Books, Movies, and Websites
Here are some compilation of recommended books, articles, movies, and websites that can help you learn more about issues of injustice and extreme global poverty. Know of others that should be included on this list?
Send your recommendations to kate@onedayswages.org.
Books:
Half The Sky: Turning Oppression into Opportunity for Women Worldwide
By Nicholas Kristof and Sheryl WuDunn
The Blue Sweater: Bridging the Gap Between the Rich and the Poor in an Interconnected World
By Jacqueline Novogratz
The Bottom Billion By Paul Collier
The End of Poverty By Jeffery Sachs
The White Man's Burden By William Easterly
Movies & Documentaries:
LUMO (Rape as a weapon of warfare in the Congo)
Invisible Children (Child soliders in Uganda)
Shake Hands with the Devil (1994 Rwandan genocide)
Other:
Blood Diamond
(Civil wars over diamond mining in Sierra Leone)
Hotel Rwanda (1994 Rwandan Genocide)
The Constant Gardener
(Exploitation of Kenyans by pharmaceutical companies)
Websites:
United Nations Millenium Development Goals
Globalization and Human Rights: Nicholas Kristof's Blog