Don’t miss Sheryl WuDunn as she discusses global women’s rights tomorrow night. This event is sponsored in part by the College of Journalism and Mass Communications.
WuDunn, a bestselling author and Pulitzer Prize winner, will share stories that serve as reminders of a fundamental truth about gender injustices around the world: Girls aren't just the problem or the victim, they're also the solution -- and their ingenuity and courage is beginning to spread with many helping hands from the West. There is a growing realization that when you educate a girl, you educate a village. And there are a growing number of ways to tap into this increasingly globalized network of empowering women around the world.
WuDunn will deliver her speech, "Half the Sky: Turning Oppression into Opportunity for Women Worldwide," at 7 p.m. Feb. 23 at the Lied Center for Performing Arts, 301 N. 12th St., in the final lecture in the 2015-16 E.N. Thompson Forum on World Issues. This year, the forum at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln has delved into the origins of activists and the characteristics of effective social and political movements, narrated with candor by men and women who have inspired generations.
More details at: http://go.unl.edu/ceec