Oct 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue Aug 25 14:30:29 -0700 2009 Mon Oct 05 12:37:37 -0700 2009
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