Nicholas D. Kristof, Sheryl WuDunn

Half The Sky

How to Change the World

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Produktbeschreibung

A call to arms against the most pervasive human rights violation of the 21st century: the oppression of women in the developing world.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Little, Brown Book Group / Virago Press
• Seitenzahl: 352
• Erscheinungstermin: 5. August 2010
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 233mm x 151mm x 27mm
• Gewicht: 468g
• ISBN-13: 9781844086825
• ISBN-10: 1844086828
• Artikelnr.: 28523031

Autorenporträt

Nicholas D. Kristof and Sheryl WuDunn won a Pulitzer Prize for their coverage of China as New York Times correspondents. Mr Kristof won a second Pulitzer for his op-ed columns. They live in the New York area with their three children.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction The Girl Effect
 
Chapter One Emancipating Twenty-First-Century Slaves
   Fighting Slavery from Seattle
 
Chapter Two Prohibition and Prostitution
   Rescuing Girls Is the Easy Part
 
Chapter Three Learning to Speak Up
   The New Abolitionists
 
Chapter Four Rule by Rape
   Mukhtar's School
 
Chapter Five The Shame of "Honor"
   "Study Abroad"—in the Congo
 
Chapter Six Maternal Mortality—One Woman a Minute
   A Doctor Who Treats Countries, Not Patients
 
Chapter Seven Why Do Women Die in Childbirth?
   Edna's Hospital
 
Chapter Eight Family Planning and the "God Gulf"
   Jane Roberts and Her 34 Million Friends
 
Chapter Nine Is Islam Misogynistic?
   The Afghan Insurgent
 
Chapter Ten Investing in Education
   Ann and Angeline
 
Chapter Eleven Microcredit: The Financial Revolution
   A CARE Package for Goretti
 
Chapter Twelve The Axis of Equality
    Tears over Time Magazine
 
Chapter Thirteen Grassroots vs. Treetops
   Girls Helping Girls
 
Chapter Fourteen What You Can Do
   Four Steps You Can Take in the Next Ten Minutes
 
Appendix: Organizations Supporting Women
Acknowledgments
Notes
Index

Rezensionen

A brilliantly argued case for investing in the health and autonomy of women worldwide . . . Far from making moral appeals, the authors posit that it is impossible for countries to climb out of poverty if only a fraction of women participate in the labour force . . . The authors reveal local women to be the most effective change agents Publishers'