Thursday, 3 July 2014

Equality for women and girls is not only a basic human rights, it is a social and economic imperative



Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said: “Equality for women and girls is not only a basic human rights, it is a social and economic imperative. Where women are educated and empowered, economies are more productive and strong. Where women are fully represented, societies are 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
more peaceful and stable."
Photo: Four years ago this week the United Nations General Assembly created UN Women - check out our #ThrowbackThursday recap here: http://j.mp/1s34UsS. 

Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said: “Equality for women and girls is not only a basic human rights, it is a social and economic imperative. Where women are educated and empowered, economies are more productive and strong. Where women are fully represented, societies are more peaceful and stable."


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