A Game Aims to Draw Attention to Women’s Issues [View all]
http://www.nytimes.com/2013/02/18/business/a-game-aims-to-draw-attention-to-womens-issues.html?src=dayp&_r=1
"On March 4, a new game on Facebook, inspired by the book Half the Sky: Turning Oppression into Opportunity for Women Worldwide, will be introduced, with a focus on raising awareness of issues like female genital mutilation and child prostitution."
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"The Half the Sky game starts out simply, as Radhika ponders how to afford a doctor visit for her sick daughter (the answer is to harvest mangoes, which players do for her).
Each step requires players to answer a question for example, should Radhika ask her husband for help or stay silent? Neither answer is wrong, but each takes players on a different route.
As her empowerment grows, Radhika moves across the globe to Kenya, Vietnam and Afghanistan. But many of the game choices get progressively darker. One leads to a mother living and her baby dying."
I found this an odd way to go about consciousness-raising, but I'm interested in seeing how well it works.