Half The Sky: Documentary Analysis

This book is a crucial dose of reality for those of us that are spoiled by the comforts we have grown used too. Nicholas D. Kristof and Sheryl WuDunn explain in the book “Half the Sky” why empowering women in the developing world is ethically right and extremely vital.It is a gripping story of how customs and culture have historically oppressed women. The strength of the human rights movement and of actual change across all cultures is going to be asteadfast task of courageous women who give themselves permission to say no to so many years of unthinkable tyrannical cultural customs and fight for a new way of life. Many of us close our eyes

The examples shared in Half the Sky illustrate how patriarchal norms contribute to the objectification of women and constrain their autonomy, perpetuating cycles of exploitation and poverty. To challenge these norms, it is crucial to address power structures embedded in society and promote gender equality across all levels (Half the Sky

Detailing the struggles faced by women across the developing world, Half the Sky is an emotional and compelling text providing insight into issues that are essentially, a world away. Half the Sky covers with great depth the hardships and injustices that women are faced with – often as a direct result of cultural, political or economic forces. Throughout the chapters of this book, I was made aware of hardships I had never thought to look into – and have begun to think of the real world implications of my actions, and how I may alter those actions to have a greater impact on disenfranchised populations around the world.

The documentary, Half the Sky Part II: Turning Oppression into Opportunity for Women Worldwide (2012), is based off of a book written by Nicolas Kristof and Sheryl WuDunn. The setting of this documentary is in three poor countries, Kenya, Somaliland, and India. This is a nonfictional documentary where maternal mortality, prostitution, and economic empowerment tend to be common constant struggles in many developing countries. Kristof and WuDunn travel with three talented celebrity activist to witness these struggles first hand and helped spread global awareness. These celebrities come face to face with three passionate women in each country who fight daily to make a difference and change women’s inequality in their countries. Women in these countries and in many other countries deal with maternal mortality, sex trafficking, violence, and discrimination threats every day. Some women do not know different and are lead to believe this is their destine while others are frightened and are begging for change. Although, these countries are on different parts of the map they have common struggles due to common causes.

“Women aren’t the problem but the solution. The plight of girls is no more a tragedy than an opportunity” (Kristof & WuDunn, 2009, p. xviii). This quote does an excellent job of introducing the issues discussed in the book Half the Sky. In this book, Nicholas D. Kristof and Sheryl WuDunn present us with the issue of the unjust and cruel treatment of women in today’s world. Women throughout the world are treated in unthinkably bad ways, but the majority of people are not even aware of the suffering these women face on a daily basis. According to Kristof and WuDunn (2009), “Women aged fifteen through forty-four are more likely to be maimed or die from male violence than from cancer, malaria, traffic accidents, and war combined” (p. 61). However, Kristof and WuDunn (2009) also point out that if something dramatic such as a school shooting or bombing takes place, it makes breaking news, and everyone is aware of it all at once (p. xiv). Plenty of women are being mistreated every minute of

In the novel, Half the Sky: Turning Oppression into Opportunity for Women Worldwide, written by authors Nicholas D. Kristof and Sheryl WuDunn in 2009, these two call attention to the oppression of women. These authors label the incidents that occur throughout our world involving women oppression as an epidemic of our generation. The novel demonstrates the severity of sex trafficking, sexual violence, and lack of education of women that are seen amongst us. There exists many relations of opportunities concerning educational and professional studies among the women portrayed in the novel and myself. Although, related opportunities are seen, the underlying severity of what these women endure to reach those opportunities are much more challenging than mine.

Education is one of the most effective ways to improve quality of life. Education is needed to expand knowledge. It makes one’s brain healthy and filled with knowledge and new material s/he may never knew before. It is needed to succeed, reach greater heights, and find a good job. Without education, a lot of people might be beggars.

I know in some places of the world women are oppressed and mistreated, but it’s not like that everywhere. We see this mistreatment in “A Girl in the River” where Saba doesn’t get much of a say in her future, she has no rights and she is forced to do things she doesn’t want. Sadly we can see this mistreatment in the world today, mostly in women, but we can see it in men as well, but we see it more in women because men are those in “power”. We see that men have all the opportunities in the world, but once a woman steps out of line and wants a chance at that greatness, she’s mistreated. A woman doesn’t always have a

Nicolas Kristof and Sheryl WuDunn’s novel, Half the Sky, is primarily a call for social equality and freedom from oppression for women across the globe. The authors are actively taking the first step of achieving a global feminist movement by informing Westerners of the injustices are that are being done to women worldwide in the name of tradition and culture; they do this through personal stories and by exposing legal or cultural inequalities. As Cynthia Enloe (2004) writes in The Curious Feminist, “if something is accepted as “traditional”- inheritance passing through the male line…it can be

Education is the most essential of all because to escape impoverishment, education is our chance to escape it. why? Because lacking of education we will working as low income and the money that we received won’t enough. When a child working hard as younger, the child tend to be shortage and die faster.

Education is the most important aspect in ones life. Through the development of education, children learn knowledge and

Today, women live in a dilapidated society plagued by inequality and male prejudices about women. Women experience oppression whilst doing anything. It’s like our world was hit with a klieg of stupidity.

Education is very important in the sense that in today’s society, there is not much success without education. Education allows us to grow and learn intellectually. It gives us the ability to enhance our perception of the world as we see it, and construct our

Education is needed for individuals to function in society. Without the proper tools, people would be a burden instead of an asset. To become an asset, individuals need to be exposed to those elements which would enrich their lives through knowledge. Knowledge in our society is basically learned through education. The basic knowledge each person should receive from an education is the three R’s; reading writing, and arithmetic. These mediums will enable a person to survive in today’s society.

Education is one of the most important things for a society to prosper and be safe which forms the character and intelligence of the individuals around the world. Education makes one able to understand what is happening in the world logically and clearly. Education enables individuals to put their potential to use and make a difference in the future. It is essential for individuals to be educated in a way that they will expand their knowledge vastly. An ideal educational model is very difficult to achieve, and is often argued over by people in society.