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Kristof is a Pulitzer Prize–winning journalist and columnist for The New York Times, known for his reporting on human rights and social justice. Sheryl WuDunn, also a Pulitzer Prize winner, is a journalist, business executive, and author who has collaborated with Kristof on several books addressing global development and gender equality.

Known for: Half the Sky

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Half the Sky

Half the Sky

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This influential nonfiction book explores the global oppression of women and girls, highlighting stories of resilience and empowerment. Through investigative journalism and personal narratives, the authors reveal how education, economic opportunity, and healthcare can transform lives and societies. The work calls for global action to end gender-based violence and inequality.

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The Girl Effect

One of the most compelling insights we discovered in our years of reporting is what economists and development experts now describe as the ‘Girl Effect’—the idea that investing in adolescent girls yields exponential social returns. In communities where girls receive an education and delay marriage, ...

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Sex Trafficking and Slavery

The harshest face of gender oppression we encountered was sex trafficking, particularly in Southeast Asia—modern slavery hiding in plain sight. We met girls, often scarcely into adolescence, who had been lured or kidnapped and sold into brothels, their lives shattered by sexual exploitation and dise...

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Kristof is a Pulitzer Prize–winning journalist and columnist for The New York Times, known for his reporting on human rights and social justice. Sheryl WuDunn, also a Pulitzer Prize winner, is a journalist, business executive, and author who has collaborated with Kristof on several books addressing...

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Kristof is a Pulitzer Prize–winning journalist and columnist for The New York Times, known for his reporting on human rights and social justice. Sheryl WuDunn, also a Pulitzer Prize winner, is a journalist, business executive, and author who has collaborated with Kristof on several books addressing global development and gender equality.

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