Women’s Rights Essential for Economic Growth – UN
Author: Womens UN Report Network
Date: February 19, 2006
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Source: Reuters
By Evelyn Leopold UNITED NATIONS, Feb 27 (Reuters) – The world is beginning to Louise Frechette, the deputy secretary-general, spoke on Monday at “The world is starting to grasp that there is no tool for “Study after study has taught us that no policy is as likely to In a building across the street from the United Nations, the The names of the 1,000 women were gathered over two years by Swiss “Young women today desperately need role models,” said Cora Weiss, “These are women from 150 countries who represent all kinds of Among the women activists honored were Devaki Jain, an Indian Also honored were Americans Betty Reardon, founder of the Peace
Education Center at Columbia University; and Chris Norwood, who organizes low-income people in the south Bronx to train their neighbors in health education. __________________________________________________________________________________
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