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on women and our work

Posted on Thursday October 01, 2009
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"Women perform 66 percent of the world's work and produce 50 percent of the food, yet earn only 10 percent of the income and own 1 percent of the property," said former President Bill Clinton said. "Whether the issue is improving education in the developing world, or fighting global climate change, or addressing nearly any other challenge we face, empowering women is a critical part of the equation."


(http://foundationcenter.org/pnd/news/story.jhtml?id=266700002)
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Marti - October 5th, 2009 at 2:54 PM
To see these statistics so baldly stated is truly astonishing. It is too hard to believe that debate exists on what to do.


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