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U.N. ministerial roundtable urges renewed commitments to women’s social protection and economic opportunity
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An unidentified speaker at a United Nations ministerial roundtable hosted by the State of Qatar urged renewed global commitments to expand social protection for women and girls and to close gender gaps in economic opportunity, marking the 30th anniversary of the 1995 Beijing and Copenhagen conferences.
An unidentified speaker at a United Nations ministerial roundtable hosted by the State of Qatar urged renewed global commitments to expand social protection for women and girls and to close gender gaps in economic opportunity, marking the 30th anniversary of the 1995 Beijing and Copenhagen conferences.
The speaker said the two 1995 conferences — the World Summit for Social Development in Copenhagen and the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action — were turning points and warned that gender inequality persists. The speaker cited recent figures, saying “1 in every 10 women still live in extreme poverty”…
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