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Archive for February, 2011

Young women and the global economy

A short interview I gave the International Trade Centre (part of the United Nations and the World Trade Organization) on the 1st expert roundtable on the gender dimensions of aid for trade: For more on girls and labour force participation go to the 2009 ‘Because I am a Girl Report: Girls in the Global Economy – [...]

Girls take New York by (snow) storm!

It’s still very early here in New York and still dark – outside my window the Chrysler building is obscured by the swirling flakes. What am I doing in NY in the middle of a blizzard? I’m here for the most important global meeting of women’s organizations in the world, the Commission on the Status [...]

The Good the Bad and the Ugly

Friendly folks on twitter recently brought this website http://www.the-girl-store.org/shop to my attention out of a strong sense of outrage which they assumed would be shared by every person with a drop of common sense and a gender equality expert like myself in particular. I urge readers to take a deep breath, align your chakras, make [...]

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