This book was extremely moving, and opened my eyes to measures currently being taken around the world to improve women's lots in life. However, this is not a new issue to me, so after a few chapters the numbers and statistics became background images that were hard to grasp. I found the personal stories to be more helpful and engaging, but even the hopefulness in those stories seemed over dramatic after a while. Don't worry, I'm not a robot. I saw the movie "Trade" about the sex trade in America and I wept. I only mean that they overused certain writing techniques ehich became preachy and grating. However, I will be investigating the charities they mentioned in the final chapter and appendix and hopefully adding my voice to all the others doing what they can to "make women human."