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In pursuit of justice for women: new UN report

Posted on Jul 11, 2011

Tweet Last week the UN agency for women launched its first report.  Progress of the World’s Women: In Pursuit of Justice takes a brave and broad look at women’s access to around the world, covering issues such as domestic violence, rape and discrimination.  The report also charts some of the important reforms that recent years have brought, but highlights the need for further progress.  For example while 52 countries have made marital rape a crime during the last century, more than 2.6 billion women still live in countries without this legal protection. The report makes 10...

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