At current rates of progress it will take 120 years before women make up half of world leaders and more than 50 years before women are equally represented in the world’s parliaments, warns a new report published today (10 Sept 2013) by international development charity VSO. Globally, women and girls make up almost two thirds of those living in extreme poverty, yet women have the least say in what is done to tackle it.
Drawing on the experiences of volunteers and women’s rights campaigners from around the world, Women in Power: Beyond access to influence in a post-2015 world calls on the UK government to lead the way in tackling this injustice, both through the UN’s next set of development goals and through the UK’s own efforts to address global poverty.
We invite our users to read the full article published September 10 2013
At current rates of progress it will take 120 years before women make up half of world leaders and more than 50 years before women are equally represented in the world’s parliaments, warns a new report published today (10 Sept 2013) by international development charity VSO. Globally, women and girls make up almost two thirds of those living in extreme poverty, yet women have the least say in what is done to tackle it.
Drawing on the experiences of volunteers and women’s rights campaigners from around the world, Women in Power: Beyond access to influence in a post-2015 world calls on the UK government to lead the way in tackling this injustice, both through the UN’s next set of development goals and through the UK’s own efforts to address global poverty.
We invite our users to read the full article published September 10 2013