How often have we heard the term "Skies' the Limit?" Unfortunately, it's not true for most women in developing countries. I've been pondering what book to read lately--one that's not just more 'fluff'. By fluff, I mean 'something that teaches you nothing'. You come away the same person, learning nothing new. I've been reading too much of that lately.
So...I stumbled across the book, Half the Sky: Turning Oppression into Opportunity for Women Worldwide over at the Radical Womanhood blog.
It's a secular book, and not about Woman's rights per se, but just giving equal "human" status for women.
I've experienced some of that firsthand in India. Gendercide still occurs over there. Unwanted girls are left on rubbish heaps or railroad tracks. In fact, I was friends with a neighbor girl in India whose biological parents had left her on a rubbish heap. Thankfully, she was found in time, sent to an orphanage, and later adopted by a Christian Indian couple. So, yes, this stuff is very real and is still happening!
I'm going to see if they have it in my library, and if any of my readers have already read this book, let me know what you think! I'll probably do a review of it later if I can find it.
Awesome reading and powerful story, Shanti. Thanks for sharing.
ReplyDeleteA young woman who lives in the Christian community Vonetta and I founded, started a non-profit called Nomi Network (nominetwork.org). Nomi works to abolish sex trafficking/slavery in Cambodia by providing alternative means of making money. It's a modern day abolitionist movement.
I've purchased several books for Vonetta (with my daughter in mind). Two of the books that come to mind are Just a Sister Away and Blessed Among All Women: Women Saints, Prophets and Witnesses for Our Time. It's good reading for V (and me), and I figure that as my daughter gets older she'll see these books on our shelf, read them, and be inspired to be a prophetic woman of God.
So have you read that "Half the Sky" book too?
ReplyDeleteThat's great to hear about Nomi, and that there are still people out there trying to help women who are stuck in these horrible lifestyles.
Do you remember Yanger? He has the deaf school in northeast India. He trains the deaf kids in the making of many crafts so they can support the school, and later themselves.
All too often, it's easy to forget what still goes on in the rest of the world.
Yay! My library does have "Half the Sky"! Just requested it...
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