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Book Review: No Woman Left Behind
No Woman Left Behind: A Journey of Hope to Heal Every Woman Injured in Childbirth by Kate Grant My rating: 5 of 5 stars No Woman Left Behind: A Journey of Hope to Heal Every Woman Injured in Childbirth is a powerful and deeply moving memoir by Kate Grant, founding CEO of the Fistula Foundation.…
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Book Review: #MeToo and Beyond: Perspectives on a Global Movement
#Metoo and Beyond: Perspectives on a Global Movement by M Cristina Alcalde My rating: 5 of 5 stars #MeToo and Beyond: Perspectives on a Global Movement challenges students of the #MeToo movement to look beyond the global North’s dominance of the now ubiquitous hashtag that went viral in 2017 to broaden their perspectives about gender-based…
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[Reviews] 2 Social Good Books For Your Bookshelf
I recently received two books about philanthropy: Successful Philanthropy: How to Make a Life By What You Give (now in paperback) and The Rotary Book of Readings: Inspiration to Change the World both published by Hatherleigh Press. They are quick reads that promote inspiration and encouragement for those who give.
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Book Review: Reframing Poverty: New Thinking and Feeling About Humanity’s Greatest Challenge
Reframing Poverty by Eric Meade My rating: 4 of 5 stars Poverty in all its multitudinous forms is not an easy subject to broach. An age-old problem, poverty, its root causes, as well as poverty reduction have all been studied and theorized, it seems, ad infinitum. It is not often that someone presents poverty in…
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Book Review: To Fool the Rain: Haiti’s Poor and Their Pathway to a Better Life
To Fool the Rain: Haiti’s Poor and Their Pathway to a Better Life by Steven Werlin My rating: 4 of 5 stars “Helping families lift themselves out of poverty means helping them build income and wealth, but it is a social phenomenon as well,” wrote Steve Werlin, the author of To Fool the Rain: Haiti’s…
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Book Review: Somalian Memoirist Writes About FGM in Raw Detail
The Girl with Three Legs: A Memoir by Soraya Mire My rating: 4 of 5 stars Female genital mutilation or FGM for short is one of the most horrific crimes against girls and women in the world. According to the World Health Organization over 100 million women and girls live with the adverse effects of…
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Book Review: Consuming the Congo: War and Conflict Minerals in the World’s Deadliest Place
Consuming the Congo: War and Conflict Minerals in the World’s Deadliest Place by Peter Eichstaedt My rating: 4 of 5 stars There has increasingly been more attention paid to conflict minerals – the minerals that are extracted from mainly developing countries – that are used to power the technology we all cannot live without. These…
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Book Review: Our Kind of People
Our Kind of People: A Continent’s Challenge, A Country’s Hope by Uzodinma Iweala My rating: 4 of 5 stars When it comes to HIV/AIDS on the African continent we, as Westerners, are often blinded by the ubiquitous stereotypes that permeate our perspectives and opinions about Africa. We then can only rely on the authentic and…
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[Book Review] The Last Hunger Season by Roger Thurow
The Last Hunger Season: A Year in an African Farm Community on the Brink of Change by Roger Thurow My rating: 5 of 5 stars One does not have to be a wonk to understand the intricacies of global hunger as many might suspect. Roger Thurow, a senior fellow for global agriculture and food policy…