Name: Our century's greatest injustice
Uploaded: 2010-08-17T09:49:00Z
Duration: 18 min 2 s
Description: Sheryl WuDunn's book "Half the Sky" investigates the oppression of women globally. Her stories shock. Only when women in developing countries have equal access to education and economic opportunity will we be using all our human resources.

Sheryl WuDunn's book "Half the Sky" investigates the oppression of women globally. Her stories shock. Only when women in developing countries have equal access to education and economic opportunity will we be using all our human resources.

Our century's greatest injustice

Gender inequity is the defining injustice of our century, stifling opportunity and progress at a global scale. In some countries, up to 100 million women are missing due to discrimination and neglect, and millions of girls are denied education for the price of a school fee. Yet, when even tiny investments reach girls like Dai Manju or Beatrice Biira, entire families and villages are lifted, showing how education and economic opportunity can break cycles of poverty and despair. Social change accelerates when individuals come together to address these invisible, yet immense, challenges.

Empowering Women Unlocks Untapped Global Human Potential

*Half the Sky*

The path from oppression to opportunity

Slavery

economics

education

feminism

poverty

women

international development

TED Stage Talk

Sheryl WuDunn: Our century's greatest injustice