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Loading... Half the Sky: Turning Oppression Into Opportunity for Women Worldwide (First Vintage Books Edition) 1st (first) Vintage Books edition by Kristof, Nicholas D.; WuDunn, Sheryl published by Virago Press Ltd (2010) [Paperback]
Work InformationHalf the Sky: Turning Oppression into Opportunity for Women Worldwide by Nicholas D. Kristof
  
No current Talk conversations about this book.   repechage | Dec 26, 2024 |  While the stories were uplifting at times and even inspiring, you have to try to get through a lot of the violence and horrific stories to get there. Of course, that is part of the book ~ the shock of some of the terrible things that people do to women and the bigger problem of how this affects the women and society as a whole. And, these stories need to be told and they need to be heard ~ and they need to be brought to the light ~ PEOPLE MUST KNOW THIS HAPPENS!!! But, I'm not sure if the shine of the hope and inspiration was enough for me (again ~ just FOR ME) to see through the dark and violence of all the true stories. It's one of the few books that has given me nightmares. Read it, enjoy it, but maybe only a chapter at a time. (  ) Trisha_Thomas | Nov 13, 2024 |  ) AngelReadsThings | Jun 5, 2024 | When Obama won the Nobel Peace Prize last year, I was baffled. For one, he is commanding two very unpopular wars at this moment. For another, these women who have started grassroots movements in their home villages have had to do it with many more obstacles. I understand getting policy passed through Congress is not easy, but politicians are not facing the same dangers as women in war stricken nations trying to go to school, leave abusive families, and vote. I know that the US is not perfect, but I am thankful that I have the right to get an education, to choose a domestic partner who doesn't beat me, and to vote. It is strange to think that suffrage for women is not even 100 years old yet. There is a portion of the book with which I do not agree and cannot easily comprehend Kristof's and WuDunn's view. The Axis of Equality chapter suggests that supporting sweatshop labor is a necessity to help developing nations. Perhaps this is how western nations developed during movements like the Industrial Revolution, but the problem is that the US is losing so many job opportunities to India, China, and South America. I understand the need to support rural labor, but I believe that the US is in dire need of job creation and exports. Unrelated, but I was very happy to have him sign my book. ( ) tyk314 | Jan 22, 2024 | When Obama won the Nobel Peace Prize last year, I was baffled. For one, he is commanding two very unpopular wars at this moment. For another, these women who have started grassroots movements in their home villages have had to do it with many more obstacles. I understand getting policy passed through Congress is not easy, but politicians are not facing the same dangers as women in war stricken nations trying to go to school, leave abusive families, and vote. I know that the US is not perfect, but I am thankful that I have the right to get an education, to choose a domestic partner who doesn't beat me, and to vote. It is strange to think that suffrage for women is not even 100 years old yet. There is a portion of the book with which I do not agree and cannot easily comprehend Kristof's and WuDunn's view. The Axis of Equality chapter suggests that supporting sweatshop labor is a necessity to help developing nations. Perhaps this is how western nations developed during movements like the Industrial Revolution, but the problem is that the US is losing so many job opportunities to India, China, and South America. I understand the need to support rural labor, but I believe that the US is in dire need of job creation and exports. Unrelated, but I was very happy to have him sign my book. ( ) tyk314 | Jan 22, 2024 |
 It is a testament to their skills as writers and reporters that they've managed to write this call to action without having to raise their voices. The facts, as they learned long ago in China, speak loudly enough. Half the Sky manages to be inspiring and engrossing rather than numbing.  An ancient Chinese proverb goes that women hold up half the sky. Nicholas D. Kristof and Sheryl WuDunn want that to be appreciated — on the ground. In the opening pages of this gripping call to conscience, the husband-and-wife team come out swinging: “Gendercide,” the daily slaughter of girls in the developing world, steals more lives in any given decade “than all the genocides of the 20th century.” No wonder Kristof and WuDunn, whose coverage of China for The New York Times won them a Pulitzer Prize, declare the global struggle for women’s equality “the paramount moral challenge” of our era. Even with [its] stains, Half the Sky remains a thrilling manifesto for advancing freedom for hundreds of millions of human beings. AwardsDistinctionsNotable Lists
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. No library descriptions found. |
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