A life-changer of a book! Nicholas Kristof, the columnist for the New York Times, write with his reporter wife, Sheryl WuDann, about all they have learned about the difficulties women face worldwide and give amazingly doable suggestions for what you can do to assist in "turning oppression into opportunity".

This was recommended by a friend traveling in India. If you want to help rid the world of injustice read this book and do something positive. "Half the Sky" will both make you sick, reading of people who victimize women, and amazed, at the people who create change where change seems impossible. The authors know their stuff. They include details of how you can help support the next movement to free women in poverty from oppression. Please read it and tell others to as well.

This book had a great combination of personal (heartbreaking) stories of many women around the world and the realistic ways we can help to stop what happened to them from happening to future generations. BUT be warned it is very politically opinionated - which I found was quite a distraction from the stories and should have been left out of the book.

An amazing and sometimes horrifying look at the plight of women in different areas of the world and a list of the organizations that are working to support these women. The book is full of real life cases of situations that women and girls have endured and puts a real face and name to the horror stories we often hear about in the news.

Amazing! This book broke my heart, but left me inspired by the amazing peoople out there making change happen every day. This book will haunt you and make you want to change the world.

Although deeply depressing at times, this book really opened my eyes to the challenges faced by women in developing countries and made me give thanks for the privileged life I have in Canada. That being said, it is truly a story of hope and the power of women helping women.

This book is deeply disturbing but also important. A must read for anyone who wants to know about what the lack of womens rights really means, especially for the poverty struck women who live in these countries. It is also full of resources for groups that are trying to make a difference. If they have the courage to tell us thier stories, we need to find the courage to read about it.