Half the Sky: Turning Oppression into Opportunity for Women Worldwide

Recommended by RTHK, seems very attractive to me.....

http://www.amazon.com/Half-Sky-Oppression-Opportunity-Worldwide/dp/0307267148
http://www.ccebook.net/search/0307267148/Half-the-Sky-Turning-Oppression-into-Opportunity-for-Women-Worldwide

Authors:
Nicholas D. Kristof and Sheryl WuDunn won a Pulitzer Prize for their coverage of China as New York Times correspondents. Mr Kristof won a second Pulitzer for his op-ed columns.

Content:
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 --
Appendix. Organizations supporting women.

"她們，和她們的希望故事"

Half the Sky

* 作者：紀思道、伍潔芳

* 原文作者：Nicholas D. Kristof & Sheryl Wudunn

* 譯者：吳茵茵

* 出版社：馬可孛羅

* 出版日期：2010年08月13日

* 語言：繁體中文 ISBN：9789861202211

　　這些女性，雖然沒有能力選擇自己的命運，但她們將絕望化為力量，勇敢為爭取生命的尊嚴而奮鬥，是一則又一則女性覺醒的生命故事。
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