Half the Sky
Turning Oppression into Opportunity for Women Worldwide. Ausgezeichnet: Dayton Literary Peace Prize for Lifetime Achievement, 2009
(Sprache: Englisch)
In den letzten fünfzig Jahren wurden weltweit mehr Mädchen aus dem einfachen Grund getötet, dass sie das falsche Geschlecht haben, als Männer in allen Kriegen des 20. Jahrhunderts zusammen. Dieses routinierte Abschlachten übertrifft alle Genozide. Die...
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In den letzten fünfzig Jahren wurden weltweit mehr Mädchen aus dem einfachen Grund getötet, dass sie das falsche Geschlecht haben, als Männer in allen Kriegen des 20. Jahrhunderts zusammen. Dieses routinierte Abschlachten übertrifft alle Genozide. Die Gleichbehandlung der Geschlechter wird die große moralische Herausforderung des 21. Jahrhunderts sein. Starke Geschichten vom Mut im Kampf gegen das Entsetzliche - unentbehrlicher Lesestoff für jeden Weltbürger.
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#1 NATIONAL BESTSELLER A passionate call to arms against our era s most pervasive human rights violation the oppression of women and girls in the developing world. From the bestselling authors of Tightrope, two of our most fiercely moral voicesWith 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.
Inhaltsverzeichnis zu „Half the Sky “
Introduction The Girl EffectChapter One Emancipating Twenty-First-Century SlavesFighting Slavery from SeattleChapter Two Prohibition and Prostitution
Rescuing Girls Is the Easy PartChapter Three Learning to Speak Up
The New AbolitionistsChapter Four Rule by Rape
Mukhtar's SchoolChapter Five The Shame of "Honor"
"Study Abroad" in the CongoChapter Six Maternal Mortality One Woman a Minute
A Doctor Who Treats Countries, Not PatientsChapter Seven Why Do Women Die in Childbirth?
Edna's HospitalChapter Eight Family Planning and the "God Gulf"
Jane Roberts and Her 34 Million FriendsChapter Nine Is Islam Misogynistic?
The Afghan InsurgentChapter Ten Investing in Education
Ann and AngelineChapter Eleven Microcredit: The Financial Revolution
A CARE Package for GorettiChapter Twelve The Axis of Equality
Tears over Time MagazineChapter Thirteen Grassroots vs. Treetops
Girls Helping GirlsChapter Fourteen What You Can Do
Four Steps You Can Take in the Next Ten MinutesAppendix: Organizations Supporting Women
Acknowledgments
Notes
Index
Bibliographische Angaben
- Autoren: Nicholas D. Kristof , Sheryl WuDunn
- 2009, 320 Seiten, Gebunden, Englisch
- Verlag: Penguin Random House
- ISBN-10: 0307267148
- ISBN-13: 9780307267146
Sprache:
Englisch
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