Economic policies are failing women in both rich and poor countries. A new UN Women report sets out a vision and a plan for change
“There is an illusion of progress,” Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka of UN Women told reporters in London on Monday. “The rhetoric around gender equality just isn’t supported by the data.”
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