Based on Chapter 1 and 2 in the half the sky by nicholas D. Kristof and Sheryl WuDunn write

1.) what information about gender-based violence resonated most with you during the reading? what was most surprising?

2.) Michelle Bachelet, executive director of UN women, says, “you see violence against women in rich places, highly educated families, in very low-income families in all regions of the world.” before reading this book, did you think of violence against women and girls as a worldwide crisis? in what ways, if any, is gender-based violence an issue in your community?

3.) Sheryl Wudunn notes that there are 60 million women and girls “missing” because they have been literally “discriminated to death.” what will it take to change this? what institutions other than the government should be tackling these problems?

4.) Gender-based violence is a broad issue. what small, tangible steps would you first take to help end this phenomenon? how would your approach in your local community be different from your approach internationally?

also add page numbers if you use any from the book

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Gender-Based Violence

“Half the Sky” by Nicholas D. Kristof and Sheryl WuDunn is a book that was written and published by Knopf in September 2009. Both authors were family-persons where they were husband and wife to each other. The book talks more about the cases of gender-based violence and oppression of the women has become the order of the day and tries to convince the readers that they have to shun these activities primarily in the modern era (Nicholas and WuDunn 2). Chapter 1 and 2 of the books builds the argument by giving the example of women oppression in Asia and Africa and also gives instances where the women…

 

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