PODCAST: Equality Still Elusive For World's Women

Source:

NPR

Duration:

Wednesday, September 22, 2010 - 20:00

PeaceWomen Consolidated Themes:

Human Rights

Initiative Type:

Multi-Media

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Women right's advocates have made some strides in recent decades. But most of the world's poorest are female, fewer girls than boys attend school and women are still vastly underrepresented in leadership positions. Former Ireland President Mary Robinson, the World Bank's Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala and columnist Nicholas Kristof explain the challenges of improving women's lives worldwide.

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