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100 1 Kristof, Nicholas D.,|d1959-
245 10 Half the sky :|bturning oppression into opportunity for
women worldwide /|cNicholas D. Kristof and Sheryl WuDunn.
250 First edition.
264 1 New York :|bAlfred A. Knopf,|c2009.
300 xxii, 294 pages :|billustrations ;|c25 cm
336 text|btxt|2rdacontent
337 unmediated|bn|2rdamedia
338 volume|bnc|2rdacarrier
504 Includes bibliographical references (pages 259-278) and
index.
505 0 The girl effect -- Emancipating twenty-first-century
slaves -- Fighting slavery from Seattle -- Prohibition and
prostitution -- Rescuing girls is the easy part --
Learning to speak up -- The new abolitionists -- Rule by
rape -- Mukhtar's school -- The shame of "honor" --
"Study abroad"-- in the Congo -- Maternal mortality, one
woman a minute -- A doctor who treats countries, not
patients -- Why do women die in childbirth? -- Edna's
hospital -- Family planning and the "God gulf" -- Jane
Roberts and her 34 million friends -- Is Islam
misogynistic? -- The Afghan insurgent -- Investing in
education -- Ann and Angeline -- Microcredit : the
financial revolution -- A CARE package for Goretti -- The
axis of equality -- Tears over Time magazine -- Grassroots
vs treetops -- Girls helping girls -- What you can do --
Four steps you can take in the next ten minutes --
Appendix. Organizations supporting women.
520 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.
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650 0 Women|xCrimes against|zDeveloping countries|vCase studies.
650 0 Women|zDeveloping countries|xSocial conditions|vCase
studies.
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