Wednesday, September 21, 2011

Open Forum: Gender — Getting to Equal

Tue, Sept 20, 2011 - 24 hour global chat starting 12 pm EST
Wed, Sept 21, 2011 - Live Webcast Debate from 10 am to noon
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It’s 2011, and inequality is still a lifelong experience for girls and women. Women make up the majority of unpaid workers worldwide. Only 15% of landowners and one in five lawmakers globally are women. More girls are out of school than boys. Violence against women is still widespread.

It’s time to increase women’s economic opportunity and their voice in decision making. But how do we get to equal?

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