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| Genre/Form: | Case studies |
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| Material Type: | Biography |
| Document Type: | Book |
| All Authors / Contributors: |
Nicholas D Kristof; Sheryl WuDunn |
| ISBN: | 9780307387097 0307387097 |
| OCLC Number: | 489003156 |
| Notes: | "Originally published in hardcover in slightly different form in the United States by Alfred A. Knopf, a division of Random House, Inc., New York, in 2009."--T.p. verso. |
| Description: | xxii, 296 p. : ill. ; 21 cm. |
| Contents: | 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" [honor, honour rape] ; 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. |
| Responsibility: | Nicholas D. Kristof and Sheryl WuDunn. |
Abstract:
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."--pub. desc.
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