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Half the Sky

Celebrating Thanksgiving Past

Lori Sokol | Posted 11.19.2009 | New York

Read More: Marriage, Women in Business, Women's Income, Half the Sky, Parenting, Divorce, Working Mothers, New York News
Lori Sokol

Twenty years ago this Thanksgiving, I got married. Two years ago this month, I got divorced. But I am not here to chronicle a marriage gone wrong. I am here to commemorate a divorce that went right.

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Mercy Corps, Nicholas Kristof Encourage Book Clubs To Fundraise And Get Active

Posted 10.29.2009 | Impact

Read More: Women's Rights, Half the Sky, Women's Issues, World Hunger, Women's Health, Books, Women and Politics, Nicholas Kristof, Nicholas Kristof and Sheryl WuDunn, Book Clubs, Mercy Corps, Impact News

Nicholas Kristof and his wife and co-author Sheryl WuDunn take on the cause of female inequality in their new book Half The Sky. They argue that signi...

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Half The Sky: Fighting Gender Violence

The New York Review of Books | Sue M. Halpern | Posted 11.20.2009 | Books

Read More: Kristof Half the Sky, Women, Sexual Violence, Rape, Violence Against Women, Books, Nicholas Kristof and Sheryl WuDunn, Child Brides, Gender, Half the Sky, Child Rape, Gender Inequality, Kristof, Sheryl WuDonn, Nicholas Kristof, Child Prostitution, Save the Children, Nyr, Books News

Breaking a Conspiracy of Silence Sue Halpern The New York Review of Books Half the Sky: Turning Oppression into Opportunity for Women Worldwide by N...

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

Dr. Alex Benzer | Posted 10.28.2009 | Living

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, Living News
Dr. Alex Benzer

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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Nicholas Kristof Talks About Sex Trafficking, Rape and Raising Kids

Mona Gable | Posted 10.17.2009 | Media

Read More: New York Times, Sex Trafficking, Nicholas Kristof, Half the Sky, San Francisco, International Museum of Women, Nick Kristof, Media News
Mona Gable

"People always ask, how do you do all this and stay married?" he said to the audience. Let's just say the books are easier to put to bed than the kids. "Books don't play you against each other."

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Book Club Activists Unite!

Linda Mason | Posted 10.16.2009 | Books

Read More: Charity, Half the Sky, Women, Reading, Pakistan, Activism, Book Clubs, Books, Empowering Women, Fundraising, Books News
Linda Mason

Many Americans know about the inspiring book clubs of female media celebrities like Arianna Huffington and Oprah Winfrey. Most have not heard about unsung book club heroes like Rufi Natarajan.

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The Most Important Book of the Year

William Petrocelli | Posted 10.12.2009 | Books

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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An Apology to WuDunn and Kristof and a Thunk on the Head to Larry King

Michealene Cristini Risley | Posted 10.07.2009 | Living

Read More: Tapestries of Hope, MacKenzie Phillips, Larry King, Half the Sky, Zimbabwe Human Rights Violations, Dr. Drew Pinsky, Living News
Michealene Cristini Risley

Acid burnings, dowry deaths, sexual trafficking, rape, molestation: the list is growing, and it is all part of the systematic oppression of women and girls worldwide.

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Getting Educated About Education

Jessica Alba | Posted 09.29.2009 | Politics

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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Women's Empowerment...Not an Issue Here?

Susan Danish | Posted 09.24.2009 | Living

Read More: Women's Rights, Women, Nicholas Kristof, Half the Sky, Living News
Susan Danish

Is women's empowerment just something we lecture about, or is it the most critical cause of our time?

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HuffPost Review: Half the Sky

Bill Gates, Sr. | Posted 11.14.2009 | World

Read More: Sheryl WuDunn, Books, Nicholas Kristof, Nicholas Kristof and Sheryl WuDunn, Bill Gates Senior, Half the Sky, Nick Kristoff, Book Review, 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 10.02.2009 | Home

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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Taking Women's Rights Seriously

Gordon Brown | Posted 09.23.2009 | Politics

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 09.05.2009 | World

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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What Does the Future Look Like?

Julia Moulden | Posted 04.28.2009 | Living

Read More: Half the Sky, Social Entrepreneurship, Gidon Bromberg, The Giving Life, Nader Khateeb, Munqeth Mehyar, Bart Weetjens, Teach for All, Jenny Bowen, Skoll World Forum, Wendy Kopp, Future, Planning for the Future, The Future, Apopo, Ecopeace, Living News
Julia Moulden

A group of compassionate human beings met this week to talk not about history, but what's going on right this minute and what the future might just look like.

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