U.N. Meeting Examines Progress, Challenges In Achieving Women’s Empowerment

Despite gains in women’s rights in the 15 years since the Beijing Declaration, U.N. Female Deputy Secretary-General Asha-Rose Migiro on Monday during the opening of the U.N. Commission on the Status of Women (CSW) meeting acknowledged more action is needed to help countries advance gender equality and women’s empowerment, VOA News reports…

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Filed under: Women's Health / OBGYN on March 7th, 2010