Half The Sky Quotes

“There could be a powerful international women's rights movement if only philanthropists would donate as much to real women as to paintings and sculptures of women.”
― Nicholas D. Kristof

“Women might just have something to contribute to civilization other than their vaginas".”
― Christopher Buckley

“If you can capture the youth and change the way they think, then you can change the future.”
― Nicholas D. Kristof and Sheryl WuDunn

“The World Health Organization estimates that 536,000 women perished in pregnancy or childbirth in 2005, a toll that has barely budged in thirty years. Child mortality has plunged, longevity has increased, but childbirth remains almost as deadly as ever, with one maternal death every minute. Some 99 percent of these deaths occur in poor countries.”
― Nicholas D. Kristof and Sheryl WuDunn

“So was it cultural imperialism for Westerners to criticize foot-binding and female infanticide? Perhaps. But it was also the right thing to do. If we believe firmly in certain values, such as the equality of all human beings regardless of color or gender, then we should not be afraid to stand up for them; it would be feckless to defer slavery, torture, foot-binding, honor killings, or genital cutting just because we believe in respecting other faiths or cultures.”
― Nicholas D. Kristof and Sheryl WuDunn