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Table of contents :
The girl effect --
Emancipating twenty-first-century slaves: Fighting slavery from Seattle --
Prohibition and prostitution: Rescuing girls is the easy part --
Learning to speak up: The new abolitionists --
Rule by rape: Mukhtar's school --
The shame of "honor": "Study abroad"- in the Congo --
Maternal mortality, one woman a minute: A doctor who treats countries, not patients --
Why do women die in childbirth? Edna's hospital --
Family planning and the "God gulf": Jane Roberts and her 34 million friends --
Is Islam misogynistic? The Afghan insurgent --
Investing in education: Ann and Angeline --
Microcredit: the financial revolution: A CARE package for Goretti --
The axis of equality: Tears over Time Magazine --
Grassroots vs treetops: Girls helping girls --
What you can do: Four steps you can take in the next ten minutes --
Appendix. Organizations supporting women.

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