U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has joined Pacific leaders in a call for full gender equality - equal treatment of men and women in all parts of social, economic and political life.
Clinton and other leaders attending the 16-member Pacific Islands Forum signed a joint statement in the Cook Islands Saturday, noting that overall progress toward gender equality has been slow in the Pacific region. They pledged to address issues including violence against women, limited economic opportunities and the representation of women in Pacific legislatures - which the statement says "remains the lowest in the world."
Read more at Voice of America, published 1 September 2012.
U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has joined Pacific leaders in a call for full gender equality - equal treatment of men and women in all parts of social, economic and political life.
Clinton and other leaders attending the 16-member Pacific Islands Forum signed a joint statement in the Cook Islands Saturday, noting that overall progress toward gender equality has been slow in the Pacific region. They pledged to address issues including violence against women, limited economic opportunities and the representation of women in Pacific legislatures - which the statement says "remains the lowest in the world."
Read more at Voice of America, published 1 September 2012.