- Hardcover: 144 pages
- Publisher: Whittles Publishing; 1st edition (30 April 2010)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 1849950024
- ISBN-13: 978-1849950022
- Product Dimensions: 23.6 x 15.6 x 1.6 cm
- Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 841,897 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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This thought-provoking and challenging book is about sex and profits. It is not a book about Women's Lib, but it is a book that will lead to the recognition of women carried along by the wholehearted support of men; it is not another call for charitable donations, but it is a book about investment. It is not about improving the education of women. It is all about income generation. The poorest women of the Indian sub-continent and Africa represent a vast untapped resource which, if harnessed, could bring about a huge improvement in the worst-affected parts of the world. Women could feed the whole of Africa since they look after 80% of the agriculture. They are hard-working and eager to learn - the perfect workforce. But they have no sense of self-worth and too often are regarded as little more than beasts of burden or are hidden away, deprived of education and position. And yet a mother will not squander money, she will nourish her children rather than drinking herself into oblivion and she will remain loyal to her family. Shreela Flather cogently and powerfully argues that women must be central to every initiative, business project and political goal rather than being merely after-thoughts or decoration. She believes this is just as applicable to many countries in the West where the glass ceiling still constitutes an impenetrable barrier for women. She challenges politicians to turn talking shops into practical action; the much-vaunted United Nations' Millennium Development Goals' (MDGs) dream cannot be fulfilled by the target date of 2015. Its only hope is to shift the focus to women. While the UN rightly identifies the private sector as the engine of innovation and growthA" it fails itself by not targeting that effort at women. As part and parcel of that re-focusing it should start talking about family planning. As we continue to struggle in global economic depression this above all is a hopeful book offering a practical, affordable way forward. It requires no new energy source, it demands no vast capital investment and it will have no destructive impact on the environment. The workforce is vast, willing and able ...with no vices. Woman - Acceptable Exploitation for Profit is a solution for a world in trouble, a roadmap to greater opportunities, profit, prosperity, health and happiness for all, regardless of gender. We live in a world struggling to feed itself, fund itself, preserve itself so why reject the only asset and talent we have failed to consider?
About the Author
Baroness Shreela Flather has been a member of the House of Lords for many years, is a director of Marie Stopes International and a trustee of the Pan African Health Foundation. She has served on numerous public bodies and was responsible for the construction of the magnificent memorial on Constitution Hill at Hyde Park Corner to the forgotten volunteers from the Indian subcontinent, Africa and the Caribbean in WWI and WWII.
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The vibrant dynamo that is Baroness Flather has produced a well-crafted, well researched book that should make every business leader, entreprenuer, politician, charity worker, educator and Mr and Mrs ordinary THINK. Poverty, hunger, climate change, infant & maternal mortality, female genital mutilation (FMG)are all covered. By following the author's innovative but simple slant on big issues the general welfare of society can be improved as women come into their own as workers and providers. This is not just about women at the top, but giving ALL women the means to provide for themselves and their children. This is not a man-hating feminism, this is the right to develop and gain genuine equality for all women everywhere. It reminds us of the lofty sounding Millenium Development Goals that the UN trumpeted 10 years ago, but have fallen by the wayside. I urge everyone with a brain to read it.
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I could not put down this book and I read it twice! Growing up in a very poor community in a 'poor' Country (poor in quotes because the country has unbelievable riches siphoned by a few individuals), I have seen first-hand how much more than men, women and children are affected. I can't get over thinking how easy and totally eradicable the problem of poverty and the plight of women are...poverty is the plight of women! Every third world woman has experienced varying levels of emancipation and empowerment as a result of earning yet no one has thought to put that in black and white. Governments have not adopted community self-help projects in their manifesto even after seeing how much these improve the lives of women. Until I read this book, it did not occur to me that this thing that I have seen amongst women in my village has the potential of becoming a global movement. If companies can invest in women, not giving them charitable donations but allowing them the opportunity to prove their worth and earn, the world would be a better place! A must read for everyone in government, business and people who want to see the world become a better place...a very practical guide for modern times.
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