We know it’s typical to reach for that lighthearted beach read when the warm weather hits. This summer, consider something less conventional, a book President Jimmy Carter says every citizen and lawmaker should read.
Teach a Woman to Fish: Overcoming Poverty Around the Globe, by Women Thrive co-founder and president Ritu Sharma, provides an insider’s take on women in poverty, how Washington truly works (or doesn’t) on their behalf, and how change can be achieved.
Sharma highlights the powerful stories of women she has met in her 20 years of international work in the women’s rights arena. From Honduras and Nicaragua to Sri Lanka and Burkina Faso, she shows how women living under some of the world’s harshest conditions can, and are, breaking free of poverty, violence and inequality.
As the world’s attention is on Nigeria and the over 300 missing school girls, and with women’s rights front and center in political and social discourse, this book is an important read for anyone who cares about these issues.
Teach a Woman to Fish was released on June 10, 2014, by Palgrave Macmillan and can be purchased on amazon.com.
