Books, Movies, and Websites
Here is a 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
Stones Into Schools: Promoting Peace with Books, Not Bombs
By Greg Mortenson
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
Mountains Beyond Mountains By Tracy Kidder
The Life You Can Save By Peter Singer
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:
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