By: Nicholas D. Kristof and Sheryl WuDunn
Genre: Current Affairs/Women’s Studies
Stars: 4 out of 5
In this eye-opening book about the different oppressions women have to face in their lifetime, the first Pulitzer Prize winning couple Nicholas Kristof and Sheryl WuDunn shows a passionate vocation to help women around the world. Everyday women – or girls – are either sold into sex trafficking and prostitution, subjected to rape, suffer from honor killings, endure the humiliation of fistulas, undergo genital cutting and much more. Kristof and WuDunn expand and explain their research and stories about each topic of women oppression and then provide examples of what is being done to help within each situation. They show that the best way to prevent most of the coercion of women is through education. Over and over they show examples of how schools in third world countries and sending girls to them can help with their future. So we see that with the oppression of women comes the opportunity to help them and make the world a better place.
I enjoyed reading this work even though sometimes it was a little difficult to swallow. I knew these problems were happening in our world today but I never realized the full extent of what unfortunate women have to fear every day. I feel so lucky for the opportunities – especially 16 years of being able to attend school – that are given to me even if I am a woman. This piece of nonfiction makes all the oppression more real because of all the personal stories that Kristof and WuDunn share with the readers. Knowing that these women had to suffer some sort of cruelty because of the mere fact that they are female but have been given the opportunity to have something better makes me want to give a chance to another woman out there. And so with one of the suggestion websites in the appendix of the book, I am researching to see what sort of help I can provide because with my help, even if it may seem insignificant, women can continue to hold up half the sky.
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