Sheryl WuDunn

Sheryl WuDunn

On February 11, 2014 Pulitzer Prize-winning writer Sheryl WuDunn talked about "Half the Sky: Turning Oppression into Opportunity for Women Worldwide." She studies and writes about the economic, political and social forces affecting women throughout the globe.

Sheryl WuDunn studies and writes about the economic, political and social forces affecting women throughout the globe. She is a Pulitzer Prize-winning writer and author of Half the Sky: Turning Oppression into Opportunity for Women Worldwide. But Half the Sky is more than a book; it also is a powerful social justice and economic movement that is positively affecting millions of women’s lives. A book-signing followed the talk.

WuDunn is a best-selling author, business leader and lecturer who studies and writes about the economic, political and social forces affecting women throughout the globe. She is also a co-author, with her husband, Nicholas Kristof, of “Half the Sky: Turning Oppression into Opportunity for Women Worldwide.”

But “Half the Sky” is more than a book; it also is a powerful social justice and economic movement that is positively affecting millions of women’s lives throughout the globe, and WuDunn is leading the development of a multimedia effort to support “Half the Sky” initiatives.

In addition, WuDunn is president of TripleEdge, a social investing consultancy, and also works as a director with Mid-Market Securities, an investment banking firm serving the middle market.

She has had extensive experience at The New York Times, in both executive and journalistic roles, first as a correspondent in its Beijing bureau. With Kristof, she has authored two additional best-sellers about Asia: “Thunder from the East” and “China Wakes.” The couple received a Pulitzer Prize for international reporting in 1990 for their coverage of the Tiananmen Square protests.

WuDunn earned a bachelor’s degree from Cornell University, an MBA from Harvard University, and a master’s in public affairs from Princeton University.