Half the Sky

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

Posted 05.15.2012

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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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Ending Oppression and Empowering Women & Girls Around The World

Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand | Posted 05.08.2012

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Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand

I can't think of a better way to celebrate International Women's Day than to pick up Half The Sky, be inspired by the women profiled in the book and take action for all the women and girls around the world who aren't yet empowered to do so for themselves.

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Women Hold Up Half The Sky

Kate Grant | Posted 04.15.2012

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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

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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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Nicholas Kristof On Why He Champions Women's Rights

Tabby Biddle | Posted 01.14.2012

Read More: Women's Empowerment, Women's Rights, Women, Nicholas Kristof, Half the Sky, Violence Against Women, Skirball Center, Sex Trafficking, Girls, Education, Advocacy, Impact News
Tabby Biddle

Javaria lives near Lahore, Pakistan. Her mother, Saima Muhammad, was routinely beaten by her husband. Then Saima started a successful embroidery bus...

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Women Own 1% of the World's Property -- Occupy That

Soraya Chemaly | Posted 01.04.2012

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Soraya Chemaly

How much poorer do we want women to get in the world? It's really hard to imagine. Despite the successes of feminists during the past century, even in the U.S. we have a persistent and growing feminization of poverty.

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The Road Less Traveled

Elizabeth Nicholas | Posted 12.19.2011

Read More: Microloans, Women, Developing World, Half the Sky, Microlending, Economic Development, Nicholas Kristof, Millennial Generation, Film, Impact News
Elizabeth Nicholas

Examples abound of women in the developing world receiving loans, building businesses, and employing others with their capital, along with investing in education and infrastructure for their families and communities.

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Muslim Fundamentalism Worth Supporting

Jonathan Lewis | Posted 11.12.2011

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Jonathan Lewis

In the 21st Century, Sakena Yacoobi's call for education is almost embarrassing. Don't we know this? Hasn't the American foreign aid establishment been paying attention? Why do we still need Sakena's pointed reminder?

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Women and War Zones: Lessons From the Rape of Lara Logan

Danielle Berrin | Posted 07.05.2011

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Danielle Berrin

Many have wondered why a beautiful, blonde journalist with two young children would walk into a foreign mob in the middle of a revolution. For jour...

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Don't Touch My Junk, Women Demand

Jonathan Lewis | Posted 05.25.2011

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Jonathan Lewis

Theologians argue over when life begins. Physicians declare when it ends. In between, adult women should decide for themselves when their junk gets touched, by whom and for what reason.

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The Time is Ripe, Let's End Contemporary Slavery

Chelsea-Lyn Rudder | Posted 05.25.2011

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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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Why I Joined the Global Fight for Women's Empowerment

Bonnie Wise | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Women's Rights, Half the Sky, White-Ribbon-Alliance, Women's Issues, Women's Health, Women Empowerment, Arianna Huffington, World News
Bonnie Wise

To be sure, the problems facing women are still bigger than any of us. But, if I can change the life of one woman, and inspire another woman to do the same, our impact can be infinite.

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Ending Global Poverty Isn't About Doing Good

Jonathan Lewis | Posted 05.25.2011

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Jonathan Lewis

To end global poverty, I am wary and weary of people who want to "do good." How about more people who want to "do smart"?

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Favorite Friends I've Never Met

Vicky Collins | Posted 05.25.2011

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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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For Some, a "Little" Female Genital Mutilation Is Okay

Joanne Bamberger | Posted 05.25.2011

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Joanne Bamberger

Some American doctors are recommending that maybe just a little clitoral cutting in pediatricians' offices across America should be acceptable as a way to keep more extreme forms of FMG from happening.

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International Women's Day Is Today

Tabby Biddle | Posted 11.17.2011

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Tabby Biddle

International Women's Day is a global celebration of women with a focus on how to improve the lives of women around the world.

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International Women's Day: 13 Essential Books On Equality For Women (PHOTOS, POLL)

The Huffington Post | Posted 09.27.2011

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It's International Women's Day and the theme this year is equal rights, equal opportunity and progress for all. HuffPost editors chose a few books tha...

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

Kristi York Wooten | Posted 05.25.2011

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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

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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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Both Halves of the Sky: How Women of the Global North and South Make Each Other Whole

Gail Straub | Posted 05.25.2011

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Gail Straub

After reading Half The Sky, I decided that the book is to the international women's movement what An Inconvenient Truth, was to global warming. Since then I have required all my students to read it.

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

Posted 05.25.2011

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

Michealene Cristini Risley | Posted 11.17.2011

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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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The Most Important Book Every Man Should Read

Steve Leveen | Posted 09.27.2011

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Steve Leveen

The authors argue successfully that women's oppression is the human rights issue of our century -- as totalitarianism was of the twentieth century, and slavery was of the nineteenth.

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Nicholas Kristof Talks About Sex Trafficking, Rape and Raising Kids

Mona Gable | Posted 05.25.2011

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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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