The cover makes this feel like it's aimed at teens, but it's definitely for adults (as the tag states).

Lots of reading, with statistics, percentages and references to covid & how it has impacted the areas in question.

The one thing I felt while reading this book, is how the book makes it seem that, having women makes businesses and the world run better - simply just because they are women. It gives stats on how certain aspects of business are improved when women are involved, but I wish it went deeper into explaining why that is. How and why men and women differ and why that balance is essential.

"Take Action" by Stephenie Foster is a handy resource for anyone who wants to get more involved in bettering women's and girls' situation in different areas but is stuck on where to start, as well as for those, who are fed up about being asked for facts and data, when discussing feminist issues with boomer-spirited individuals. "Take Action" is there to help.

It's a well-researched book that covers such topics as gender-based violence, sexual harassment and representation at workplace and offers an actionable and doable step-by-step plan to ignite much needed changes, with ready scripts and relevant arguments/data.

Why only 3 stars, then? First of all, this book is very US-centric, and some resources are not relevant at all for readers elsewhere. It would be great if "Take Action" would be localised. Second of all, being encouraged, or rather - told, to always send "Thank you" notes to representatives of companies/organisations who talked to us, seems like it's reinforcing the acceptable and unthreatening, "always nice" activist role model, which is not necessarily effective.