UN: Gender equality 'distant goal'
By Edith M. Lederer | China Daily | Updated: 2011-03-09 08:01
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Indian Muslim schoolgirls perform "Vovinam", the Vietnamese martial art, at Saint Maaz High School in Hyderabad on Tuesday, on the occasion of International Women's Day. Noah Seelam / Agence France-Presse |
UNITED NATIONS - The head of the new UN women's agency said on Tuesday there has been "remarkable progress" since International Women's Day was first celebrated a century ago, but gender equality remains a distant goal because women still suffer widespread discrimination and lack political and economic clout.
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