Half The Sky : A Short Story : Half The Sky

In this short video and article on the topic of gendercide, reporter Elizabeth Vargas travels to India to found out from the people of India personally why there is such a shortage of females. She discovered that although aborting a fetus of a female child is illegal because of the shortage of females, families still continue to abort them because they don't want the burden that the baby girls brings. Vargas also discovered that illegal sex determination clinics can be found just about on every street. Men and their families also the wives to have sex determination tests and abort the baby if it’s female.

Kainat and her family showed true bravery in this rape case. They went against tradition and stuck with their morals. There is still a strong stigma with rape. People will say the girl was asking for it, and that is not true. You cannot justify rape by blaming the victim for looking a certain way. I watch a documentary on Netflix called “India’s Daughter”, unfortunately, the young woman did not get to confront her perpetrators like Kainat because she was murdered after being raped. Women here are seen as confident, healthy, and powerful while women elsewhere are subjected to horrible conditions, they are repressed and discriminated against by their own neighbors. The men in this video prove that women’s lives don’t matter because if she acts

There are many reasons why people take risks even though it is crazy and impossible. For example, in the memoir, “The Other Side of the Sky”, it shows that Farah Ahmedi is climbing a mountain with a prosthetic leg. In the fictional story, “Rikki-tikki-tavi”, in this story the mongoose, Rikki-tikki-tavi takes the risk of going into a snake 's burrow which has a high possibility that he will be killed. In the poem, “The Song of Wandering Aengus”, Aengus goes on a crazy mission that might take his whole life to accomplish which is to find the “glimmering girl” because he is in love with that girl. Aengus wanted to find the “glimmering girl” that he in love with, while Rikki-tikki-tavi and Farah Ahmedi wanted

Education is one of the most important contributors to having a successful future. In developed countries such as North America boys and girls are fortunate enough to have access to an unbiased education system. Therefore, allowing children to have countless opportunities. However, in countries like Afghanistan girls are marginalized and neglected the right to learn. Afghanistan is a country of war, where women and girls are often the worst victims. In 2011, Afghanistan was known as the most dangerous place in the world for a girl to be born (Kissane). Malala Yousufzai, a female education activist was also a victim of war. Yousufazi was shot in the head and neck for advocating for girls and their rights to have access to education. Similarly, to Yousufzai many women in Afghanistan stand up for their entitlement to having equality. Those courageous women often become victims of abuse and are often killed. Investing in girls’ education is critical, not only is it life-altering for a girl’s future, but it’s also poses benefits to society. By allowing Afghan girls access to educating we are also promoting better socioeconomic s, a reduction in child marriages, and an improvement in mortality rates.

Imagine undertaking a life threatening mission. In “The Other Side of the Sky,” Farah Ahmedi walked several miles through desert mountains to escape to Pakistan. While Piper McCloud used teamwork, determination, and imagination to escape I.N.S.A.N.E and keep her ability to fly in The Girl Who Could Fly, Buck undertook the mission of adapting to the wild, so he would be able to survive in the book, Call of the Wild. However, all three were patient, determined, and used the help of others in order to achieve their goals.

All over the globe, violence and discrimination against women and girls violates their human rights and severely compromised their perception of equality. Culture, false beliefs and ancient traditions, such as early marriage, the nuclear family, gender-based discrimination, which lead to violence against women and femicide, destroyed young girls ' mental and physical wellbeing and self-esteem by supporting the ideas that gender-based discrimination and inequality is acceptable in our societies.

Former president and religious leader Jimmy Carter, among many other actions he’s taken to try and better this world, has, in an attempt to expose some of the atrocities committed against women from practically the beginning of time to today’s day and age, through advocacy and his book A Call to Action, brought to the attention of the masses the deplorable issues of inequality this world sees constantly. From barbaric practices done in underdeveloped countries such as FGC (female genital cutting) and , to discriminatory, violent acts seen in today’s modern, civilized society such sexual assault and abuse toward women, Mr. Carter addresses the issues many are ignorant to. He not only addresses the issues of inequality, but makes strides to diminish violence entirely

Bombs were going off. They were under attack. By they, I mean the Sky People. I’m picking up people left and right. I've taken Clarke’s mom, the Chancellor. Clarke was just a little girl, at least 17. Murphy barely clinging on to life, but I did not take him. It was not his time yet. I will meet him later, when the time is right. The victory was granted to the Sky People, but is it much of a victory when 25% of your people, including your chancellor, are either dead or missing?

The first section of Half the Sky argues on gender inequality by providing the audience with some of the most brutal real-life examples of women life’s on the developing world. In the second part of the book, Nicholas D. Kristof and Sheryl WuDunn push for action and political movement to promote a campaign against slavery with a primary focus on the individual influences over foreign relations.

Half the Sky written by Nicholas D. Kristoff and Sheryl WuDunn is a novel that in dept depicts some of the horrific cases of the oppression of women and girls in developing countries.The novel takes you through Africa and Asia, with detailed accounts of how so many women have been treated poorly simply because of their status and sex. Not only does the novel give you shocking and almost surprising information that most people in more developed countries don’t know, because they are sheltered by their countries ways; It shows the light at the end of the tunnel, that women can rise from this status of oppression, that by being educated, by speaking up and giving ourselves a voice, we can overcome these barriers and achieve greatness, no matter where we are or the troubles we face along the way. The excerpt that I chose is a brief

Freda Adler once said, “Rape is the only crime in which the victim becomes the accused.” Women should not have to go thru so much pain and agony, and our voices should be heard and expressed throughout the countries. After watching India’s Daughter, a young college student that just wanted to live her dream to become something great, her life span was short lived due to 6 men raping her, by pulling her intestines out, and thrown off a moving bus.

According to the Great Chain of Being, the first estate is considered to be very holy and extremely close to God. They are considered to be honest and God's messengers. The Pardoner is a part of the first estate. A Pardoner is responsible for giving out "pardons" which is a piece of paper that promises to reduce your time in purgatory. Purgatory is the time you spend before you're let into heaven.

Half the Sky is a collection of interviews, facts and recommendations; all attributing to women’s rights and issues on an international level. The authors interviewed various women to provide the readers with their individual stories regarding the struggle to overcome the oppressive environments that they live in. The authors, Nicolas D. Kristof and Sheryl WuDunn, are married. WuDunn is originally from China and Kristof is a White American that worked and lived in China for several years. Both of them have a background in writing for the New York Times and as editors for businesses. They won a Pulitzer Prize in journalism for a segment on China at the New York Times. Since the authors have an ambition for journalism and international life,

Female infanticide has been accepted for centuries in many countries, and is more prominent in India and China than in any other countries around the world. It is illegal in India, however it is reported by Unicef that up to 50 million girls and women are “missing” in India as a result of systemic sex discrimination.

One might often ask what importance is there to fight against rape. Statistics have shown that the pillage of a person’s personal space have been steadily increasing since before the 1950s. Every two minutes, there is at least one American being sexually assaulted. (www.rainn.org ‘Sexual Assault Statistics”) these are just two of the millions of statistics that have been taking away many people’s privacy, natural rights, and their trust in others. Instead , due to rape culture women are commonly taught that ‘boys will be boys” or [concerning being bothered or harassed by the opposite sex] “ that just means they like you!” rape culture not only teaches women that its normal to be sexually assaulted , but it teaches them not to bother to correct the rapists, just to take it. In news, press reporters mourn the athletic career of two highschoolers’ who raped and nearly killed a 15 year old girl rather than mourning the victim. The only way to stop these situations from ever happening again is to stop