Everyone needs to go out and get the book Half the Sky by Nicholas Kristoff and Sheryl DuWunn. Here's the jist of it:
"Women aren’t the problem, they’re the solution — along with men. The best way to fight poverty and extremism is to educate and empower women and girls.
"Half the Sky lays out an agenda for the world's women and three major abuses: sex trafficking and forced prostitution; gender-based violence including honor killings and mass rape; maternal mortality, which needlessly claims one woman a minute. We know there are many worthy causes competing for attention in the world. We focus on this one because this kind of oppression feels transcendent – and so does the opportunity. Outsiders can truly make a difference."
Read it, educate yourself, do something!!! In fact, also get Greg Mortensen's Three Cups of Tea about his mission to build schools and educate girls in rural Afganistan and Pakistan.
Website for more info: halftheskymovement.org.
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