3 Things You Can Do to Empower Women

By Nicholas Kristof and Sheryl WuDunn
O, The Oprah Magazine | From the September 2009 issue of O, The Oprah Magazine

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In Half the Sky: Turning Oppression into Opportunity for Women Worldwide (Knopf), husband-and-wife Pulitzer Prize winners Nicholas Kristof and Sheryl WuDunn argue that the key to economic progress in the world lies in unleashing women's potential. Get the

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