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Half the Sky

How to Change the World

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Half the Sky

By: Nicholas D. Kristof, Sheryl WuDunn
Narrated by: Cassandra Campbell
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Pulitzer Prize-winning reporting team, husband and wife Nicholas D. Kristof and Sheryl WuDunn, take us on a journey through Africa and Asia to meet an extraordinary array of exceptional women struggling against terrible circumstances. More girls have been killed in the last fifty years, precisely because they are girls, than men were killed in all the wars of the twentieth century combined. More girls are killed in this routine 'gendercide' in any one decade than people were slaughtered in all the genocides of the twentieth century.

In the nineteenth century, the central moral challenge was slavery. In the twentieth, it was totalitarianism. In the twenty-first, Kristof and WuDunn demonstrate, it will be the struggle for gender equality in the developing world. Fierce, moral, pragmatic, full of amazing stories of courage and inspiration, HALF THE SKY is an essential book for every global citizen.

©2010 Nicholas D. Kristof and Sheryl WuDunn (P)2023 Hachette Audio UK Gender Studies Politics & Government Social Policy Social Sciences Marriage Africa Discrimination Social justice
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Great book. Really hard at times, however, real and raw. It was eye opening for me. I found some information quite shallow or seemed unobjective and bias, generally when speaking about religous hermenutics, some historical figures while also making a measured case for economic development which may include sweat shops. Overall it is a informative and inspiring read and I would highly recommend.

Great! Eye opening! Recommend

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'The more you learn the more you realise how little you know'.
This, I believe is a mandatory read.
It's eye opening detail and statistical data together with researched evidence and personal stories is extremely important for all to read.
IMO it'd do well for education centres to make it part of their library as well as their curriculum.
We all want to help deep down and throwing money, millions of dollars, at aid isn't the best answer.
This book is down to earth and practical.
You must make it part of your library.

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