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050	0	0	_aHQ1236.5.D44 _bK75 2009
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100	1		_aKristof, Nicholas D. _d, 1959-
245	1	0	_aHalf the sky _b: turning oppression into opportunity for women worldwide _c/ Nicholas D. Kristof and Sheryl WuDunn
250			_a1st ed
260			_aNew York _b: Alfred A. Knopf _c, 2009.
300			_axxii, 294 p. _b: ill. _c; 25 cm.
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 259-278) and index.
505	0		_aThe 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 -- Appendix. Organizations supporting women.
520			_aTwo 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.
650		0	_aWomen's rights _x--Developing countries
650			_aWomen _x-Crimes against
650		0	_aWomen _z--Developing countries _x--Social conditions
700	1		_aWuDunn, Sheryl
942			_cMO
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