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Turning Oppression into Opportunity for Women Worldwide
Knopf
September 2009
On Sale: September 8, 2009
320 pages
ISBN: 0307267148
EAN: 9780307267146
Hardcover
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Non-Fiction
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.
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