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“More girls were killed in the last 50 years, precisely because they were girls, than men killed in all the wars in the 20th century. More girls are killed in this routine gendercide in any one decade than people were slaughtered in all the genocides of the 20th century.
The equivalent of 5 jumbo jets worth of women die in labor each day... life time risk of maternal death is 1,000x higher in a poor country than in the west. That should be an international scandal.”
― Half the Sky: Turning Oppression into Opportunity for Women Worldwide
The equivalent of 5 jumbo jets worth of women die in labor each day... life time risk of maternal death is 1,000x higher in a poor country than in the west. That should be an international scandal.”
― Half the Sky: Turning Oppression into Opportunity for Women Worldwide
Lorrin Farr 4th Book Club
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— last activity Nov 17, 2011 07:54PM
This group is for our book club, to make suggestions on books, keep up to date on what we have read and to find books that we would like to read toget ...more
Our Shared Shelf
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OUR SHARED SHELF IS CURRENTLY DORMANT AND NOT MANAGED BY EMMA AND HER TEAM. Dear Readers, As part of my work with UN Women, I have started reading ...more
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