See how girls’ empowerment can bring a brighter future not only to themselves, but to the world, in these top 10 reads.

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10 books to read on how
girls’ empowerment is key to
the future of development

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See how girls’ empowerment
can bring a brighter future not
only to themselves, but to the
world in these 10 reads.

3. Shaping the Future: Girls and our
Destiny
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Phyllis Kilbourn

4. In the Land of Invisible Women: A
Female Doctor's Journey in the Saudi
Kingdom
Qanta Ahmed
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5. Half the Sky: Turning Oppression
into Opportunity for Women
Worldwide
Nicholas Kristof and Sheryl WuDunn
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6. I am Nujood, Age 10 and Divorced
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Nujood Ali, Delphine Minoui and Linda Coverdale

7. Girls Like Us: Fighting for a World
Where Girls Are Not for Sale: A Memoir
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Rachel Lloyd
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8. The Road of Lost Innocence: The
True Story of a Cambodian Heroine
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Somaly Mam, Ayaan Hirsi Ali and Nicholas Kristof

9. Never Again: Not to Any Woman
or Girl Again
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Betty Makoni

10. Sex and World Peace: Sex, Death,
and Hierarchy in a Chinese City
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William Jankowiak

11. Not for Sale: The Return of the
Global Slave Trade--and How We
Can Fight It
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David Batstone

12. War Is Not Over When It's Over:
Women Speak Out from the Ruins
of War
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Ann Jones
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13. How did we create this list?
This list was compiled by a survey of
available literature on the subject of
girls’ empowerment.
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