This is a ground-breaking approach to a global problem anecdotal evidence bridges the gap between different fights and gradually starts to knit together the battles being fought by the starkly different cultures across the world. The book delves into our history and takes us on a journey towards the analysis of the state of women's lives in modern-day society. But through her extraordinary and unique experiences, Lloyd-Roberts starts to build a bigger picture with a pervasive perspective. In a world where the issues facing women are so disparate, we're facing a war of varying extremities and this has created a breakdown in the feminist discourse. It is an examination of how women are treated across the globe: from the pay gap in the UK and the laundries in Ireland, to gender discrimination in Saudi Arabia and female genital mutilation in Africa. This is a breath-taking and visceral narrative, interweaving the real-life experiences of the heroines combating gross inequality. Observing first-hand the war on the female race, she's experienced and interacted with the brave ones who fight back. Leeson acted as a rogue trader by dealing in futures and options on the Tokyo stock exchange without the authority of Barings Bank who he was working for. With a 30-year-long career in human-rights journalism, she has travelled the globe and witnessed the worst atrocities inflicted on women. Sue Lloyd-Roberts joined ITN in 1973 as a news trainee, she went on to become the UK's first female video-journalist, reporting alone from the bleak outposts of the former Soviet Union and China.
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