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Book

The moment of lift : how empowering women changes the world

Call Number

  • 305.42 F8739 (CEN, OSH)

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Edition

First U.S. edition.

Publication Information

New York : Flatiron Books, 2019.

Physical Description

viii, 273 pages ; 22 cm

Summary

A timely call to action for women's empowerment by the influential co-chair of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation identifies the link between women's equality and societal health, sharing uplifting insights by international advocates in the fight against gender bias.

Contents

  • Introduction
  • The lift of a great idea
  • Empowering mothers: maternal and newborn health
  • Every good thing: family planning
  • Lifting their eyes: girls in schools
  • The silent inequality: unpaid work
  • When a girl has no voice: child marriage
  • Seeing gender bias: women in agriculture
  • Creating a new culture: women in the workplace
  • Let your heart break: the lift of coming together
  • Epilogue.

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