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  1. Edna Adan Addresses Maternal Mortality: A Women and Girls Lead Social Screening

    October 3, 2012

    Women and Girls Lead presents an online social screening of the Maternal Mortality segment of Half the Sky: Turning Oppression into Opportunity for Women Worldwide with special guest panelist Edna Adan. The event will take place here. A landmark series based on the book by New York Times columnist Nicholas Kristof and Sheryl WuDunn, Half the Sky follows…

  2. Three ITVS Programs Receive News and Doc Emmy Awards

    October 2, 2012

    Last Train Home, Where Soldiers Come From, and The Woodmans were among the ITVS programs to receive News and Doc Emmys on Monday.Congratulations to all the filmmakers! Independent LensThe Woodmans by filmmaker C. Scott WillisOutstanding Arts & Culture Programming ITVS Last Train Home by filmmaker Lixin FanBest DocumentaryOutstanding…

  3. Half the Sky, Three Times the Badges

    October 1, 2012

    “Check-in” to the documentary and engage with Half the Sky and other viewers with Get Glue. When Half the Sky: Turning Oppression into Opportunity for Women Worldwide premieres on PBS tonight (9/8c), viewers will engage in a variety of ways: discussions with fans, friends, and stars on Twitter and Facebook; exclusive video content of celebrities and…

  4. Half the Sky: Making a Difference Through Economic Empowerment

    September 29, 2012

    When women have equal control over their finances and the financial decision-making on the personal, community, and national levels, everyone benefits.  Known as the ‘cradle of humanity’, Kenya is mired in poverty. In a country known for their world-class runners and safari adventures, one-fifth of the population lives on less than $1.25 a day. Ingrid…

  5. “Prostitution is Absence of Choice”

    September 28, 2012

    Economic necessity, a lack of employment options, or coercion by family, pimps, or traffickers are all factors that can force women into sexual slavery. In Half the Sky: Turning Oppression into Opportunity for Women Worldwide, celebrity activist America Ferrera traveled to India with Nicholas Kristof to visit Urmi Basu and the New Light shelter. No…

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