Sheryl Wudunn

Nicholas Kristof's 'Half The Sky' Movement Takes On Maternal Mortality

Emily Heinz | Posted 05.30.2012

Read More: Sheryl WuDunn, Video, Fistula, Half the Sky, Half the Sky Movement, Edna Adan, Women's Health, Africa, Nicholas Kristof, Somalia, Global Motherhood, Maternal Mortality, Impact News

Every 90 seconds, a woman dies giving birth. That's the starting point of Nicholas Kristof and Sheryl WuDunn's newest series of films, Half the Sk...

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WATCH: Nicholas Kristof Releases Trailer For Film Series On Plight Of Women Worldwide

Posted 05.15.2012

Read More: Women's Empowerment, Sheryl WuDunn, Social Media, Women's Rights, Half the Sky Movement, Half the Sky, Twitter, Susan Sarandon, Nicholas Kristof, Maternal Health, Facebook, Video, Impact News

When Nicholas Kristof and Sheryl WuDunn published "Half the Sky: Turning Oppression into Opportunity for Women Worldwide" in 2009, they brought unprec...

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Gene Demby

Tavis Smiley: 'This Is Our Last, Best Chance To Turn This Around'

HuffingtonPost.com | Gene Demby | Posted 03.15.2012

Read More: Women-in-Poverty, Sheryl WuDunn, Tavis Smiley, Childhood Poverty, Video, Poverty, US Poverty, Bv-Politics, Obama Poverty, Faye Wattleton, Suze Orman, Poll, Cecelia FireThunder, Julianne Malveaux, Poverty Alleviation, Black Voices News

"Two decades ago we were celebrating what was the Year Of The Woman in '92, and now we're dealing with a war on women in 2012," Tavis Smiley said on a...

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Women Hold Up Half The Sky

Kate Grant | Posted 04.15.2012

Read More: Sheryl WuDunn, Fistula, Half the Sky Movement, Half the Sky, Edna Adan, Fistula Foundation, Molly Melching, Nicholas Kristof, Global Motherhood, Obstetric Fistula, Skirball Center, Maternal Mortality, Arts News
Kate Grant

The exhibit challenges you to open your eyes, open your mind, open your heart, and most of all to act to improve the lot of the world's women. The enemy is not men. The enemy is indifference and its evil twin inaction.

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Nicholas Kristof To Launch Humanitarian Facebook Game

Posted 01.13.2012

Read More: Pbs, Usaid, Sheryl WuDunn, Games for Change, Half the Sky, Farmville, Independent Television Service, United Nations Foundation, Social Gaming, Nicholas Kristof, Facebook, Video, Impact News

Though his writing has impacted people worldwide, prolific journalist Nicholas Kristof is set to parlay his dedication to humanitarian issues to an ev...

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17 Smart Books You Must Read This Summer

Lisa Bloom | Posted 09.13.2011

Read More: Emma Donoghue, Ann Fessler, Books, Summer Reads, Iris Chang, Jennifer Egan, Dave Eggers, Nicholas Kristof and Sheryl WuDunn, T. Colin Campbell, Summer Reading, Sheryl WuDunn, Isabel Wilkerson, Barbara Demick, Samantha Power, Lisa See, Jonathan Franzen, Lisa Bloom, Nora Ephron, Peggy Orenstein, Slidepollajax, Carrie Fisher, Jeannette Walls, Nicholas D. Kristof, Jonathan Safran Foer, Books News
Lisa Bloom

How do you find great books to read? Here's a reading list of books that will stir you, provoke you, keep you up at night and make you late for work, and get your grey matter sizzling.

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The Time is Ripe, Let's End Contemporary Slavery

Chelsea-Lyn Rudder | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Melanne Verveer, Women's Rights, Sheryl WuDunn, Caroline Manzo, Human Rights, Half the Sky, President Obama, Human Trafficking, Women's Issues, Chelsea-Lyn Rudder, Demi Moore, Contemporary Slavery, Sex Trafficking, Nyu, Nicholas D. Kristof, Ashton Kutcher, World News
Chelsea-Lyn Rudder

Timeliness is important when confronting a monumental challenge like sex trafficking. However, social change only occurs as a result of an ongoing struggle, and stakeholders cannot sit and wait for the right time.

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Nicholas Kristof Helping End Girl and Women Slavery

Tabby Biddle | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Women, Sexual Violence, Sheryl WuDunn, Violence Against Women, Human Rights, Half the Sky, Child Trafficking, Angelina Jolie, Nicholas Kristof, Impact News
Tabby Biddle

Girls are kidnapped as young as seven and eight years old, and then sold into brothels. Young women are forced into prostitution by trickery and coercion. Why should this matter to you?

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Aspen Ideas Fest 2010: Stars Come Out For Intellectual Summit

Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Sheryl WuDunn, Aspen Ideas Festival, Jeffrey Rosen, Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Melody Barnes, Slidepollajax, EJ Dionne, Nicholas Kristof, Bill Gates, Famous People, Bob Schieffer, Geoffrey Canada, Roland Fryer, Eric Holder, Walter Isaacson, Denver News

Aspen has long been known as a playground for the rich and famous. During the Aspen Ideas Festival, that maxim may be more true than ever. The July ...

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Meryl Streep, Megan Mullally & More Attend The White House Project EPIC Awards (PHOTOS)

Huffington Post | Anya Strzemien | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Arthur Sulzberger Jr., Sheryl WuDunn, Nick Offerman, Susan Taylor, Epic Awards, Meryl Streep, The White House Project, Slidepollajax, Tavi Gevinson, White House Project, Megan Mullally, Jill Scott, Tavi, Meryl Streep 2010, Sulzberger, White House Project Epic Awards 2010 Photos Megan Mullally, Meryl Streep News, House Project Epic, Tavi Meryl Streep, The White House Project Epic Awards 2010, Style News

On a warm Wednesday night in New York, powerful women turned out in droves for The White House Project's 2010 EPIC Awards to celebrate women's leaders...

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Favorite Friends I've Never Met

Vicky Collins | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Knoxville, News, Pakistan, Margaret Hoeveler, Amazing Women Rock, Technology, Random Thoughts, Colorado, News and Views, Inspiration, Dolly Parton, Sheryl WuDunn, South Africa, Muslim, United States of America, Susan MacCaulay, Karen Daniel, Saudi Arabia, Nicholas Kristof, Swahili, Human Rights, Dubai, Books & Authors, Women | Tags: Kampala, Rockies, Community Service, Philanthropy, Twitter, Nairobi, Fifa, World Cup, Blog, Global Poverty, Half the Sky, Social Networking, Tennessee, Caroline Jones, Youtube, Namibia, Linda Ellerbee, Capetown, Kenya, Judaism, Acid Attacks, Media, Canada, South Dakota, World Report, Travel, Television, Godwin Opuly, Middle East, Religion, Hdnet, Uganda, Vegan, Africa, Zippy Nyaruri, Griff Hoeveler, Beadforlife, Charleston, United States, In the Land of Invisible Women, Hajj, Pennsylvania, Mt. Diablo, Facebook, New York City, Ashton Ramsey, Neil Wanless, Gettysburg, Riyadh, South Carolina, Nascar, Terrorism, Poverty, Qanta Ahmed, Winner, Midlife, Northern California, David Letterman, Nguvu, Denver News
Vicky Collins

Because of social networking I have a new circle of virtual friends who I enjoy and respect, even though we have never met or for that matter, may never meet.

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International Women's Day: 11 Women Who Are Changing The World (PHOTOS)

Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Kathryn Bigelow, Women Changing the World, Sheryl WuDunn, Samantha Power, Johanna Sigurdardottir, Rachel Maddow, Celebrate International Women's Day, Somaly Mam, Nujood Ali, Slidepoll, Wangari Maathai, Eve Ensler, Nicholas Kristof and Sheryl WuDunn, Marie C. Wilson, International Women's Day, Slidepollajax, Waris Dirie, Women's Day, Impact News

Today is International Women's Day. March 8 is set aside to commemorate the achievements of women in politics, science and social change. At HuffPost...

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CARE Shows You Why to Celebrate International Women's Day on March 4

Kristi York Wooten | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Sally Lee, International Women's Day, Rachel Mayanja, Marisa Tomei, New York, Dr. Helene Gayle, Angelique Kidjo, Sarah Ferguson, Maria Bello, Sheryl WuDunn, india.arie, Woinshet, Half the Sky, Care, U.N., Michael Franti, Diane Birch, Nicholas Kristof, Ladies Home Journal, Impact News
Kristi York Wooten

CARE is honoring International Women's Day with their stirring presentation of the Half The Sky performance, featuring a variety of celebrities who will share stories and songs from the powerful book.

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Half the Sky Live Event Bringing Awareness to Women's Issues

Marcia G. Yerman | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Women's Rights, Sheryl WuDunn, Care, Half the Sky, Half the Sky LIVE, Breaking Entertainment News, International Women's Day, Women's Health, Nicholas Kristof, A Powerful Noise, Marisa Tomei, Women's Poverty, Woinshet, Entertainment News
Marcia G. Yerman

Half the Sky LIVE captures an evening of discussion, musical performance, and the premier of Woinshet, a short film directed by Marisa Tomei and Lisa Leone.

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Water and Women: A Gender Crisis, a Global Opportunity

Jonathan Greenblatt | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Bill Clinton, Sheryl WuDunn, Oprah Winfrey, Care, Ethiopia, Ajws, Water, Africa, Nicholas Kristof, Sanitation, Haiti Earthquake, Impact News
Jonathan Greenblatt

The world finally seems to be awakening to the inherent power that women possess - energy and talent that is needed to address the many challenges that face our planet.

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A Wall That Has Not Yet Fallen

Janet Grillo | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Equal Rights Amendment, International Women's Rights, United Nations, Sheryl WuDunn, Women's Rights, Human Rights Watch, Hillary Clinton, Nicholas Kristof, Cedaw, Feminism, Politics News
Janet Grillo

We are experiencing a valuable moment of acute public attention to atrocities against women. The time has come to advance the cause of justice for those who are born with two X chromosomes.

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The Most Important Book of the Year

William Petrocelli | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Books, Women's Rights, Sheryl WuDunn, Half the Sky, Kristof and WuDunn, Kristof, Most Important Book, Nicholas Kristof, Nicholas Kristof and Sheryl WuDunn, Domestic Violence, Books News
William Petrocelli

Half the Sky makes the case that the plight of women is getting worse in much of the world and will continue on its downward slide unless we do something about it.

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'Half The Sky' With Nicholas Kristof: A Morally Persuasive Call to Action

Dr. Ali Binazir | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Microlending, Economic Development, Sex Trafficking, Maternal Health, Somaly Mam, Happiness, Sheryl WuDunn, Microsavings, Education, Half the Sky, Oppression of Women, Grameen Bank, Slavery, Nicholas Kristof, Meaningful Work, Childbirth, Alex Benzer, Women's Rights, Healthy Living News
Dr. Ali Binazir

In their lucid and levelheaded way, Kristof and WuDunn build a powerful moral case for fostering economic progress in the developing world by unleashing the potential of women.

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Getting Educated About Education

Jessica Alba | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Sheryl WuDunn, Nicholas Kristof, Clinton Global Initiative, Education, Half the Sky, Cgi, 1goal, Politics News
Jessica Alba

In the US we take for granted that our children have a right to education. But for tens of millions of kids in the developing world, the chance for an education is a hope and a dream, but not yet a reality.

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HuffPost Review: Half the Sky

Bill Gates, Sr. | Posted 09.27.2011

Read More: Sheryl WuDunn, Books, Nicholas Kristof, Nicholas Kristof and Sheryl WuDunn, Bill Gates Senior, Half the Sky, Nick Kristoff, Book Review, Books We Love, World News
Bill Gates, Sr.

What Nick Kristoff and Sheryl WuDunn have done is lay out a case for why empowering women in the developing world is both morally right and strategically imperative.

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Women: Changing the Fate of Our Global Future

Tabby Biddle | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Women's Rights, The Women's Crusade, Bride Burning, Microfinancing for Women, Oprah, Pakistan, Women's Oppression, Women's Funding Network, Kiva, Kashf Foundation, Women Trafficking, Sheryl WuDunn, Half the Sky, Humam Rights for Women, Nicholas Kristof, Hillary Clinton, Tabby Biddle, Home News
Tabby Biddle

As more and more women and girls are given opportunity and respect, there is real possibility for bringing balance back to our world.

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Women's Equality Day -- Thank you President Jimmy Carter

Ellen Snortland | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Helen-Lakelly-Hunt, Sheryl WuDunn, Gender Equality, Women's Suffrage, The Hunger Project, Jimmy Carter, Nicholas Kristof, Swanee Hunt, Voting, Healthy Living News
Ellen Snortland

We need a voting holiday to celebrate women getting the right to vote. Let's make the suffragists icons for peaceful non-violent social change.

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Taking Women's Rights Seriously

Gordon Brown | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Sheryl WuDunn, Women, Nicholas Kristof, Womens Rights, Angie Brooks Center, Half the Sky, Liberia Women, Politics News
Gordon Brown

Our duty is to deny future historians the opportunity to question how this generation allowed and participated in the abuse and suppression of girls and women.

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Reflections on Afghanistan

Susan Davis | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Brac, Women, Sheryl WuDunn, Susan Davis, Half the Sky, Microfinance, BRAC Afghanistan, Nicholas Kristof, World News
Susan Davis

I was glad to discover during my travels in Afghanistan that a mood of despair was giving way to hope and determination.

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