Are you looking for a creative way to engage your book club, local women's group, or your family, friends and colleagues, in global women's issues? If so, we encourage you to read one of the following books about issues affecting women and girls around the world and take action with CARE!
We'll provide the tools you need to help make a difference for women and girls around the world. Click here to request e-mail updates, discussion guides and helpful resources, special opportunities to interact with the authors, and creative action ideas.
by Nicholas D. Kristof and Sheryl WuDunn
Released September 8, 2009
CARE will receive at least 4 percent of revenue when purchases are made through this link.
Has your book club already read "Half the Sky"? If so, consider hosting a movie night with "REPORTER," a feature film about Nicholas Kristof's work to shed light on happenings in the Democratic Republic of Congo.
Visit www.reporterfilm.com to learn more.
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by Howard G. Buffett
Released December 8, 2009
Billions of people across this planet live a life of poverty and desperation. They did not choose their circumstances nor can they change them. Their plight is difficult to confront but impossible to ignore. From human trafficking to the effects of malnutrition and world hunger, the poignant images and personal stories in this book allow us to meet these people, whose resilience and spirit, though fragile, remains uncrushed. Many cling to the hope that their lives will change, and our hope is that this moving portrait will inspire others to find solutions...to be the change.
Written by philanthropist Howard G. Buffett, this beautiful and powerful book will inspire you to take action. Learn more about "Fragile" and the Howard G. Buffett Foundation, a key partner of CARE, at www.fragilethehumancondition.com.
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by Mary Cantando
Released September 29, 2009
CARE will receive at least 4 percent of revenue when purchases are made through this link.
In this groundbreaking book, management expert Mary Cantando examines the stories of women in the developing world who, with help from CARE, have capitalized on personal and professional opportunities, contributed to their communities, influenced their physical environment and overcome discrimination on the road to establishing self-sufficiency. Structured around the five principles of CARE's mission statement, the author pairs these women's stories with stories from the lives of successful corporate executive women in the United States to show how women who are worlds apart can draw from each other's experiences for inspiration and learning. Perfect for women entrepreneurs, "Leading with Care" contains practical lessons about building businesses and self-sufficiency, in any economy, in any nation, and illustrates the power of women everywhere to create their own secure future.
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by Eve Brown-Waite
Released April 14, 2009
The author is donating 10 percent of her royalties to CARE.
"First Comes Love, Then Comes Malaria" is the heartwarming memoir by Eve Brown-Waite, a former Peace Corps volunteer married to a CARE staff person. With wit and candor, Eve chronicles her unexpected adventures as an aspiring international aid worker in Ecuador and Uganda. Her endearing voice and refreshing humor explores the unintended prejudices and the cultural clashes that arise when the developed and developing worlds collide. "First Comes Love, Then Comes Malaria" presents an honest look at the search for love and purpose from a woman who finds both in the last place she ever expected.
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