Episode 10: Half the sky

Episode 10 | Book: Half the Sky by Nicholas D. Kristof and Sheryl WuDunn

⚠️ Content warning: This episode covers real stories of sex trafficking, sexual violence, honor killings, and maternal mortality. Intended for mature audiences only (18+/21+/25+ depending on your country's guidelines). Listener discretion strongly advised.

This time we're stepping away from self-help and personal growth for something that hits closer to home. Half the Sky is Pulitzer Prize winners Nicholas Kristof and Sheryl WuDunn's landmark look at the oppression of women and girls worldwide, and the real people turning that oppression into opportunity. In this episode we go chapter by chapter through the whole book in Hindi, with real names and real stories, some that end in triumph, some that don't.

What you'll learn in this episode:

• The real scale of sex trafficking and modern slavery, told through the women who lived it
• How rape has been used as a weapon of war, and what's being done to fight it
• The brutal reality of honor killings, and the women who refused to stay silent
• Why a woman dies from pregnancy-related causes somewhere in the world every single minute
• How education, small cash transfers, and microfinance are quietly changing millions of lives
• Concrete, real ways you can be part of the change, starting today

This episode runs longer than usual, because we didn't want to rush a story this important.

Best listened to: with your full attention, not while multitasking.

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