Half The Sky Summary

“Global Diversity and Cultural Differences, Tools to Be Leveraged For Business Success Rather Than Obstacles to Be Overcome”

Half the Sky presents many issues in developing countries that people in developed countries normally don’t hear about, or want to hear about. These issues that are presented violate human and woman’s rights at the highest level and are common in too many countries. As Americans, we only see what happens in those countries by what’s on the news, unless we go and thoroughly research issues that aren’t on the news. Dedication to human rights is imperative. In order to prevent a human rights tragedy, we must use our voices and resources to help. It 's our job to help. When women are mistreated, men are intrinsically adversely affected. When women, who are the half of the population, are marginalized it affects adversely the entire population. Being deprived of education, money and healthcare marginalizes women. Citizens of developing countries have different outlooks on life than we, Americans, do. How they survive on a day-to-day basis is much different from how we go about our daily lives. The economies are weak and living conditions in the poor areas are hard to look at. But there is no reason why a woman in a developing country and I should have
They each have been through things that are heart wrenching to read but somehow they still stand up against their nonchalant governments and local thugs. There’s this sense of empowerment that comes from each of the woman that speak up about their pasts and what they’re currently going through. Each woman fights against tradition in their communities, and turns their sorrow into action. One of those actions is to increase education by building schools and teaching the young girls of these poor communities. Investing in education empowers these women, which in return transforms beneficiaries and benefactors