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Half the sky
| Subtitle | turning oppression into opportunity for women worldwide |
| Publish Place | New York |
| Publisher | Random |
| Publish Year | 2009 |
| Pages | XXII, 294p. |
| ISBN/ISSN | 9780307267146 |
| Illustration | foto's |
| Language | English/Engels |
- Shelfmark
- WER 1E 2009
| Description | With Pulitzer Prize winners Kristof and WuDunn as our guides, readers undertake an odyssey through Africa and Asia to meet extraordinary women, among them a Cambodian teenager sold into sex slavery and an Ethiopian woman who suffered devastating injuries in childbirth. The authors show how a little help can transform the lives of women and girls abroad. That Cambodian girl eventually escaped from her brothel and, with assistance from an aid group, built a thriving retail business that supports her family. The Ethiopian woman had her injuries repaired and in time became a surgeon. A Zimbabwean mother of five, counseled to return to school, earned her doctorate and became an expert on AIDS. Through these stories, Kristof and WuDunn help us see that the key to economic progress lies in unleashing women’s potential. They make clear how so many people have helped to do just that, and how we can each do our part. Throughout much of the world, the greatest unexploited economic resource is the female half of the population. |
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