In den letzten fünfzig Jahren wurden weltweit mehr Mädchen aus dem einfachen Grund getötet, dass sie das falsche Geschlecht haben, als Männer in allen Kriegen des 20. Jahrhunderts zusammen. Dieses routinierte Abschlachten übertrifft alle Genozide. Die Gleichbehandlung der Geschlechter wird die große moralische Herausforderung des 21. Jahrhunderts sein. Starke Geschichten vom Mut im Kampf gegen das Entsetzliche - unentbehrlicher Lesestoff für jeden Weltbürger.
In den letzten fünfzig Jahren wurden weltweit mehr Mädchen aus dem einfachen Grund getötet, dass sie das falsche Geschlecht haben, als Männer in allen Kriegen des 20. Jahrhunderts zusammen. Dieses routinierte Abschlachten übertrifft alle Genozide. Die Gleichbehandlung der Geschlechter wird die große moralische Herausforderung des 21. Jahrhunderts sein. Starke Geschichten vom Mut im Kampf gegen das Entsetzliche - unentbehrlicher Lesestoff für jeden Weltbürger.
NICHOLAS D. KRISTOF and SHERYL WuDUNN, the first husband and wife to share a Pulitzer Prize for journalism, have coauthored four previous books: A Path Appears, Half the Sky, Thunder from the East, and China Wakes. They were awarded a Pulitzer in 1990 for their coverage of China, as well as the 2009 Dayton Literary Peace Prize for Lifetime Achievement. Now an op-ed columnist for The New York Times, Kristof was previously bureau chief in Hong Kong, Beijing, and Tokyo. He won his second Pulitzer in 2006 for his columns on Darfur. WuDunn worked at the Times as a business editor and foreign correspondent in Tokyo and Beijing, and now works in finance and consulting. They live in Oregon.
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Introduction The Girl Effect
Chapter One Emancipating Twenty-First-Century Slaves Fighting Slavery from Seattle
Chapter Two Prohibition and Prostitution Rescuing Girls Is the Easy Part
Chapter Three Learning to Speak Up The New Abolitionists
Chapter Four Rule by Rape Mukhtar's School
Chapter Five The Shame of "Honor" "Study Abroad"—in the Congo
Chapter Six Maternal Mortality—One Woman a Minute A Doctor Who Treats Countries, Not Patients
Chapter Seven Why Do Women Die in Childbirth? Edna's Hospital
Chapter Eight Family Planning and the "God Gulf" Jane Roberts and Her 34 Million Friends
Chapter Nine Is Islam Misogynistic? The Afghan Insurgent
Chapter Ten Investing in Education Ann and Angeline
Chapter Eleven Microcredit: The Financial Revolution A CARE Package for Goretti
Chapter Twelve The Axis of Equality Tears over Time Magazine
Chapter Thirteen Grassroots vs. Treetops Girls Helping Girls
Chapter Fourteen What You Can Do Four Steps You Can Take in the Next Ten Minutes
Appendix: Organizations Supporting Women Acknowledgments Notes Index
Chapter One Emancipating Twenty-First-Century Slaves Fighting Slavery from Seattle
Chapter Two Prohibition and Prostitution Rescuing Girls Is the Easy Part
Chapter Three Learning to Speak Up The New Abolitionists
Chapter Four Rule by Rape Mukhtar's School
Chapter Five The Shame of "Honor" "Study Abroad"—in the Congo
Chapter Six Maternal Mortality—One Woman a Minute A Doctor Who Treats Countries, Not Patients
Chapter Seven Why Do Women Die in Childbirth? Edna's Hospital
Chapter Eight Family Planning and the "God Gulf" Jane Roberts and Her 34 Million Friends
Chapter Nine Is Islam Misogynistic? The Afghan Insurgent
Chapter Ten Investing in Education Ann and Angeline
Chapter Eleven Microcredit: The Financial Revolution A CARE Package for Goretti
Chapter Twelve The Axis of Equality Tears over Time Magazine
Chapter Thirteen Grassroots vs. Treetops Girls Helping Girls
Chapter Fourteen What You Can Do Four Steps You Can Take in the Next Ten Minutes
Appendix: Organizations Supporting Women Acknowledgments Notes Index
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A brilliantly argued case for investing in the health and autonomy of women worldwide . . . Far from making moral appeals, the authors posit that it is impossible for countries to climb out of poverty if only a fraction of women participate in the labour force . . . The authors reveal local women to be the most effective change agents Publishers'
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