Decades from now, people will look back and wonder how societies could have acquiesced in a sex slave trade in the twenty-first century that is... bigger than the transatlantic slave trade was in the nineteenth. They will be perplexed that we shrugged as a lack of investment in maternal health caused half a million women to perish in childbirth each year.
Sheryl WuDunnTags: nonfiction women-s-rights
When India feels that the West cares as much about slavery as it does about pirated DVDs, it will dispatch people to the borders to stop traffickers.
Sheryl WuDunnWhen the history of African development is written, it will be clear that a turning point involved the empowerment of women.
Sheryl WuDunnIt's no accident that the countries that have enjoyed an economic take off have been those that educated girls and then gave them the autonomy to move to the cities to find work
Sheryl WuDunnTags: injustice oppression educational
Our focus has to be on changing reality, not changing laws.
Sheryl WuDunnThe tools to crush modern slavery exist, but the political will is lacking.
Sheryl WuDunn...cultural barriers can be overcome relatively swiftly where there is the political will to do so.
Sheryl WuDunnTags: politics culture barriers
...when women gain control over spending, less family money is devoted to instant gratification and more for education and starting small businesses.
Sheryl WuDunnTags: money women finances small-business
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