Awakening
#MeToo and the Global Fight for Women's Rights
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Publisher Description
'You'll be moved by the brave women in Awakening' Malala Yousafzai
'Awakening goes where no book has gone before. Inspiring, insightful, profoundly moving' Hillary Rodham Clinton
All over the world, #MeToo inspired generations of women to fight in new ways for their rights.
In Brazil, women run for office at the risk of intimidation and murder.
In China, activists drown out internet censors and defy arrests.
In Egypt, the president calls protestors terrorists.
In Tunisia, activists bring down a predatory government minister.
In Nigeria, the movement unites Muslim and Christian survivors.
In Pakistan, actresses confront accused assailants in court.
In Sweden, the movement rocks citizens to their core.
Awakening reveals the true scope of the greatest global reckoning on women's rights in history.
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
Vogelstein and Stone, senior fellows at the Council on Foreign Relations' Women and Foreign Policy program, debut with an eye-opening global tour of women's activism in the wake of the #MeToo movement. Spotlighting activists in seven countries, the authors make clear the diversity of the movement, discussing, among other topics, the push for increased political representation by women in Brazil; performance art campaigns by young Chinese women, who use blockchain technology to preserve online posts in the face of government crackdowns; and the recognition by Swedish feminists that their international reputation for gender equality hid terrible behavior by powerful men. The authors also describe the central role of social media in building solidarity and providing a safer space for individuals to speak out, and show that physical protest is also still critical, especially as activists seek to include women in poorer or more rural communities. Vogelstein and Stone push for Western foreign aid groups and feminist organizations to "decolonize" their programs and let local women lead, and outline how the movement can progress by focusing on the "Five Rs": redress, reform, representation, resources, and recalibration. Readers will be galvanized by these detailed portraits of bravery, creativity, and persistence in the struggle for women's rights.
