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Jimmy Carter on Letterman now... (Original Post)
undeterred
Mar 2014
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NYFlip
(324 posts)1. Thanks
I really like Jimmy Carter
greyl
(22,990 posts)2. Yep, and he'll be talking about his new book:
edit: as well as Russia and climate change...
Jimmy Carter - A Call to Action: Women, Religion, Violence, and Power
President Carter was encouraged to write this book by a wide coalition of leaders of all faiths. His urgent report covers a system of discrimination that extends to every nation. Women are deprived of equal opportunity in wealthier nations and owned by men in others, forced to suffer servitude, child marriage, and genital cutting. The most vulnerable, along with their children, are trapped in war and violence.
A Call to Action addresses the suffering inflicted upon women by a false interpretation of carefully selected religious texts and a growing tolerance of violence and warfare. Key verses are often omitted or quoted out of context by male religious leaders to exalt the status of men and exclude women. And in nations that accept or even glorify violence, this perceived inequality becomes the basis for abuse. President Carter and his wife, Rosalynn, have visited 145 countries, and The Carter Center has had active projects in more than half of them. Around the world, they have seen inequality rising rapidly with each passing decade. This is true in both rich and poor countries, and among the citizens within them.
Carter draws upon his own experiences and the testimony of courageous women from all regions and all major religions to demonstrate that women around the world, more than half of all human beings, are being denied equal rights. This is an informed and passionate charge about a devastating effect on economic prosperity and unconscionable human suffering. It affects us all.
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1476773955/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=1476773955&linkCode=as2&tag=zindu-20
undeterred
(34,658 posts)3. Such an intelligent man.
Edit: and so ahead of his time
undeterred
(34,658 posts)4. He is really bringing up a lot of international womens issues.
Human Trafficking, Sexual Violence, FGM. Thank you President Carter.
greyl
(22,990 posts)5. Great and relieving laughing moment at the end.
Man.
Wish they were continuing after this commercial break, though.
TreasonousBastard
(43,049 posts)6. "I was hoping you'd be a little funnier"...
but you can't take lightly female mutilation and murder.
Or the guinea worm.
undeterred
(34,658 posts)7. "Take down those solar panels"
The bit about sending an offensive message to the oil industry was kind of funny.