Sue sadly died in 2015, shortly after writing this book, today she is widely recognised as one of the most acclaimed television journalists of her generation. Most importantly she acts as a mouthpiece for the brave ones the ones who challenge wrongdoing the ones who show courage no matter how afraid they are the ones who are combatting violence across the globe the ones who are fighting back. From the gender pay gap in Britain to forced marriage in Kashmir and from rape as a weapon of war to honour killings, Sue has examined humankind's history and takes us on a journey to analyse the state of women's lives today. She gives voice to Maimouna, the woman responsible for taking over her mother's role as the village female circumciser in The Gambia and provides a platform for the 11-year-old Manemma, who was married off in Jaipur at the age of six. It tells the story of orphan Mary Merritt who, age sixteen, instead of being released from the care of nuns was interned by them in a Magdalen Laundry and forced to work twelve hours a day six days a week, without pay, for over a decade.

The War on Women brings to life the inconceivable and dangerous life Sue led. But in observing first-hand the war on the female race she also documented their incredible determination to fight back. During her 40-year-long career she witnessed the worst atrocities inflicted on women across the world. Travelling as a tourist, she also gained access to some of the world's most impenetrable places like China, Tibet and Burma. In 1973, Sue Lloyd Roberts joined ITN as a news trainee and went on to be one of the UK's first video-journalists to report from the bleak outposts of the Soviet Union.

The war on women by sue lloyd roberts