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Women Face Bias
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Women are discriminated against in almost every country It says that this is despite the fact that 185 UN member states pledged to It adds that 70% of the world’s poor are women and they own just 1% of the The report, which was prepared for UN Human Rights Commissioner Louise ‘Life-long violation’ The report was compiled by Fareda Banda, a law professor at London’s At a news conference in Geneva, Prof Banda said that other laws She said that even basic laws like the legal ages for marriage could have “Many states still have different ages of marriage for young women “This leads to violations, for example of a girls’ right education, “It ends up being a life-long violation of her rights in terms of The report recommends the introduction of a new, separate mechanism to It also calls for a new UN expert to focus specifically on laws which |
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