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The League of Extraordinary Women

Sheryl WuDunn

Cocreator, Half The Sky Movement

Photo: Mike McGregor

The veteran media and business executive is transforming a book on human-rights abuses against women (coauthored with The New York Times’ Nicholas Kristof) into a movement that includes a social game, a clothing line, and a forthcoming 4-hour PBS series featuring celebrity activists.

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A version of this article appears in the July/August 2012 issue of Fast Company.

  • Sheryl WuDunn and husband Nicholas Kristof's reporting on human-rights abuses against women is the focus of a forthcoming PBS series.

    Sheryl WuDunn and husband Nicholas Kristof's reporting on human-rights abuses against women is the focus of a forthcoming PBS series.

    Mike McGregor
  • Sheryl WuDunn and husband Nicholas Kristof's reporting on human-rights abuses against women is the focus of a forthcoming PBS series.

    Sheryl WuDunn and husband Nicholas Kristof's reporting on human-rights abuses against women is the focus of a forthcoming PBS series.

    Mike McGregor
  • Sheryl WuDunn and husband Nicholas Kristof's reporting on human-rights abuses against women is the focus of a forthcoming PBS series.

    Sheryl WuDunn and husband Nicholas Kristof's reporting on human-rights abuses against women is the focus of a forthcoming PBS series.

    Mike McGregor