Because I am a Girl
Deborah Moggach & Irvine Welsh & Joanne Harris & Kathy Lette & Marie Phillips & Tim Butcher & Xiaolu Guo
Because I am a girl I am less likely to go to school
Because I am a girl I am more likely to suffer from malnutrition
Because I am a girl I am more likely to suffer violence in the home
Because I am a girl I am more likely to marry and start a family before I reach my twenties.
Seven authors have visited seven different countries and spoken to young women and girls about their lives, struggles and hopes. The result is an extraordinary collection of writings about prejudice, abuse, and neglect, but also about courage, resilience and changing attitudes.
Proceeds from sales of this book will go to PLAN, one of the world's largest child-centered community development organisations.
(source: Bol.com)
Jahr:
2010
Verlag:
Random House
Sprache:
english
ISBN 10:
1409089169
ISBN 13:
9781409089162
Datei:
EPUB, 284 KB
IPFS:
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english, 2010