Girl rising : changing the world one girl at a time

Título
Girl rising : changing the world one girl at a time

Tanya Lee, Stone

Resumen
Girl Rising, a global campaign for girls' education, created a film that chronicled the stories of nine girls in the developing world, allowing viewers the opportunity to witness how education can break the cycle of poverty. Now, award-winning author Tanya Lee Stone deftly uses new research to illuminate the dramatic facts behind the film, focusing both on the girls captured on camera and many others.

Fecha de publicación como intervalo
2016

Descripción física
193 pages : color illustrations, map ; 24 cm

Contenido
Why (and how) a film became a book -- The stakes -- The stories. Modern-day slavery ; Child marriage ; Limited access, or none at all -- The solutions. Can we change the world? ; Girls rising.

2017 Spring ASLC review Alberta School Library Council

Término de la materia
Girls -- Conduct of life.
 
Girls -- Education.
 
Social change.

Síntesis
Girl Rising, a global campaign for girls' education, created a film that chronicled the stories of nine girls in the developing world, allowing viewers the opportunity to witness how education can break the cycle of poverty. Now, award-winning author Tanya Lee Stone deftly uses new research to illuminate the dramatic facts behind the film, focusing both on the girls captured on camera and many others.

ISBN
9780553511468
 
9780553511475
 
9780553511499

Información de publicación
New York : Wendy Lamb Books, [2016]


BibliotecaSignatura topográficaTipo de materialCódigo de barras del documentoEstado
A. Blair McPherson371.822 STOBook31458100027971Non-Fiction