The List: Recommended reading for Women's Health & Dignity

Here is a recommended list with short articles and big books perfect for curling up and getting your read on for Women's Health & Dignity. Enjoy these insightful pieces and get psyched to engage in 2017.

ARTICLES

"The Female Economy" | Harvard Business Review | 17 minute read

Why do businesses continually fail to market to women or to create products that meet their particular needs, despite the fact that women represent the largest marketing opportunity in the world? Find out.

"The Economic Benefits of Gender Parity" | Stanford Social Innovation Review | 6 minute read

If women were to participate in the economy identically to men, they could add as much as $28 trillion or 26 percent to annual global GDP in 2025. Explore the positive economic benefits of gender equality.

"How live storytelling can help women around the world to find their voices" | Women in the World in Association with the New York Times | 6 minute read

Executive Producer of The Moth, Sarah Austin Jenness, explains how storytelling serves as a powerful medium for women's self-expression and empowerment.

BOOKS

The Unfinished Revolution | A collection edited by Minky Worden | 384 pages

Featuring essays by more than 30 writers, activists, policymakers and human rights experts, this captures the experiences from the frontlines in the fight for gender equality.

Half the Sky | Nicholas D. Kristof and Sheryl WuDunn | 320 pages

A passionate call to arms against our era’s most pervasive human rights violation: the oppression of women and girls in the developing world. The books serves as an odyssey through Africa and Asia to meet with extraordinary women struggling there.

Lean In: Women, Work, and the Will to Lead | Sheryl Sandberg | 240 pages

Sheryl shares her personal stories, uses research to shine a light on gender differences, and offers practical advice to help women achieve their goals.

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