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"Half the Sky" brilliantly drives home the point that in too much of the world girls and women are abused, trafficked, mutilated, enslaved, and even murdered for largely cultural reasons. Every bit of this is immoral and wrong. It must not be allowed...
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Yet my global development classes are full of students who believe that he speaks to their concerns and it is his writing that shapes their goals for doing good in the world. All of the copies of Kristof and Sheryl WuDunn’s book Half the Sky were...
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Pulitzer Prize Winners Sheryl WuDunn and her husband New York Times columnist Nicholas Kristof, are seen after receiving honorary degrees at the University of Pennsylvania's 255th Commencement Monday, May 16, 2011, in Philadelphia. View Photo »
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Upper school students read Kristof's book, "Half the Sky: Turning Oppression into Opportunity for Women Worldwide," which he co-wrote with his wife Sheryl WuDunn, as part of their summer reading. The book has since been incorporated into the school's...
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The nonfiction work spurred the students to action on behalf of suffering African women.Melissa Evanko/Pocono Record It all started with a book, borrowed on the way home from a school trip. The book inspired a fundraiser that caught the attention of...
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The segment focused on the often deplorable plight of women in underdeveloped nations, but it didn’t stop there. Oprah’s guests spoke to the power of women to transform their communities when given the opportunity. Those guests included the authors of...
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The as-yet-unnamed game will be created in partnership with Games for Change and correspond with a release this year, of a documentary based on Kristof & WuDunn's larger "Half the Sky" movement. Half the Sky is a movement that hopes to raise awareness...
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Kristof will lend his expertise to the game, having spent his career covering human rights issues like gender-based violence and sex trafficking. He and his wife, Sheryl WuDunn, who is also a Pulitzer winner and assisting with the game, authored 2009...
About Sheryl Wudunn
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Sheryl WuDunn is an Chinese American journalist and editor for The New York Times. She is currently industry and international business editor at the Times. She formerly was journalist/anchor of The New York Times Page One, a production of New York Times Television Enterprises. She also has worked in The New York Times Beijing and Tokyo bureaus,... Full Article
