“Half the Sky” is a movement dedicated to “turning oppression into opportunity for women worldwide,” by tackling the oppression of women and girls in the developing world. Based on a crusading book of the same name by Pulitzer prizewinners Nicholas Kristof and Sheryl Wu Dunn, the book tells stories of almost unbelievable injustice and suffering, and the extraordinary courage of women who emerge from the shadows to create real change.
Posts Tagged ‘women’
This great little (2-minute) clip by US-based women’s empowerment nonprofit CARE explains in clear and energetic language, what International Women’s Day is all about – empowering women to end poverty and hunger.
At the Shingirirai Trust, this is the language we think, speak and live, and we start early. From the age of five, we take girls into our Early Child Development program, to learn basic psychosocial and practical skills right alongside the boys.
Shingirirai – Perseverance, Courage, Empowerment
Above all love in action
Thirty women, one man, hundreds of kids
Dynamically interwoven
Moving into the future
