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Thursday, February 4, 2010
Reason for Empowering Women
Women should be empowered because men created the political and economic policies that led to the financial meltdown and caused our problems, so women should be given a chance to get us out.
Despite the progress that has been made, six out of ten of world's poorest people are still women and girls, less than 16 percent of the world's parliamentarians are women, two thirds of all children shut outside the school gates are girls and, both in times of armed conflict and behind closed doors at home, women are still systematically subjected to violence.
The majority of major companies are run by men. The majority of heads of state in the world are men.
ReplyDeleteDespite the progress that has been made, six out of ten of world's poorest people are still women and girls, less than 16 percent of the world's parliamentarians are women, two thirds of all children shut outside the school gates are girls and, both in times of armed conflict and behind closed doors at home, women are still systematically subjected to violence.
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