Women of the World Unite for Rights
By Jennifer Hattam
In times of political and financial crisis, the rights women thought they had secured decades ago are once again under attack. / Credit: Karlos Zurutuza/IPS
In times of political and financial crisis, the rights women thought they had secured decades ago are once again under attack.
ISTANBUL, Apr 23, 2012 (IPS) - The world’s recent financial and political upheavals have not been kind to women. In Libya’s Tripoli, female suicide rates increased tenfold during the revolution, while dismal job prospects have young Greek women abandoning their career aspirations, participants in a global forum on women’s rights said over the weekend.
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