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Energy poverty and gender - "We need our eyes wide open"

Posted by: , Posted on: - Categories: Girls & Women, Infrastructure, Other, Technology

So many of the ways in which women and girls around the world must live their lives are simply taken for granted, never given a second thought. We all know that domestic tasks fall disproportionately on women. That is as …

Woman + disability = double discrimination

Posted by: , Posted on: - Categories: Disability, Girls & Women

Women with disabilities often face double discrimination – because they are female, and because they have disabilities. If they are from a minority group, elderly, or are gay, they may face multiple discrimination. But this discrimination can become still worse …

A UK led effort to end female genital cutting within a generation

Posted by: , Posted on: - Categories: Development Debates, Female Genital Mutilation

I'm posting this from a chilly New York, where I'm attending the UN's Commission on the Status of Women (CSW).  It's a sight to see so many women in colourful national dress, queueing in snow flurries to get past security …

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