The issues of empowerment and protection of women need to be given greater prominence in light of the high number of women living in poverty, a conference of parliamentarians from across Southeast Asia heard on Monday.
“Today, women account for 70 percent of the 1.3 billion people worldwide still living in poverty,” said Marzuki Alie, president of the Asean Inter-Parliamentary Assembly (AIPA).
“Indeed, literacy among girls and women is lower than among males, and there continue to be violations of their civil and human rights.”
Marzuki, who is also the speaker of Indonesia’s House of Representatives, was speaking at the opening of the 33rd conference of the WAIPA, the women’s chapter of the AIPA.
Read more at Jakarta Globe, published 18 September 2012.
The issues of empowerment and protection of women need to be given greater prominence in light of the high number of women living in poverty, a conference of parliamentarians from across Southeast Asia heard on Monday.
“Today, women account for 70 percent of the 1.3 billion people worldwide still living in poverty,” said Marzuki Alie, president of the Asean Inter-Parliamentary Assembly (AIPA).
“Indeed, literacy among girls and women is lower than among males, and there continue to be violations of their civil and human rights.”
Marzuki, who is also the speaker of Indonesia’s House of Representatives, was speaking at the opening of the 33rd conference of the WAIPA, the women’s chapter of the AIPA.
Read more at Jakarta Globe, published 18 September 2012.