“Half the Sky” and ways to help end human rights abuses
Just finished listening to Nicholas Kristof and his wife and fellow Pulitzer Prize winner Sheryl WuDunn talk about their new book, “Half the Sky,” on the Diane Rehm Show. In the book, Kristof and WuDunn tackle the issue of global women’s rights, and on the show they devoted part of the segment to what people can do to help. Because it’s such a huge issue with so many facets, WuDunn suggested just picking one women’s right issue to be yours, such as genital mutilation or sex trafficking, and then pick a place to support: China, Cambodia, India, Mexico, Sudan, etc. Both journalists recommended three websites where you can make donations and show your support for helping to end these human rights abuses, and they are kiva.org, givology.org, and globalgiving.com.