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From Outrage to Courage: Women Taking Action for Health and Justice Paperback – September 1, 2008

by Anne Firth Murray (Author), Paul Farmer (Foreword)
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From sex-selective abortions to millions of girls who are "disappeared," from 90 million girls who do not go to school to HIV/AIDS spreading fastest among adolescent girls, women face unique health challenges, writes Anne Firth Murray. In this searing cradle-to-grave review, Murray tackles health issues from prenatal care to challenges faced by aging women. Looking at how gender inequality affects basic nutrition, Murray makes clear the issues are political more than they are medical.

In an inspiring look, From Outrage to Courage shows how women are organizing the world over. Women’s courage to transform their situations and communities provides inspiration and models for change. From China to India, from Indonesia to Kenya, Anne Firth Murray takes readers on a whirlwind tour of devastation—and resistance.

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    330 pages
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    Common Courage Press
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    September 1, 2008
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    6.1 x 0.1 x 9 inches
  6. ISBN-10
    1567513905
  7. ISBN-13
    978-1567513905
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Anne Firth Murray, a New Zealander, teaches international women's health at Stanford University. She is the Founding President of The Global Fund for Women. Ms. Murray serves on several boards and councils of non-profit organizations, including the African Women's Development Fund, Commonweal, and GRACE (a group working on HIV/AIDS in East Africa).

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  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Common Courage Press; 1st edition (September 1, 2008)
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Paperback ‏ : ‎ 330 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 1567513905
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1567513905
  • Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 1.15 pounds
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 6.1 x 0.1 x 9 inches
  • Customer Reviews:
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L. Ziemba
5.0 out of 5 stars From Outrage to Courage: Women Taking Action for Health and Justice
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One of the best books ever read, and one I recommend to all who will listen.

At the end of a semester I often present the book as a gift to my students (Social Work graduate students - International Community Development track), because I know how helpful it will be as they proceed into the global arena.
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Trix
5.0 out of 5 stars Thanks for a great book
Reviewed in the United States on February 9, 2010
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This book is amazing, required text for a women's studies class focusing on international women's health issues. I prefer the other required text, Half the Sky, only because Outrage to Courage is a little more text-bookish, in that there are many stats thrown at you, and it seems a little less personal at times, but overall a very good book!
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Margaret P.
5.0 out of 5 stars Women's Rights
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It clearly delineates the plight of women world wide in terms of health, human rights and the violence perpetrated against them.
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Margaret McPhee
4.0 out of 5 stars Placing the Truth
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I read portions of this book for an online class taught by the author. I wish I had been able to purchase the updated second version, but... The book and the course present shocking stories of women around the world; their access, or lack thereof, to healthcare, sex trafficking, education, inability to control their own lives, to own property, and the abuse they suffer. It's not pretty or sugar coated, nor is it exaggerated. I knew this occurred, but here it is in print, not just word of mouth. If you are a woman (or a man, in many instances -- take former President Carter who has just released a book on these subjects), it will make you angry, as it should, and, hopefully, help to convince you to participate in change. It's the latter that you should come to in the end.
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Lynn Rist
5.0 out of 5 stars For everyone!
Reviewed in the United States on April 10, 2015
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Excellent book. Important. All college students should read it.
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Jean
5.0 out of 5 stars A Remarkable Read
Reviewed in the United States on January 13, 2008
This is a beautifully written account of the issues and challenges women throughout the world face to redress inadequate health care, educational deficiencies, cultural biases, poverty, underemployment, domestic violence, victimization during war, and age discrimination. Most important, with determined compassion, it makes the often invisibility of these issues visible and specific. The very first chapter gracefully introduces the reader to the notion that health care is a human right; and that we cannot separate human rights from women's rights.

"From Outrage to Courage" is not a weighty, dreary polemical tome. It is a warmly written, feisty, sensitive and insightful page turner, replete with heart stopping case studies and stories supported by clear documentation. Each chapter opens with a moving poem. The book also describes the innovative activities women, from youth to old age, are employing with optimism, courage, strength and effective networking (often on a global level) to improve their own lives.

This book is a must read for everyone, men and women, interested in humanitarian issues, global health care, multi-disciplinary approaches to resolving world problems, and women's studies.

It also makes a great book club book, and Oprah, among others, should promote it. Author Anne Murray is founder of the Global Fund for Women and teaches at Stanford. She has the credentials and demonstrated vision to write a remarkable book and call for action.

I loved this book and would welcome the thoughts of others.
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Deshka Foster
5.0 out of 5 stars An inspiring book to be read and discussed by all
Reviewed in the United States on January 22, 2008
"From Outrage to Courage" is a book not to be placed on the shelf, but rather one to be read and discussed by citizens of all ages and backgrounds. Anne Firth Murray's writing inspires both women and men, teachers and students to confront the outrageous reality of the inequalities some women face all over the world today. Her tone is honest and wise, appropriately critical yet endlessly compassionate.

Each chapter starts with a carefully selected poem presenting the often timeless struggle that women have faced demanding gender equality, human rights representation, appropriate health care, and education. In the text, each issue is presented both inspiring the outrage that injustices demand as well as showing the courage some women have found to stand up and face these injustices through specific activism and the development of wonderful organizations all over the world.

Reading Ann Firth Murray's testament to "women taking action for health and justice" inspires us all to stand up from the everyday-ness of our lives and be willing to work towards change. "From Outrage to Courage" is full of hope that, although staggering inequalities for women continue to be present everyday, though the courage of individual women to act on the small scale, systemic change can be made.
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