International Women's Day, UN stresses equal progress and obstacles in Gender
The UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon today highlighted the progress made in gender equality hundred years after the first celebration of International Women's Day.
As the world commemorated the first time this date, "said Ban in a post-gender equality and empowerment of women were fairly radical ideas.
are detected today noted that significant progress thanks to aggressive promotion of these ideas, the adoption of practical and policy progressive.
However, he stressed, are still too many countries and societies in which women continue to be a second class citizen.
still denied access to education, suffer from discrimination and violence unacceptable, and in many areas of conflict are victims of deliberate and systematic sexual violence.
Ban said that only when women participate fully and equally in all sectors of public and private life can be sustainable society peaceful and just pledged at the United Nations Charter.
(Source: United Nations, UN News)
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