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Half the Sky: Turning Oppression into Opportunity for Women Worldwide [SIGNED COPY]
by Kristof, Nicholas D.; WuDunn, Sheryl
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Knopf, 2009. 1st Edition 5th or later Printing. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. Fine in fine dust jacket. SIGNED and inscribed 'For Margaret- very best!' by author Kristof on the title page. 1st edition, later printing. Dust jacket and book are as new. Kristof and WuDunn are Pulitzer Prize- and Dayton Literary Peace Prize-winning journalists and authors of 'A Path Appears: Transforming Lives. Creating Opportunity' and 'China Wakes: The Struggle for the Soul of a Rising Power'. Rare signed. Where possible, all books come with dust jacket in a clear protective plastic sleeve, sealed in a ziplock bag, wrapped in bubble wrap, shipped in a box.
Synopsis
From two of our most fiercely moral voices, a passionate call to arms against our era's most pervasive human rights violation: the oppression of women and girls in the developing world.With Pulitzer Prize winners Nicholas D. Kristof and Sheryl WuDunn as our guides, we undertake an odyssey through Africa and Asia to meet the extraordinary women struggling there, among them a Cambodian teenager sold into sex slavery and an Ethiopian woman who suffered devastating injuries in childbirth. Drawing on the breadth of their combined reporting experience, Kristof and WuDunn depict our world with anger, sadness, clarity, and, ultimately, hope.They 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. Countries such as China have prospered precisely because they emancipated women and brought them into the formal economy. Unleashing that process globally is not only the right thing to do; it's also the best strategy for fighting poverty.Deeply felt, pragmatic, and inspirational, Half the Sky is essential reading for every global citizen.From the Hardcover edition.
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- Half the Sky: Turning Oppression into Opportunity for Women Worldwide [SIGNED COPY]
- Author
- Kristof, Nicholas D.; WuDunn, Sheryl
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Fine
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- Edition
- 1st Edition 5th or later Printing
- ISBN 10
- 0307267148
- ISBN 13
- 9780307267146
- Publisher
- Knopf
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 2009
- Pages
- 320
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