Awakening: #MeToo and the Global Fight for Women's Rights
Meighan Stone · Rachel B. Vogelstein
Jul 2021 · Karen Pirie Book 75 · Little, Brown Book Group · Narrated by Meighan Stone, Rachel B. Vogelstein, Caitlin Davies, Cindy Kay, Nikki Massoud, Saskia Maarleveld, Sol Madariaga, Suehyla El-Attar, and Tyla Collier
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'YOU'LL BE MOVED BY THE BRAVE WOMEN IN AWAKENING' MALALA YOUSAFZAI
'AWAKENING GOES WHERE NO BOOK HAS GONE BEFORE. INSPRIRING, INSIGHTFUL, PROFOUNDLY MOVING' HILLARY RODHAM CLINTON
#MeToo #EnaZeda #MieuPrimeiroAssedio #tystnadtagning #ArewaMeToo
All over the world, #MeToo inspired generations of women to fight in new ways for their rights. Yet so far, the news is dominated by narratives of celebrities and politicians in the US and UK. These are the stories you haven't heard. Stories of campaigning in the face of censorship, arrest and murder. Stories from favelas, film sets and feted institutions. Stories of passing groundbreaking laws against sexual harassment. For these women, #MeToo was not the beginning - and it is not the end.
In Nigeria, women rise up against systemic abuse in universities and megachurches. Chinese activists drown out internet censors and defy arrests. In Egypt, protestors remain tenacious even as their president calls them terrorists. Pakistani actresses confront accused predators in court. Brazilian women run for office at the risk of intimidation and murder. And in Sweden, a country prided on its commitment to gender equality, the movement rocks citizens to their core.
Some had been campaigning for years on feminist causes; some were galvanised by a movement that spread like wildfire on social media. Awakening brings together personal stories with expert political analysis to champion their courage, understand their societies and gauge the battles yet to be won. It will open your eyes to the greatest global reckoning on women's rights in history.
'AWAKENING GOES WHERE NO BOOK HAS GONE BEFORE. INSPRIRING, INSIGHTFUL, PROFOUNDLY MOVING' HILLARY RODHAM CLINTON
#MeToo #EnaZeda #MieuPrimeiroAssedio #tystnadtagning #ArewaMeToo
All over the world, #MeToo inspired generations of women to fight in new ways for their rights. Yet so far, the news is dominated by narratives of celebrities and politicians in the US and UK. These are the stories you haven't heard. Stories of campaigning in the face of censorship, arrest and murder. Stories from favelas, film sets and feted institutions. Stories of passing groundbreaking laws against sexual harassment. For these women, #MeToo was not the beginning - and it is not the end.
In Nigeria, women rise up against systemic abuse in universities and megachurches. Chinese activists drown out internet censors and defy arrests. In Egypt, protestors remain tenacious even as their president calls them terrorists. Pakistani actresses confront accused predators in court. Brazilian women run for office at the risk of intimidation and murder. And in Sweden, a country prided on its commitment to gender equality, the movement rocks citizens to their core.
Some had been campaigning for years on feminist causes; some were galvanised by a movement that spread like wildfire on social media. Awakening brings together personal stories with expert political analysis to champion their courage, understand their societies and gauge the battles yet to be won. It will open your eyes to the greatest global reckoning on women's rights in history.
About the author
Meighan Stone (Author)
Meighan Stone is an advocate for the rights of women around the globe. She was president of the Malala Fund for three years and is now a senior fellow in the Council on Foreign Relations' Women and Foreign Policy program. She has led international projects with the UN, World Economic Forum and G7 summits, and her writing on women's issues appears in TIME and Fortune.
Rachel B. Vogelstein (Author)
Rachel B. Vogelstein has dedicated her career to the elevation of women and girls worldwide, having worked as a top counsellor to Secretary Hillary Clinton, as an official in the Obama Administration Dept of State and now as senior fellow and director of the Women and Foreign Policy program at the Council on Foreign Relations. She served on the board of Planned Parenthood Global, has earned several national awards and writes frequently for Foreign Affairs and the Washington Post.
Meighan Stone is an advocate for the rights of women around the globe. She was president of the Malala Fund for three years and is now a senior fellow in the Council on Foreign Relations' Women and Foreign Policy program. She has led international projects with the UN, World Economic Forum and G7 summits, and her writing on women's issues appears in TIME and Fortune.
Rachel B. Vogelstein (Author)
Rachel B. Vogelstein has dedicated her career to the elevation of women and girls worldwide, having worked as a top counsellor to Secretary Hillary Clinton, as an official in the Obama Administration Dept of State and now as senior fellow and director of the Women and Foreign Policy program at the Council on Foreign Relations. She served on the board of Planned Parenthood Global, has earned several national awards and writes frequently for Foreign Affairs and the Washington Post.
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