Fifty Million Rising

The New Generation of Working Women Transforming the Muslim World

Author: Saadia Zahidi
ISBN: 9781568585901

There is a quiet revolution that is radically reshaping the Muslim world: 50 million women have entered the workforce and are upending their countries' economies and societies. Longlisted for the FT & McKinsey Business Book of the Year AwardAcross the Muslim world, ever greater numbers of women are going to work. In the span of just over a decade, millions have joined the workforce, giving them more earning and purchasing power and greater autonomy.In Fifty Million Rising, award-winning economist Saadia Zahidi illuminates this discreet but momentous revolution through the stories of the remarkable women who are at the forefront of this shift--a McDonald's worker in Pakistan who has climbed the ranks to manager; the founder of an online modest fashion startup in Indonesia; a widow in Cairo who runs a catering business with her daughter, against her son's wishes; and an executive in a Saudi corporation who is altering the culture of her workplace; among many others. These women are chall

Publisher: PublicAffairs
Publish Date: 2018-01-30

Subjects: Business & Economics / Women in Business, Social Science / Women's Studies, Political Science / World / Middle Eastern

This book is available in the following Community Centers: Women's Center (Location: Middle Eastern), Women's Center (Location: Middle Eastern), Women's Center (Location: Religion/Spirituality)