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There are a few topics that have been particularly important to me in my column writing. One of them has been Darfur. Another has been the sexual enslavement and trafficking of young women. In 2004, I wrote a five-column series, most of it reported from Cambodia, about Srey Mom and Srey Neth, two 21st-century slaves, teenage prostitutes whose freedom from brothel owners came at a price of $353.
I'm also a big believer in the new age of multimedia journalism, so you're invited to peruse the full archive of my video coverage.
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Middle EastCreated on June 19, 2008 at 2:35pm
Nicholas D. Kristof Just crossed into Costa Rica, a monument to the power of education. Costa Rica is prosperous today partly because its leaders invested in education rather than arms. Staying at the Villa Caletas hotel, which has lousy internet service, so not sure how the updates will go.
Nicholas D. Kristof Readers have raised $110,000 so far for Valentino Deng's high school in South Sudan. Here's the update: http://nyti.ms/5akq7c . Thanks so much for all who've tried to help. It'll be a great Christmas for those kids at the school.
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Thanks to readers for their generosity toward the school that Valentino Deng and Dave Eggers are building in South Sudan.
Nicholas D. Kristof Should men be more involved in women's rights efforts? That's what this writer argues: http://bit.ly/8yHCVA . I think that's right. The Holocaust wasn't a Jewish issue, civil rights weren't a black issue, and mass rape and other violations aren't just a women's issue. Make sense?
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The authors argue successfully that women's oppression is the human rights issue of our century -- as totalitarianism was of the twentieth century, and slavery was of the nineteenth.
Nicholas D. Kristof It's lots of fun traveling with my 12-yr-old daughter in Central America. Last night in Esteli, Nicaragua, we admired the world's largest cockroach. Today we were in villages, looking at savings cooperatives sponsored by CRS. Nicaragua is a neat country, with good roads and quite safe. The next Costa Rica?
Nicholas D. Kristof In Iran, Grand Ayatollah Montazeri is dead. He had been slated to be Iran's top leader after Khomeini, but lost the job when he stood up to Khomeini. Later, he told me that Iran had been better under the Shah than under the revolution he helped engineer. Recently, he demanded democracy and human rights. RIP.
Nicholas D. Kristof I just crossed over with my daughter into Nicaragua, staying tonight in the little town of Esteli. Full of fireworks and crowded streets, with people beginning to celebrate Christmas. Eat your hearts out, East Coasters: no blizzard here! They're also no mosquitoes outside, although that's probably because they're all in our hotel room.
Nicholas D. Kristof For those interested in Half the Sky, Amazon is for some reason now offering a full 50 percent discount. I assume they're losing money on each one at that price, but making it up in volume. (no, no, that's a joke: it's presumably a loss-leader.)
Nicholas D. Kristof A local priest led me thru a Honduran slum, and a gang stopped us and demanded a "war tax." The priest gared at them, said, "you ask this of priests," and roared on.
Nicholas D. Kristof I'm in Honduras (traveling with my daughter, which is fun). It's striking how the global economic crisis has hit here: remittances down 20%, export factory employment down 25%. Granted, Honduran leaders shot themselves in the foot as well, but it still seems very unfair: Wall St screws up, and world's poor pay the heaviest price.
Nicholas D. Kristof I just had emails from Valentino and his crew. They raised $70,000 yesterday from readers and are over the moon. It will be a great Christmas in Marial Bai, Sudan. Thanks to all for showing support to Valentino and his amazing school.
Nicholas D. Kristof My Thursday column is a holiday tale: a refugee named Valentino, subject of the amazing book What is the What, scrapes together change to build a school for his hometown in Sudan. When I grow up, I want to be Valentino! http://nyti.ms/5S8QSC
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While world leaders have ignored Sudan, a former refugee made famous in “What Is the What,” by Dave Eggers, sets a tone of compassion by erecting a school in his hometown.
Nicholas D. Kristof The answer to my puzzle below, as many of you realized -- you're a very smart group -- is "Yes." We don't know whether Ann is married, but it doesn't matter. If she is married, then a married person (she) is looking at an unmarried person (George). If she is single, then a married person (Jack) is looking at an unmarri...ed person (Ann). Clever, no!
Nicholas D. Kristof A friend sent me this excellent puzzler: Jack is looking at Ann, but Ann is looking at George. Jack is married, but George is not. Is a married person looking at an unmarried person? Yes, no, or cannot be determined? Post your responses, and I'll give the correct answer tomorrow.
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Does religion subjugate women? It's a question that Sheryl and I wrestle with in Half the Sky. Jimmy Carter has an interesting speech on just that question here: http://bit.ly/6woqXG
His answer is that religion is part of the problem but can also be part of the solution.
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I am pleased to address the Parliament of World Religions about the vital role of religion in providing a foundation for – or correcting - the global scourge of discrimination and violence against women. ...
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NPR's "On the Media" exposes me as an advocacy journalist: http://bit.ly/8yYHdP
I flinch at being called an advocacy journalist; should I?
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Why are the psychological sales tactics of, say, selling soap, not used by those who want you to care about Darfur? New York Times columnist Nicholas Kristof wondered this after failing to get his readers interested in the developing world. ...
