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> Posted by Jeffrey Riecke, Communications Assistant, CFI
Starting today, part one of the documentary film Half the Sky: Turning Oppression into Opportunity for Women Worldwide becomes available to watch on PBS’ website. Inspired by the widely-praised book of the same name by Nicholas Kristof and Sheryl WuDunn, Half the Sky has become a transmedia project whose scope reflects its social ambitions. The project shares the stories of women from all over the world who are seizing the opportunity to confront oppression with meaningful solutions through health care, education, and economic empowerment.
The Half the Sky project includes a two-part, four-hour documentary film (part two will be available to watch on PBS’ website starting tomorrow), a Facebook-hosted social action game, mobile games, two websites, educational video modules with companion text, a social media campaign supporting over 30 partner NGOs, and an impact assessment. We encourage engaging with the project in every way you’re able.
> Posted by Center Staff
Last week, New York Times’ Nicholas Kristof spotlighted Village Savings and Loan Associations (VSLAs) and their power to give clients hope. He cites the story of one woman, Biti Rose, who gets a loan of $2 and starts selling doughnuts for 2 cents each. She makes a few dollars in profit each day and eventually begins to improve her life. Kristof admits that her story is not everyone’s. He does offer a nuanced picture of Biti’s story, however, using Banerjee and Duflo’s Poor Economics, positing that microfinance works because it offers the hope that people need to get themselves out of self-destructive pathologies.
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If you want to understand some of the best new ideas to chip away at global poverty, an excellent place to start is the Nasoni family hut here in the southern African nation of Malawi. Read the rest of this entry »
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