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Post by Winged Isis » Sat Sep 18, 2010 8:23 am

Half the Sky: How to Change the World by Nicholas D. Kristof and Sheryl WuDunn. Virago.

The place of women in poorer cultures; how you can help and how their lives can be changed.

The Woman Who Fell From the Sky by Jennifer Steil. Harper Collins.

An anidote to stereotypes and blind prejudice; about women in Yemen.

Carpe diem! :le:

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