Half the sky [sound recording] : [turning oppression into opportunity for women worldwide] / Nicholas D. Kristof and Sheryl WuDunn.
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SoundPublisher number: 797928 | HighbridgeDB051 | Recorded BooksPublication details: [Minneapolis, Minn.] : Highbridge, p2009.Description: 8 sound discs (10 hr., 30 min.) : digital, stereo. ; 4 3/4 inISBN: - 9781598879285
- 1598879286
- Women's rights -- Developing countries -- Case studies
- Women -- Crimes against -- Developing countries -- Case studies
- Women -- Developing countries -- Social conditions -- Case studies
- Crime Victims
- Developing countries
- Social Conditions
- Women
- Women's rights
- Women -- Crimes against
- Women -- Social conditions
- Women's rights
- Developing countries
- 362.8309172/4 22
- HQ1236.5.D44 K75 2009ab
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Wasatch County Library Second Floor | Audiobooks | CD 362.83 Kri (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | .CIRCNOTE. 8 discs | Available | 34301001429192 |
Unabridged audio version of the book.
Read by Cassandra Campbell.
Subtitle from container.
In container (15 cm.).
Compact discs.
Pulitzer Prize winners Nicholas D. Kristof and Sheryl WuDunn chronicle the struggles faced by women across the African and Asian continents. From Cambodia to Ethiopia, women are faced with a harrowing array of struggles, including rape and forced prostitution. However, some women have persevered in the face of adversity and have become advocates for women worldwide.
Introduction : the girl effect -- 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" -- "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.
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