Half the Sky

By Nicholas D. Kristof and Sheryl WuDunn

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Two Pulitzer Prize winners issue a call to arms against our era's most pervasive human rights violation: the oppression of women in the developing world. They show that a little help can transform the lives of women and girls abroad and that the key to economic progress lies in unleashing women's potential.

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Genre

Non-Fiction

Age

Adult

Discussion Materials

Book Reviews:

http://harvardmagazine.com/2009/09/book-review-half-the-sky?page=all

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/09/10/AR2009091004106.html

About the Author:

http://topics.nytimes.com/top/opinion/editorialsandoped/oped/columnists/nicholasdkristof/index.html

http://www.guernicamag.com/interviews/1496/emancipation_proclamation/

Discussion Questions:

http://www.bookbrowse.com/reading_guides/detail/index.cfm/book_number/2345/half-the-sky

Also of interest:

http://www.halftheskymovement.org/