Sheryl WuDunn

Author of "Half the Sky: Turning Oppression into Opportunity for Women Worldwide"

Sheryl WuDunn appears in the following:

Kristof and WuDunn on Challenges in Rural America

Wednesday, January 15, 2020

In the past half-century, American society has been plagued by addiction, suicide and other mental health issues. Nicholas Kristof and Sheryl WuDunn try to understand why.

Finding a Path for Women

Tuesday, October 27, 2015

Pulitzer Prize-winning journalists Sheryl WuDunn and Nicholas Kristof discuss their work against global gender inequality.

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The Leaders Speak

Monday, September 28, 2015

Masha Gessen, Rami Khouri and Sheryl WuDunn offer analysis of some of the major speeches at the opening session of the U.N. General Assembly.

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A World In Motion: Beyond The Numbers

Wednesday, September 09, 2015

As populations shift, as identities around nationhood change, and as we become more connected across borders, we explore what our global identity is today.

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Puns Punted From Chinese Media

Tuesday, December 02, 2014

Pulitzer-prize winning writer and former New York Times reporter Sheryl WuDunn talks about China's media-wide ban on puns and wordplay.

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The Art of Giving and the People Who Change the World

Tuesday, September 23, 2014

Nicholas D. Kristof and Sheryl Wudunn explore the art and science of giving in their new book A Path Appears: Transforming Lives, Creating Opportunity.

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What's Ahead for China in the Year of the Dragon?

Monday, January 23, 2012

Monday marks the beginning of 4709 in the Chinese calendar, the "Year of the Dragon". A strong, fiery, and auspicious cultural symbol, the lunar year ahead holds the potential for seismic change. In addition to the generational transitions set for its government, military, and the Communist Party, some experts are claiming 2012 will be the year China's economy collapses.

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Sheryl WuDunn on This Year's Nobel Peace Prize Winners

Friday, October 07, 2011

Three women were awarded the 2011 Nobel Peace Prize on Friday, becoming the first women to win since 2004. Liberian President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, Leymah Gbowee, also of Liberia, and Tawakul Karman of Yemen will share the award. The Norwegian Nobel committee honored the three women for "their non-violent struggle for the safety of women and for women's rights to full participation in peace-building work." Johnson Sirleaf is the first democratically-elected female head of state in Africa, Gbowee is an activist, and Karman is a leading figure in Yemen's pro-democracy movement.

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The Chinese Economy

Friday, January 21, 2011

William Reinsch, president of the National Foreign Trade Council, joins Sheryl WuDunn, investment advisor, Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist formerly with the New York Times, and the co-author with husband Nicholas Kristof of Half the Sky: Turning Oppression into Opportunity for Women Worldwide, to discuss the Chinese economy in light of President Hu's state visit

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Can President Hu Jintao and President Obama Repair the US/China Relationship?

Wednesday, January 19, 2011

China's President Hu Jintao arrived at Andrews Air Force Base Tuesday, for the start of his three day visit to our nation's capital. He is set to meet with President Obama and other top officials, before a black tie dinner in the Chinese President's honor. The meeting comes at a time when the relationship between countries is strained and both presidents are suffering from a lack of faith in their leadership.

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China Considers Requiring Families to Care for Elderly

Friday, January 07, 2011

Caring for the elderly has long played an important role in Chinese culture. But rapid economic growth has forced adult Chinese children to abandon their hometowns to find jobs in other parts of the country — often leaving their elderly parents on their own. This cultural shift has led Chinese officials to consider a law that would require adult children to care for their parents.

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Developing Women

Thursday, December 31, 2009

New York Times columnist Nicholas Kristof and Sheryl WuDunn offer a call-to-arms to challenge the oppression of women worldwide in their new book, Half the Sky: Turning Oppression into Opportunity for Women Worldwide (Knopf, 2009).

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Developing Women

Tuesday, September 08, 2009

New York Times columnist Nicholas Kristof and Sheryl WuDunn offer a call-to-arms to challenge the oppression of women worldwide in their new book, Half the Sky: Turning Oppression into Opportunity for Women Worldwide (Knopf, 2009).

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Empowering Women From Oppression to Opportunity

Monday, August 24, 2009

What are the biggest moral challenges we face today? We're joined by two people who have given a lot of thought to cultural challenges around the world, including poverty, racism, and...

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Coverage of China (hour 1); Michael Moore (hour 2)

Sunday, July 30, 1995

Michael Moore and his TV Nation.

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