Half the Sky: Turning Oppression Into Opportunity for Women Worldwide
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Half the Sky: Turning Oppression into Opportunity for Women Worldwide
Nicholas D. Kristof / Sheryl WuDunn
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An old Chinese proverb says Women hold up half the sky. Then why do the women of Africa and Asia persistently suffer human rights abuses? Continuing their focus on humanitarian issues, journalists Nicholas Kristof and Sheryl WuDunn take us to Africa and Asia, where many women live in profoundly dire circumstancesand some succeed against all odds.