Our Century's Greatest Injustic/Half the Sky by Wudunn

Gender discrimination is one of the topics that my students often explore in our Autumn units on "communication, perception, culture" and "race/ethnicity".

This video might be a good starting point for research on the process of improving the position of females in various regions of the world, both in developing and developed countries.

WuDunn's presentation makes seem valuable points about the need for improving security, nutrition, and education for females, especially in developing countries. Although she doesn't validate her evidence with sources, she makes a good case arguing that discrimination against females is the greatest injustice and greatest priority for change in the 21st century. Whether there are other priorities is open to debate, but in any case, I strongly agree with the point she makes with the final anecdote about how privileged we are in developed countries and how important it is to realize our responsibility to help others.