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Half the sky : turning oppression into opportunity for women worldwide, Nicholas D. Kristof and Sheryl WuDunn
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- Summary
- 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
- Language
- eng
- Edition
- 1st ed.
- Extent
- xxii, 294 p.
- Contents
-
- 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
- Isbn
- 9780307267146
- Label
- Half the sky : turning oppression into opportunity for women worldwide
- Title
- Half the sky
- Title remainder
- turning oppression into opportunity for women worldwide
- Statement of responsibility
- Nicholas D. Kristof and Sheryl WuDunn
- Subject
-
- trueSociety and culture -- Gender | Women
- truePolitical persecution
- trueCrimes against women
- Women's rights -- Developing countries -- Case studies
- trueOppression (Psychology)
- trueDeveloping countries
- trueWomen's rights
- Women -- Developing countries -- Social conditions -- Case studies
- trueIntersectionality
- Women -- Crimes against -- Developing countries -- Case studies
- trueWomen -- Social conditions
- trueHuman rights
- trueBooks to movies
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- 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
- Summary
- 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
- Award
- Amelia Bloomer List, 2010
- Biography type
- contains biographical information
- http://library.link/vocab/ext/novelist/bookUI
- 336738
- Cataloging source
- DLC
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorDate
- 1959-
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Kristof, Nicholas D.
- Dewey number
- 362.8309172/4
- Illustrations
- illustrations
- Index
- index present
- LC call number
- HQ1236.5.D44
- LC item number
- K75 2009
- http://library.link/vocab/ext/novelist/lexile
- 1170
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
- bibliography
- http://library.link/vocab/relatedWorkOrContributorDate
- 1959-
- http://library.link/vocab/relatedWorkOrContributorName
- WuDunn, Sheryl
- http://library.link/vocab/resourcePreferred
- True
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Women's rights
- Women
- Women
- Target audience
- adult
- http://bibfra.me/vocab/lite/titleRemainder
- turning oppression into opportunity for women worldwide
- Label
- Half the sky : turning oppression into opportunity for women worldwide, Nicholas D. Kristof and Sheryl WuDunn
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 259-278) and index
- Contents
- 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
- Control code
- ocn290466888
- Dimensions
- 25 cm.
- Edition
- 1st ed.
- Extent
- xxii, 294 p.
- Isbn
- 9780307267146
- Isbn Type
- (hc. : alk. paper)
- Lccn
- 2009012270
- Other physical details
- ill.
- System control number
- (OCoLC)290466888
- Label
- Half the sky : turning oppression into opportunity for women worldwide, Nicholas D. Kristof and Sheryl WuDunn
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 259-278) and index
- Contents
- 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
- Control code
- ocn290466888
- Dimensions
- 25 cm.
- Edition
- 1st ed.
- Extent
- xxii, 294 p.
- Isbn
- 9780307267146
- Isbn Type
- (hc. : alk. paper)
- Lccn
- 2009012270
- Other physical details
- ill.
- System control number
- (OCoLC)290466888
Subject
- trueBooks to movies
- trueCrimes against women
- trueDeveloping countries
- trueHuman rights
- trueIntersectionality
- trueOppression (Psychology)
- truePolitical persecution
- trueSociety and culture -- Gender | Women
- Women -- Crimes against -- Developing countries -- Case studies
- Women -- Developing countries -- Social conditions -- Case studies
- trueWomen -- Social conditions
- trueWomen's rights
- Women's rights -- Developing countries -- Case studies
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