Next Book Group

[Dana Sackton]

Hi All,

Our next book group book will be
Half the Sky: Turning Oppression into Opportunity for Women Worldwide
by Nicholas Kristof and Sheryl WuDunn

From Amazon
New York Times columnist Kristof and his wife, WuDunn, a former Times
reporter, make a brilliantly argued case for investing in the health
and autonomy of women worldwide. More girls have been killed in the
last fifty years, precisely because they were girls, than men were
killed in all the wars of the twentieth century, they write, detailing
the rampant gendercide in the developing world, particularly in India
and Pakistan. Far from merely making moral appeals, the authors posit
that it is impossible for countries to climb out of poverty if only a
fraction of women (9% in Pakistan, for example) participate in the
labor force. China's meteoric rise was due to women's economic
empowerment: 80% of the factory workers in the Guangdong province are
female; six of the 10 richest self-made women in the world are
Chinese. The authors reveal local women to be the most effective
change agents: The best role for Americans... isn't holding the
microphone at the front of the rally but writing the checks, an
assertion they contradict in their unnecessary profiles of American
volunteers finding compensations for the lack of shopping malls and
Netflix movies in making a difference abroad. (Sept.)
Copyright © Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier
Inc. All rights reserved.

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Happy Reading.

[Devon Wilson Hill]

Hi, Lucky Book Club!

I want to encourage you all to go out and get the book, Half the Sky.  I've only just read the intro but it is inspiring.  

Next month, we'll meet out.  Monday, May 23th at 6:00pm.

Pho in Harvard?

Flatbread in Davis?

Martsa on Elm?

If you have a vote, let me know.  I'll announce the hot spot and make reservations at the beginning of May.

Happy inspired reading!

Devon 

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