Session 3 - Half the Sky: Leadership in the Face of Oppression

Sheryl WuDunn

Best-Selling Author;
Pulitzer Prize Winner;
Business Executive

• Author of the award-winning book, Half The Sky: Turning Oppression into Opportunity for Women Worldwide
• Senior Managing Director of Mid-Market Securities and President of Triple Edge, two social investment and consulting firms specializing in companies run by women
• Pulitzer Prize winner for Asia: Thunder from the East and China Wakes, co-authored with her husband Nicholas Kristof
• Senior Fellow at Yale University, with a focus on China's global role

The American Program Bureau

"One of the best ways to fight poverty and to fight terrorism is to educate girls and bring women into the formal labor force." @wudunn