Half the sky
Subtitle: turning oppression to opportunity for women worldwide
By: Nicholas D. Kristof and Sheryl WuDunn.
Contributors: WuDunn, Sheryl, 1959-
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: Alfred A. Knopf; Knopf
Published: 2009
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 294
ISBN-13: 9780307267146
Subjects: Women's rights -- Developing countries -- Case studies; Women -- Crimes against -- Developing countries -- Case studies; Women -- Developing countries -- Social conditions -- Case studies
Genres: Case studies
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction : The girl effect; title: Emancipating twenty-first-century slaves; title: Fighting slavery from Seattle; title: Prohibition and prostitution; title: Rescuing girls is the easy part; title: Learning to speak up; title: The new abolitionists; title: Rule by rape; title: Mukhtar's school; title: The shame of "honor"; title: "Study abroad"-- in the Congo; title: Maternal mortality, one woman a minute; title: A doctor who treats countries, not patients; title: Why do women die in childbirth?; title: Edna's hospital; title: Family planning and the "God gulf"; title: Jane Roberts and her 34 million friends; title: Is Islam misogynistic?; title: The Afghan insurgent; title: Investing in education; title: Ann and Angeline; title: Microcredit : the financial revolution; title: A CARE package for Goretti; title: The axis of equality; title: Tears over Time magazine; title: Grassroots vs treetops; title: Girls helping girls; title: What you can do; title: Four steps you can take in the next ten minutes; title: Appendix : Organizations supporting women