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A Wall That Has Not Yet Fallen

Janet Grillo | Posted 11.30.2009 | Politics

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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'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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Water and Women: A Gender Crisis, a Global Opportunity

Jonathan Greenblatt | Posted 10.16.2009 | Impact

Read More: Bill Clinton, Sheryl WuDunn, Oprah Winfrey, Care, Ethiopia, Ajws, Water, Africa, Nicholas Kristof, Sanitation, 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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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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Getting Educated About Education

Jessica Alba | Posted 11.28.2009 | 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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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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Women's Equality Day -- Thank you President Jimmy Carter

Ellen Snortland | Posted 09.26.2009 | Living

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