The War On Women: And The Brave Ones Who Fight Back
by Sue Lloyd-Roberts /
2016 / English / EPUB
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In 1973, Sue Lloyd Roberts joined ITN as a news trainee and went on
to be one of the UK's first video-journalists to report from the
bleak outposts of the Soviet Union. Travelling as a tourist, she
also gained access to some of the world's most impenetrable places
like China, Tibet and Burma. During her 40-year-long career she
witnessed the worst atrocities inflicted on women across the world.
But in observing first-hand the war on the female race she also
documented their incredible determination to fight back. The War on
Women brings to life the inconceivable and dangerous life Sue led.
It tells the story of orphan Mary Merritt who, age sixteen, instead
of being released from the care of nuns was interned by them in a
Magdalen Laundry and forced to work twelve hours a day six days a
week, without pay, for over a decade. She gives voice to Maimouna,
the woman responsible for taking over her mother's role as the
village female circumciser in The Gambia and provides a platform
for the 11-year-old Manemma, who was married off in Jaipur at the
age of six. From the gender pay gap in Britain to forced marriage
in Kashmir and from rape as a weapon of war to honour killings, Sue
has examined humankind's history and takes us on a journey to
analyse the state of women's lives today. Most importantly she acts
as a mouthpiece for the brave ones; the ones who challenge
wrongdoing; the ones who show courage no matter how afraid they
are; the ones who are combatting violence across the globe; the
ones who are fighting back. Sue sadly died in 2015, shortly after
writing this book, today she is widely recognised as one of the
most acclaimed television journalists of her generation. This book
is the small tribute to the full and incredible life she lived and
through it these women's voices are still be
In 1973, Sue Lloyd Roberts joined ITN as a news trainee and went on
to be one of the UK's first video-journalists to report from the
bleak outposts of the Soviet Union. Travelling as a tourist, she
also gained access to some of the world's most impenetrable places
like China, Tibet and Burma. During her 40-year-long career she
witnessed the worst atrocities inflicted on women across the world.
But in observing first-hand the war on the female race she also
documented their incredible determination to fight back. The War on
Women brings to life the inconceivable and dangerous life Sue led.
It tells the story of orphan Mary Merritt who, age sixteen, instead
of being released from the care of nuns was interned by them in a
Magdalen Laundry and forced to work twelve hours a day six days a
week, without pay, for over a decade. She gives voice to Maimouna,
the woman responsible for taking over her mother's role as the
village female circumciser in The Gambia and provides a platform
for the 11-year-old Manemma, who was married off in Jaipur at the
age of six. From the gender pay gap in Britain to forced marriage
in Kashmir and from rape as a weapon of war to honour killings, Sue
has examined humankind's history and takes us on a journey to
analyse the state of women's lives today. Most importantly she acts
as a mouthpiece for the brave ones; the ones who challenge
wrongdoing; the ones who show courage no matter how afraid they
are; the ones who are combatting violence across the globe; the
ones who are fighting back. Sue sadly died in 2015, shortly after
writing this book, today she is widely recognised as one of the
most acclaimed television journalists of her generation. This book
is the small tribute to the full and incredible life she lived and
through it these women's voices are still be